Jacques-Emile Blanche, Portrait of Marcel Proust, 1892
Beth Gersh-Nesic on "Proust and Art"
hosted by the Alliance Française de Greenwich and Byram Shubert Library
at Byram Shubert Library, on Zoom
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Dear Friends,
You do not have to read, or have read, Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time (1913-1927) to understand this lecture. I will try to give you a quick intro to the text and the author, presenting artwork as illustrations. I will place the novel within the period of art history contemporary to its story. Then I will go into how the writer uses art to describe characters, places and taste. And, finally, I will describe Proust's meditation on art, time and "truth," which concerned the avant-garde artists of the early twentieth century.
I hope you will join me - and please bring questions/comments for our Q and A.
Warm wishes,
Beth
Beth S. Gersh-Nesic, PhD
Director/owner
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