Nineteenth-Century French and Russian Art: Works from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Feb
23
2014
Thru
Apr
27
2014
Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art
The University of Richmond Museums opens Nineteenth-Century French and Russian Art: Works from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts on February 23 through April 27, 2014, in the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art. Presented in conjunction with a course at the University of Richmond in the Sophomore Scholars in Residence Program, the exhibition showcases Russian and French artwork from the collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The class, titled “What’s Art For?,” examines nineteenth-century art from Russia and France and how that art reflects the social, political, and cultural trends of the period in both countries. In collaboration with their professors, students arranged the paintings and drawings in accordance with what they had learned in the course about the nineteenth century and about the dialogue between the history and aesthetics of Russia and France.
