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MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Berlin 1900: Politics and the Triumvirate of Impressionism

Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building

October 15-October 16, 2010

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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Berlin 1900: Politics and the Triumvirate of Impressionism, at the Caroline Wiess Law Building. Presented by Dr. Marion Deshmukh, Robert T. Hawkes Professor of History, Department of History and Art Hist ory, George Mason University, Virginia.

With Germany´s unification as a national state in 1871, her capital,...

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With Germany´s unification as a national state in 1871, her capital, Berlin, soon emerged as a vibrant cultural center, rivaling Munich. Critics dubbed a group of Berlin-based artists, who had traveled to France and Holland and who lived for a time in Munich, the "triumvirate of impressionism." By 1900, Max Liebermann, Lovis Corinth, and Max Slevogt—known for their loose, energetic brushwork, bright colors, and subject matter drawn from modern life—were catapulted into the forefront of German avant-garde art.

Dr. Marion Deshmukh contextualizes the work of these three painters within the history of Imperial Germany.

Lectures are free with museum admission and open to the public. A reception to meet the speaker follows each program.

Pictured: Lovis Corinth, The Painter Leistikow, 1900, Oil on canvas.

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Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building

1001 Bissonnet Street
Houston, Tx 77005

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Tickets:

Admission is open to the public and free with general museum admission. Museum members always receive free admission.

Museum Admission:
$7.00 adults
$3.50 seniors/children 5-18

Times:

Friday, October 15, 1:30 p.m.
and repeated on
Saturday, October 16, 4:00 p.m.

A reception to meet the speaker follows each program.

Phone: 713-639-7300

Parking:

Museum Parking Garage

Located directly east of the Beck and Law buildings, the MFAH Visitors Center features a four-story covered parking garage.

The easy-to-find parking entrance is on Binz, marked by a large, yellow arrow.

You're always protected from the elements when you park your car in the Museum Garage. From there, you can go to the Visitors Center lobby and find a ticketing desk and up-to-the minute museum information.

As an added convenience, you can enter the Beck and Law buildings from the Visitors Center through security-monitored, climate-controlled tunnels connecting all three buildings.

Accessibility Info: Currently, no accessibility information is available for this event.

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