Tired of the winter weather? Transport yourself to a pastoral paradise courtesy of Greenwich’s Bruce Museum. Ongoing through June 15, The Art of Work: Painting Labor in Nineteenth-Century Denmark comprises 28 bucolic works on loan from the collection of former U.S. Ambassador John L. Loeb, Jr.
The exhibition offers a seldom-seen side to Impressionism, featuring works from Denmark’s Skagen Art Colony, which was founded by Danish painters Karl Madsen and Michael Ancher in 1874, the very same year the movement first erupted with a world-changing Parisian salon show. On March 6, Scandinavian art historian and Wellesley College professor Patricia Berman will present a lecture about the exhibition, which features paintings depicting various forms of labor, from agricultural to domestic.
According to the museum’s curator of art Margarita Karasoulas, “It is rare to experience a collection of Danish art of this exceptional caliber outside of Scandinavia. We were excited by this special opportunity to work with Ambassador Loeb to conceive of a timely exhibition that draws on our own region’s history of artist colonies and Impressionism. Visitors will encounter work by acclaimed Danish artists such as Anna Ancher and Vilhelm Hammershøi, along with a variety of artistic genres including portraits, landscapes, and interior scenes that offer a rich perspective on Danish art of the late nineteenth century.”
Bruce Museum
One Museum Dr., Greenwich, CT
(203) 869-0376
Admission $15-$20, children under 5 and members free
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