{"id":2533,"date":"2018-03-29T20:32:07","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T20:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/?p=2533"},"modified":"2018-03-29T20:32:07","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T20:32:07","slug":"laure-of-olympia-and-more-manet-black-paris-and-the-making-of-an-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/?p=2533","title":{"rendered":"Laure of Olympia and More: Manet, Black Paris and the Making of an Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Laure of Olympia and More:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n

Manet, Black Paris and the Making of an Exhibition<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

followed by a reception<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

April 10, 2018 –\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/b>W.C. Bradley Co. Museum –\u00a0<\/u><\/b>6 PM<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

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Dr. Murrell will discuss the research that led to the exhibition’s portrayal of Manet and the Impressionists in the context of their little-known contacts with black French writers, artists and models, and with a small but expanding community of free black Parisians in the aftermath of the 1848 French abolition of slavery. The fraught racial aspect of this artistic milieu is captured in Manet’s three paintings of the black model Laure, who posed as the maid in\u00a0Olympia<\/i>; the paintings of flower-bearing black women by Manet’s acolyte Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bazille in tribute to Manet; a gallery of portraits of 19th<\/sup>\u00a0century black Parisians by photographers Nadar and Carjat; as well as paintings by Degas, Cezanne and other leading 19th century artists of the period.<\/p>\n

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