FREE GUEST LECTURE: "Impressionism and California Art, 1885 to 1930"

About the Speaker: Jean Stern, Executive Director, The Irvine Museum Collection at the University of California, Irvine, will discuss Monet and his role in the development of French Impressionism. He will also examine several American and Californian artists who lived or visited Giverny and how they brought the style back to the United States.

About the Lecture: "Impressionism and California Art, 1885 to 1930"
A recognized authority on California Impressionism, Art Historian Jean Stern has extensive experience in the field as an author, curator, lecturer, and teacher. He is the executive director of the Irvine Museum Collection at the University of California, Irvine. In over twenty-five years at the museum, he has established a national presence for the Irvine Museum in the fields of California Art and History through a noteworthy international series of books, exhibitions, lectures, articles and video documentaries. In his career, he has presented over 250 lectures and judged and juried nearly 100 art competitions. Inn 2017, Mr. Stern received the prestigious Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture.

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