IL: Champaign

WHERE: Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion.

WHEN: Through August 12, 2012

TITLE: Walking in Paris: Viewing the City and Its Denizens in the 19th Century

Camille Pissarro, Statue d'Henri IV, matin, soleil d'hiver (Statue of Henri-VI, Morning, Winter Sunlight), 1900, oil on canvas, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Merle J. Trees 1951-1-2.

BRIEF ABOUT:  Curator Robert G. LaFrance invites viewers to visit Paris through a selection of paintings, prints and photographs that evoke the voyeuristic experience of the flâneur, an idle stroller who enjoys the urban environment in all its glory and decadence. The selection of artists include Pierre Bonnard, August-Louis Lepère, Camille Pissarro, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and several others.

MORE DETAILS: Call 217.333.1861 or email kam@illinois.edu.