Art Talk Live: Jozef Israëls—Drawing Toward Social Justice

Presented by Harvard Art Museums at Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge MA

Mar 22 2022

Art Talk Live: Jozef Israëls—Drawing Toward Social Justice

Jozef Israëls, Dutch, A Young Girl Sitting on a Chair, 19th–20th century. Black chalk. The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Gift of George Abrams in honor of William W. Robinson, Curator of Drawings (1988–2016) and in memory of Justice Ruth I. Abrams (Radcliffe ’53, Harvard Law School ’56), 2021.91.

A discussion of works by Jozef Israëls and his contemporaries, such as Vincent van Gogh, offers insights into the transformation of figure studies from an academic discipline into a vehicle for denouncing social injustice.

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Figure drawing is often described by artists as a way of facilitating empathy and understanding another person’s vulnerability. A discussion of works by Jozef Israëls and his contemporaries, such as Vincent van Gogh, offers insights into the transformation of figure studies from an academic discipline into a vehicle for denouncing social injustice.

Led by:
Joachim Homann, Maida and George Abrams Curator of Drawings, Division of European and American Art

This talk is part of a series inspired

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