Wed 8/18 @ 6PM
Currently (through September 19), the Cleveland Museum of Art has a special exhibition called Private Lives: Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, Paris, 1889–1900. It focuses on a small circle of artists, of whom the best known were Pierre Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard, whose work focused on domestic life and intimate relationships. Humble activities such as sewing, gardens and eating meals served as their subject matter, often concealing complex emotions and relationships under the surface.
Among the routine household subjects they tackled was pets, which were popular among French artists of the era (as well as virtually every artist I know today). That will be the topic of a virtual talk by historian Kathleen Kete and curator Mary Weaver Chapin, who’ll look at Pierre Bonnard’s incorporation of domesticated animals into everyday life and how animals fit into late 19th century French life.
Register for the event here: painted-pets-dogs-and-cats-in-the-works-of-pierre-bonnard-tickets