Gloria Groom: Impressionism-Dressing the Model, Muse & Mistress

Gloria Groom, organizing curator of the internationally acclaimed exhibition “Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity”—the first exhibition to uncover the fascinating relationship between art and fashion from the mid-1860s through the mid-1880s as Paris became the style capital of the world—presents a new perspective on the Impressionists, revealing how these early avant-garde artists embraced fashion trends as they sought to capture modern life on canvas. Groom joined the Art Institute of Chicago as a research assistant in 1984. In 1988, she was appointed the David and Mary Winton Green Curator, overseeing the museum’s renowned collection of 19th-century painting and sculpture. An expert in French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art, especially the work of artists Pierre Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard, Groom has published extensively in catalogues and journals.  She was named Officier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for her significant contributions to French art and culture. A member of the Midwest Art Historians Society, the Arts Club of Chicago, and the Association for Historians of Nineteenth Century Art, Groom also has served as a trustee for the Association of Art Curators since 2009.

 

Friends Lecture Series 2015–16
Sponsored by the Mark and Mary Goff Fiterman Lecture Fund
Admission is free and open to the public.

Tickets available August 15 for Friends Members; August 17 for the general public. To reserve, call (612) 870-6323. Limited seating, maximum two tickets per person. Overflow seating will be available.