NYU’s College of Arts and Science will host a pair of lectures on 19th century landscape artist James Suydam on Thurs., Dec. 7, 5:30 p.m. at NYU’s Irving H. Jurow Lecture Hall, Silver Center for Arts and Science (100 Washington Square East at Washington Place). The event, which is part of the College’s Dean’s Lecture Series, is free and open to the public, which may call 212.998.8100 for more information.
New York University’s College of Arts and Science will host a pair of lectures on 19th century landscape artist James Suydam on Thurs., Dec. 7, 5:30 p.m. at NYU’s Irving H. Jurow Lecture Hall, Silver Center for Arts and Science (100 Washington Square East at Washington Place). [Subway Lines: A, B, C, D, E, F, V (West 4th Street); R, W (8th Street); 6 (Astor Place)] The event, which is part of the College’s Dean’s Lecture Series, is free and open to the public, which may call 212.998.8100 for more information.
The lectures are given in conjunction with the exhibition, “Luminist Horizons: The Art and Collection of James A. Suydam,” at the National Academy Museum (1083 Fifth Avenue at 89th Street) on view through December 31.
Mark Mitchell, associate curator of 19th century art at the National Academy Museum, will deliver “Behind the Seen: James Suydam, New York University, and the Dawn of Luminism.” Pepe Karmel, an associate professor in the Department of Fine Arts at NYU, will give a second lecture, “Varied Terrain: James Suydam and Nineteenth-Century Landscape.” Suydam, a son of one of New York’s early Dutch merchant families, completed his studies at NYU.
Reporters interested in attending the lecture must contact James Devitt, Office of Public Affairs, at 212.998.6808 or james.devitt@nyu.edu.