Fairfield University Art Museum
An Gorta Mór: Selections from Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum
Quick Center for the Arts, Walsh Gallery 1073 North Benson Road, Fairfield, CT, United StatesAbout the Exhibition: This exhibition presents highlights from the collection of Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum, which explores the impact of the Irish Famine of 1845-1852 through artwork produced by eminent Irish and Irish-American artists of the past 170 years. The works on view in the exhibition will include paintings by late 19th- and early 20th‐century […]
Famous & Family: Through the Lens of Trude Fleischmann
Bellarmine Hall Galleries 1073 North Benson Road, Fairfield, CT, United StatesAbout the Exhibition: Austrian-born Trude Fleischmann (1895-1990) was one of the most accomplished female photographers of the 20th century. After great success in Vienna in the 20s photographing artists, models, and performers, she fled the Anschluss in 1938, first to Paris and then New York. She opened a studio on Fifth Avenue in 1940 and […]
Docent Tour: Famous & Family: Through the Lens of Trude Fleischmann
Bellarmine Hall, Bellarmine Hall Galleries 1073 North Benson Road, Fairfield, CT, United StatesJoin us on Thursday, June 12 at 4 p.m. for a docent-led tour of the exhibition Famous & Family: Through the Lens of Trude Fleischmann. About the Exhibition: Austrian-born Trude Fleischmann (1895-1990) was one of the most accomplished female photographers of the 20th century. After great success in Vienna in the 20s photographing artists, models, […]
Lecture: Heimat Photography and the Art of Trude Fleischmann
Bellarmine Hall, Diffley Board Room (1st floor) 200 Barlow Road, Fairfield, CTOn Thursday, June 12 at 5 p.m., Elizabeth Cronin, author of Heimat Photography in Austria (2015), explores Trude Fleischmann in relation to this aspect of 1930s visual culture. “In Austria, what is generally referred to as Heimat (home or homeland) photography featured local sights: peasants, churchgoers, skiers and rural alpine landscapes. As these traditional, romanticized […]
Virtual Lecture: Heimat Photography and the Art of Trude Fleischmann
VirtualOn Thursday, June 12 at 5 p.m., Elizabeth Cronin, author of Heimat Photography in Austria (2015), explores Trude Fleischmann in relation to this aspect of 1930s visual culture. “In Austria, what is generally referred to as Heimat (home or homeland) photography featured local sights: peasants, churchgoers, skiers and rural alpine landscapes. As these traditional, romanticized […]