Sunday, December 6, 2026 at 2pm
In The Farrell Auditorium

The famed art historian Henri Focillon once praised Marie Bracquemond (1840–1916) as one of “les trois grandes dames” (the three great women) of Impressionism, along with Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt. But art history has unduly overlooked her reputation over the last century. This talk by Elizabeth C. Childs, the Etta and Mark Steinberg Professor of Art History at Washington University in St. Louis, reintroduces her stunning career as an innovative painter, designer and ceramicist—and as of 1877, as a bold Impressionist, drawn to the scenes and vibrant colors of the outdoors.