Girodet: Romantic Rebel

OVERVIEW
VISITOR INFORMATION
EXHIBITION THEMES
SELECTED WORKS
RELATED EVENTS
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

RELATED EVENTS

Girodet. Preparatory study for The Revolt of Cairo, c. 1810. The Art Institute of Chicago, restricted gift of Mrs. James W. Alsdorf; bequest of Leulla Thomas; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial and Alexander A. McKay endowments.

All programs are free unless marked with an asterisk.
For more information, call (312) 443-3680.

DAYTIME PROGRAMS

Exhibition Overviews
Gallery 100

February 18 at noon
March 14 at noon
April 22 at noon

Symposium: Girodet
Saturday, April 22, 10:00–4:30
Price Auditorium

An international panel of distinguished scholars offers fresh insights into the art of Girodet and his times. The speakers will explore issues of revolution, imperialism, and gender that reflect the political and social developments in Girodet's art and that of his contemporaries.

EVENING PROGRAMS

Lecture: Girodet: Romantic Rebel
Thursday, February 9, at 6:00
Rubloff Auditorium
Sylvain Bellenger, chief curator of the National Patrimony, Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, Paris

Lecture: Strokes of the Pen and Blows of the Brush: Girodet and the Journalistic Discourse under Napoleon I
Thursday, February 16, at 6:00
Fullerton Hall
Andrew Shelton, Ohio State University

Lecture: Girodet’s Experience of Rome
Thursday, March 30, at 6:00
Fullerton Hall
Larry J. Feinberg, exhibition co-curator

Lecture: Girodet and France’s Empire
Thursday, April 13, at 6:00
Price Auditorium
Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby, University of California-Berkeley

MEMBERS-ONLY PROGRAMS

* Old Masters Society Gala
Wednesday, February 8, at 6:15
For more information about this event, call (312) 443-3615. To become a member, click here.

Member Orientation Lectures
Friday, February 10, at noon
Fullerton Hall
Larry J. Feinberg, exhibition co-curator

Friday, February 10, at 1:30
Fullerton Hall
Jay Clarke, exhibition co-curator

COURSES

* Lecture Series: The Age of Romanticism
Fridays, January 27–February 17, at 11:00
Price Auditorium
Event code: EAILAGER

January 27: Tradition and Revolution: From the Enlightenment to Napoleon
Event code: EAIL0127

February 3: Pilgrimage to the Past: Neoclassical to Neogothic
Event code: EAIL0203

February 10: Sensual Temptation: Music and the Exotic
Event code: EAIL0210

February 17: Forces of Nature: The Picturesque and the Sublime
Event code: EAIL0217

Series tickets: Members, $48; public, $64, students, $40
Individual lecture tickets: Members, $14; public, $18; students, $12

For tickets, call (312) 575-8000, go to any ticket counter in the museum, or click here. Please refer to the event code when ordering tickets.

* Seminar: Shaping Revolutions: Politics and Art in 19th-Century France
Thursdays, February 16–May 4, 5:45
Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton Street
The Newberry LIbrary presents a 10-week seminar that includes a tour of the exhibition.

PERFORMANCES

Voices: Eugène Delacroix
Thursday, February 16, at noon
Fullerton Hall

* French Revelations: Painter/Poet Girodet
Thursday, March 2, at 6:00
Fullerton Hall
Event code: EAIJ0302

Members and students, $10; public, $15

For tickets, call (312) 575-8000, go to any ticket counter in the museum, or click here.

* Concert: Beethoven and Girodet
Sunday, April 30, at 2:00
Fullerton Hall
For tickets, call the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at (312) 294-3000.

FAMILY PROGRAM

Drawing in the Galleries: Figure
Sundays, March 5 or 12, 10:30–11:30
Ages 6–8 with an adult

Sunday, March 5, 2:00–3:30
Ages 9 and up

The techniques explored in this drawing class will focus on the figure. Families will visit the exhibition as well as the permanent collection to study different interpretations of the human form. Participants will complete a variety of figure drawing activities.

This program is free, but registration is required. Call (312) 857-7161 to register.

STUDENT PROGRAM

University Night
Tuesday, April 25, 5:30–8:30

This free event opens the museum exclusively to college students and faculty for an in-depth look at the exhibition, with lectures, gallery talks, and light refreshments. Registration is required. To register, send an email to unight@artic.edu or leave a message at (312) 857-7182 with your name, email address, and school that you attend. Bring your school ID to gain entrance. Only current students and faculty may attend.