Sypher on art & design: Monet
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About the Event
This talk by Eleanor Sypher will dive into the life of Claude Monet (1840-1926), one of the foremost landscape painters in Western Art. He intuitively understood how the eye perceives light and color, as expressed in his plein air paintings. Monet hoped to document the French countryside with his series of Haystacks, Rouen Cathedral, and waterlilies which he portrayed in his garden at Giverny. In 1908, he made a quick trip to Venice and some of those images are now on display at The Brooklyn Museum.
About the Speaker
Recently returned to Greenwich Village, a few steps away from the venerated Salmagundi Club, Eleanor K. Sypher has volunteered her extensive skills in a series of talks on art history, first enjoyed at Arizona State University and a local art center for the past six years. Eleanor is well-acquainted with ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, Byzantium, The Italian Renaissance, The Baroque in Italy and Holland, Rococo in France, the Impressionists, and European and American artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Eleanor holds a B.A. in English from Smith College; and an M.A. in Latin and Ph.D. In Greek and Latin from Columbia University. Employment in New York included teaching, book editing and directing a foundation for 25 years. Earlier volunteer work included founding a charter school in the South Bronx and fundraising for that school and for a church.
Hungry?
Grab a bite to eat after the event from our dining room (a normally member-only benefit)! Ticketed attendees who would like to stay for drinks and dinner should make dining reservations in advance via our Reservations page with the message “Sypher talk”.
