A Joint Museum and Fishers Island Library Event: illustrated lecture by Roger Pasquier.
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
TIME: 5:30 P.M. to 6:30 P.M.
LOCATION: Place: The Museum, 2nd Floor
Author Roger Pasquier will present an illustrated talk about his new book, Painting Central Park. Central Park is “one of the greatest works of art in America,” and it has inspired many of America’s greatest painters. Among the major figures who have depicted the park’s landscapes and activities are Bellows, Chase, Glackens, Hassam, Henri, Hopper, Prendergast, and Sloan, as well as living artists like Christo and Estes. Their work shows early views of the park in construction, its major landmarks, the evolving vistas of the cityscape, and the park’s human element—scenes of crowds at play and people in solitary contemplation.
Roger Pasquier will lead us on a virtual walking tour of Central Park utilizing a wide variety of paintings and writings about the park as our guide posts.
For adults.
