Curator-Led Tour | Whistler: Streetscapes, Urban Change

  • Curator-Led Tour | Whistler: Streetscapes, Urban Change Event Image

    Date

    Wednesday, April 3, 2024
    12:00 pm–1:00 pm

    Location

    Freer Gallery of Art
    Galleries 10 & 11

Description

Join us for a curator tour led by Diana Greenwold, the museum's Lunder Curator of American Art, of the groundbreaking exhibition Whistler: Streetscapes, Urban Change. Learn about the collection of works by American expatriate artist James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903) that explore European cities in an era of rapid change. Experience Whistler's fascination with urban landscapes and transformations through the lens of his oil paintings, watercolors, pastels, and prints.

Please meet at the entrance to gallery 10 for the tour.


Image credit: Eagle Wharf, James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903), United States, 1859, etching; ink on paper, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Freer Collection, Gift of Charles Lang Freer, F1898.270.

Cost

Free

Topics

Gallery Talks & Tours