Online Art Lectures

In the Online Art Lectures series the Museum Barberini offers digital lectures on the topic The Honest Eye: Camille Pissarro's Impressionism. Museum curators, conservators, and guides speak about their various disciplines and areas of work, offering a glimpse behind the scenes and opening up new perspectives on the works.

Wed, July 9, 6:30 p.m.
Wed, September 10, 6:30 p.m.
Turpitudes sociales – Social Outrage: Anarchist Social Critique by the Impressionist Camille Pissarro
Lutz Stöppler, Art historian 

The Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro created an impressive album titled Turpitudes sociales, consisting of 30 satirical drawings that he never published. Instead, he made it for his nieces in London, intending to vividly promote their political education. In this work, Pissarro presents himself as a sharp critic of social injustices – more clearly and openly than anywhere else in his work. 
The lecture presents Pissarro’s critical view of social injustices, examines his subtle depictions of simple life and places his socially. 

Wed, July 23, 6:30 p.m. 
Wed, August 13, 6:30 p.m.
Camille Pissarro: From the Caribbean to European Cities and Landscapes
Dr. Ira Oppermann, Art historian 

Hardly any other Impressionist’s life was as strongly characterized by relocations and travel as that of Camille Pissarro (1830–1903). His path led him from his artistic beginnings in South America via the suburbs of the major cities of Paris and London, the rural countryside surrounding the French metropolis to the bustling cities and ports of France.
Discover the stages of the artist’s eventful life in this lecture – and the pictures in which Pissarro captures the pulse of his time.  

Wed, July 30, 6:30 p.m.
Wed, September 24, 6:30 p.m.
Camille Pissarro. Innovation and Success: A Man Ahead of His Time?
Isabelle Runde, Art Historian

As one of the most important painters of the 19th century, Camille Pissarro was not only a pioneer of Impressionism, but also at its social center. No other artist in the group placed as much value on collaboration, exchange and networking as he did. He was the only one to take part in all eight Impressionist exhibitions (1874–1886). 
Camille Pissarro, the “father of Impressionism”, was denied commercial success for a long time. Despite a network of loyal patrons, his work – unlike that of many of his colleagues – was difficult to sell until shortly before the end of his life. This lecture traces his wide circle of friends in Paris, his collectors, patrons and gallery owners who – despite his large oeuvre, his lifelong love of experimentation and international contacts – only helped him to achieve economic security very late in life.

Costs
€ 5

Runtime
50 minutes

Booking
Online

Venue
Online lecture (in German) via Zoom

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