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Caroline Harris, Ph.D., University of Virginia, is the Diane W. and James E. Burke Senior Associate Director for Education. She has led the Education Department at the Princeton University Art Museum for over a decade. Prior to coming to Princeton, she served as staff lecturer in charge of academic affairs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Her main research interest is 19th-century French painting, and her most recent publication is “Alfred Sisley’s Portraits of Place” for the museum’s catalogue Cézanne and the Modern: Masterpieces of European Art from the Pearlman Collection.
Claude Monet’s canvases with their characteristic feathery brushstrokes and luminous colors are some of the most recognizable in the history of art. Given his popularity in the twentieth century, it is easy to forget just how innovative and experimental he was an artist. This seminar will examine his life and work in detail, covering his early lean years, his time in London during the Franco-Prussian War, his relationships with the other Impressionist painters, and his final years at Giverny. Special attention will be paid to works in regional collections, including the Princeton University Art Museum.