If you can’t get to Paris to see the Musée D’Orsay’s blockbuster exhibition Paris 1874: Inventing impressionism, this is the next best thing! 

This year is the 150th anniversary of the First Impressionist Exhibition held in Paris in 1874. Today, everyone loves the Impressionists, but many don’t know that the Impressionists and their avant-garde works were initially reviled by the critics and rejected by the public.  Learn the compelling story of how this beloved art movement was born and why it flourished. View famous paintings as well as others that will be new to you. 

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Led by Janet Mandel, a retired 32-year art history teacher, who now presents illustrated talks on a variety of art history topics at colleges & universities, libraries, museums, senior centers, and community centers.