Naked Facts: The Nude in 19th and 20th Century Art

The lecture series is presented by the studio program in art in the fine arts department on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in the Rider University Art Gallery in the Bart Luedeke Center on the Lawrenceville campus.  The series is free and open to the public. For further information contact Professor Deborah Rosenthal at 609-895-5589 or drosenthal@rider.edu.

October 24
“The Nude in Modernism: Nadelman, Arp and Others”
Lance Esplund, chief art critic, The New York Sun, and writer on art for Yale Review, Modern Painters and Harper’s.

November 7
“Cézanne, Rembrandt and Bathsheba: The Nude and the End of Narrative”
Mary Tompkins Lewis, noted Cézanne scholar, editor, “Critical Readings in Impressionism and Post-Impressionism” (University of California Press), visiting associate professor, Trinity College.

November 28
"The Anti-Nude: the Figure in Abstraction"
Deborah Rosenthal, New York painter (Bowery Gallery), recipient of NEA Critic's Grant for art writing, Professor of Fine Arts, Rider University.