It's a rather pleasant thought - just a few miles away from the French Duck corporate headquarters complex, the gallery at Compton Verney in Warwickshire is showing an exhibition celebrating Parisian Women, through the works of the Impressionists (Vive la Parisienne: women through the eyes of the Impressionists 30 September - 10 December 2006).
"This exhibition will focus on the portrayal of women in Paris in the late 19th century, at a time when the Impressionist movement was capturing the emerging modern world with spontaneity and life. Artists including Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, Paul Helleu, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Edouard Manet, Berthe Morisot and Pierre-Auguste Renoir depicted women in a variety of settings from the Parisian nightclubs of the demi-monde to women in the home, at work and leisure. The exhibition will explore the subjects and situations in these works, examining notions such as the male gaze and the exchange between artist and sitter."
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For more info on this rather splendid country house gallery and estate see www.comptonverney.org.uk
Keywords: France, Art, Artist, Impressionist,Impressionism,painting,Degas,Renoir.Morisot,Cassatt,Manet,Toulouse-Lautrec
Comments
Things must be going exceptionally well if you have up-graded to a 'complex'. What a plain ol' corporate headquarters not good enough for yer? ;-)
Posted by: Andrew | September 9, 2006 12:33 AM