The Arts Society Ashdown Forest. "Les Trois Grandes Dames" of Impressionism by Sarah Burles

The Impressionists were an innovative and radical group of artists who took Paris by storm in the 1870s. Using new colours and techniques, they created paintings of modern life that shocked and horrified the art establishment.
From the start the group contained women artists but their contribution to Impressionism has often been overshadowed by their male contemporaries.
Marie Braquemond, Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot all exhibited regularly at the Impressionist exhibitions alongside artists such as Monet, Renoir and Degas. In 1894 they were given the title “Les Trois Grande Dames d’Impressionisme” by the art critic Gustave Geffroy.
This lecture will discuss the lives of each of these artists and their work, revealing their skill and originality as well as their willingness to take risks, despite the additional obstacles they faced as women.
Sarah Burles studied History of Art at Cambridge before doing a Master’s degree at University College London. She went on to have a career in museum and gallery education, establishing new services in three different museums before working at the Fitzwilliam Museum for many years.
Sarah is the founder of Cambridge Art Tours, which runs tours and courses in and around East Anglia. She is also a tour director for a travel company and has led many tours in Europe and America.
Sarah has moved much of her lecturing work online, offering art history courses to audiences all over the world. She is also a regular and very successful lecturer for the Arts Society.
Everyone is welcome- members free, visitors £8 per lecture. Refreshments are available at the end of the lecture. For further information see tasaf.org.uk