Department of Art and Art History

James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence

Over two days, invited scholars will celebrate the 150^th anniversary of Impressionism, which takes its origin from the exhibition of the Société anonyme des artistes peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs, etc. at the studio of the famous photographer Nadar in April of 1874. Art critic Louis Leroy satirized the group in Le Charivari as “The Exhibition of the Impressionists,” and gave the nascent artistic movement a lasting name.

Speakers: André Dombrowski, Nikki Georgopulos, Laura Anne Kalba, Denise Murrell, Todd Porterfield, Harmon Siegel

See our website at https://go.unc.edu/rand2024 for the full schedule of events.

This year’s lecture series is co-sponsored by the Ackland Art Museum and the UNC Center for European Studies.

Through a generous gift to the UNC Arts and Sciences Foundation, William G. Rand established this lecture series in memory of his late wife, Bettie Allison Rand. This funding allows the Department of Art and Art History to bring one or more eminent art historians to UNC-CH every other year for residencies of various lengths. While they are in Chapel Hill, these scholars present a series of lectures and interact with undergraduate and graduate art history and studio art students.

This event is eligible for CLE credit.

Image: Camille Pissaro, The Banks of the Oise, Pontoise, 1876, oil on canvas, 14 15/16 x 21 7/8 in. (38 x 55.5 cm), Ackland Museum of Art, Ackland Fund