Painting Edo: Early Modern Masterworks from the Feinberg Collection

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Peacock and Peonies (detail), Promised gift of Robert S. and Betsy G. Feinberg, ©Photography: John Tsantes and Neil Greentree ©Robert Feinberg, Accession Number: TL42147.17 |
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Tuesday, October 27, 6:30 PM EDT Calculate your local time
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Japan’s Edo period (1615–1868) was an immensely innovative time, during which painters belonging to lineages old and new produced a wide spectrum of visually alluring works. Their paintings both reflected and constructed the pivotal early modern era, and the vibrant city for which it was named. The Harvard Art Museums has a long history of focusing on Japanese art, going back to the 1920s. This vision continues with the extraordinary promised gift of the collection of Robert and Betsy Feinberg, recently displayed in the largest special exhibition ever mounted at the museums (opened February 14, 2020, now temporarily closed). In this talk, Dr. Rachel Saunders, the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Curator of Asian Art at the Harvard Art Museums, takes an in depth look at some of the remarkable highlights of this exhibition of paintings from the Edo period.
Program Details:
This is a free event, with advance registration required. The program will be live-streamed through YouTube, and registrants will receive the viewing link by email on the event day. Participants can submit questions through YouTube during the livestream.
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Program Handout:
Painting Edo: Early Modern Masterworks from the Feinberg Collection (PDF)
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Additional support is provided by an anonymous donor, the Sandy Heck Lecture Fund, and Laurel Gonsalves.
This program is part of the Richard J. Wood Art Curator Series, which is supported, in part, by an award from the National Association of Japan America Societies with funds from the Japan-United States Friendship Commission and in part, by support from the New York Community Trust.
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- Oct 27, 2020 at 6:30 pm