To mark the 150th anniversary of the first Impressionist exhibition, and in conjunction with the exhibition “Paris 1874. Inventing Impressionism” exhibition, which opened its doors at the Musée d’Orsay on 6 March 2024, a series of 6 lectures for the general public looks at Impressionism from a fresh and dynamic angle.

A fourth lecture looks at Impressionism and models. How did the Impressionist painters portray the children around them who served as models? Between solitude, tenderness, amusement and distance, these painters portrayed a world of childhood in upheaval, at the time of Jules Ferry’s primary school laws…

A talk by Cyrille Sciama, General Director of the Musée des Impressionnismes Giverny.

In French with English subtitles.

Content produced by : Musée d’Orsay

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