Looking East - Looking West With Helen Burnham

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Yoshida Hiroshi, El Capitan, from the series The United States, 1925, Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich, 50.2943. Photography © 2015 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Looking East - Looking West With Helen Burnham

Instructor: 
Helen Burnham
When: 
October 29, 2015
Time: 
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Place: 
Samsung Hall
Fee: 
$15 member; $ 20 non member (after Museum admission)

The art and culture of Japan inspired leading modern artists, including van Gogh and Monet, to create works of renewed vision and singular beauty beginning in the late nineteenth century.  Join exhibition curator Helen Burnham, the Pamela and Peter Voss Curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, for a lively introduction to the phenomenon known as japonisme, including many of the renowned masterpieces presently on view in “Looking East: Western Artists and the Allure of Japan.”  

 Helen Burnham's primary area of expertise is the art of 19th century France. She has a Ph.D from NYU. Prior to joining the MFA she was assistant curator at the Musee d'Art American in Giverny. Curently she is preparing a loan exhibition on Henri Matisse and his personal collection. At the MFA she has organized a number of exhibitions from their collection.

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