Lecture & Live Music: Artist or Muse?

Have you heard of van Gogh? Picasso? Monet? What about Berthe Morisot? Dora Maar? Françoise Gilot? For decades, women as artists, patrons, and muses have been forgotten, sidelined, and erased in favor of their male counterparts.

Gustave Caillebotte: Painting His World

Gustave Caillebotte is probably the least known of the Impressionists circle due to his short life, and the fact that his paintings remained for years in his brother’s collection. Although his gift to the French state in 1894 was the foundation of today’s Musée d’Orsay, Caillebotte’s revolutionary ideas about depicting modern life subjects, his altogether groundbreaking paintings of men at work, play, and even toweling off after a bath, continue to appeal and surprise.

The Jewelry of Christian Dior

Stuart Dyer will be exploring the revolutionary jewelry designs of Christian Dior – especially the pieces from the mid-20th century. Join Stuart after the program for an Alliance boutique of her vintage treasures including rare vintage Christian Dior pieces.

Luxury After The Terror

When Louis XVI was guillotined on January 21, 1793, the king’s death was to mark the physical end of the monarchy in France and sever the vast networks of luxury that had provided splendor and sophistication to the royal court.