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Monet to Matisse Members-Only Opening Lecture and Reception

September 27, 2018 at 6pm Trinity United Methodist Church
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841 – 1919); The Picture Book,(Detail) c. 1895; oil on canvas; 15 ½ x 12 ½ inches; Collection of the Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Museum purchase, 1979.5

Lecture at Trinity United Methodist Church, 6pm
Reception and Exhibition Viewing at the Jepson Center, 7–8pm

Kevin Sharp, Director of the Dixon Gallery and Gardens in Memphis, TN, will present an overview of the masterworks of French painting from the Dixon Gallery and Gardens’ permanent collection. Sharp is the Linda W. and S. Herbert Rhea Director of the Dixon, a position he has held since 2007. He has organized or co-organized more than 50 exhibitions in his career, including international retrospectives of the work of Odilon Redon (1994), Mary Cassatt (1998), and Jean-Louis Forain (2011), for which he also wrote for the catalogues.

Sponsored by Telfair Academy Guild.

Due to limited seating and high demand, tickets for this event are sold out. We strongly urge preregistered members to arrive early and be seated prior to 5:45pm. If you would like to be added to our waitlist, please email Lauren Grant at grantl@telfair.org.

 

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