Painting Quickly, Lasting Impressions

August 4, 2001

The following is a list of talks given at a symposium presented in conjunction with the exhibition Impression: Painting Quickly in France, 1860-1890. The symposium offered scholars from around the world the opportunity to discuss and debate issues of Impressionist practice, technique, and interpretation.

Titles appearing in blue are available for review by clicking on the link.

For more information, contact the Research and Academic Program or call 413-458-0460.

• A Woman's Touch
  Tamar Garb
  University College, London

• Immoderate Impressions
  John House
  Courtauld Institute of Art, London

• Looking at Surfaces
  Richard R. Brettell
  University of Texas, Dallas

• Male Jargon - Female Presence
  Michael Zimmermann
  Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Munich

• Materiality
  Richard Shiff
  University of Texas, Austin

• Monet's Débâcles: When Quick Turns Slow
  Rodolphe Rapetti
  Musées de France, Paris

• Painting without God
  Richard Kendall
  Independent scholar, New York

• Temperament
  Matthias Krüger
  University of Hamburg

• The Autonomy of the Impression
  Stephen Eisenman
  Northwestern University, Evanston

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