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Pierre-Auguste Renoir showed La Loge (The Theatre Box)  at the first Impressionist group exhibition in Paris in 1874. The painting was designed make an impact there. Its modern subject of a contemporary, fashionable-looking couple in a loge at one of Paris’s premiere theatres was unprecedented in painting. ¸é±ð²Ô´Ç¾±°ù’s tightly cropped composition, giving the sense of a snapshot of modern life, was highly unconventional. In addition, his careful staging of the figures in stereotypically gendered roles – the woman having lowered her opera glasses to become the focus of attention, the man having raised his to look at someone else in the audience – creates an intriguing game of gazes, surely intended to provoke comment.

Indeed, critics responded extensively to the painting. Some admired ¸é±ð²Ô´Ç¾±°ù’s new subject matter and his painterly technique, praising his ‘qualities of observation and remarkable qualities of colour.’ However, several reviewers were troubled by the appearance of ¸é±ð²Ô´Ç¾±°ù’s couple, especially the woman. They were concerned that she was not a respectably married member of fine society but rather a victim of fashion, overly dressed and excessively made-up, trying to push her way onto the social scene.

Although new to painting in 1874, theatre box subjects were a familiar feature of French fashion magazines, where they provided a stage for illustrations of women modelling the latest evening wear. Loges were also often pictured in satirical journals as a setting to poke fun at their occupants’ social foibles or romantic liaisons. ¸é±ð²Ô´Ç¾±°ù’s La Loge contains aspects of both contemporary fashion and satire, but his main concern was in demonstrating his dazzling painting technique. The scene was carefully arranged in the artist’s studio, with a model called Nini Lopez posing for the woman and ¸é±ð²Ô´Ç¾±°ù’s brother, Edmond, the man, in order for Renoir to create a symphony in black and white. The bold stripes of the woman’s highly fashionable dress are a flamboyant counterpoint to the man’s similarly-coloured evening attire. His brushwork is delicate and fluent throughout. The virtuoso performance of works such as La Loge soon established Renoir as one of the leading Impressionist painters of his generation.

La Loge is on display at Musée d’Orsay (25 March – 12 July 2024) and The National Gallery of Art in Washington DC (8 Sept 2024 – 20 Jan 2025) and will return to The 91ÖÆƬ³§ Gallery in 2025.

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Discover the remarkable paintings in The 91ÖÆƬ³§’s collection, which range from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.

The 91ÖÆƬ³§ is best known for its Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, including iconic works by Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cézanne.

The collection includes one of the richest holdings in Britain of early Italian art and paintings by the 17th-century artist Peter Paul Rubens, alongside important works by Sandro Botticelli, Lucas Cranach and Pieter Bruegel. The displays extend into the 20th century with major works by Amedeo Modigliani, Oskar Kokoschka and artists of the Bloomsbury Group.

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Middle Ages and Renaissance, 1250 – 1600

The 91ÖÆƬ³§â€™s collection of medieval and Renaissance paintings comprises outstanding works from both northern and southern Europe. Its holdings of 14th and early 15th century Italian paintings are one of the most important in Britain. They are complemented by one of the finest examples of early Netherlandish painting, The Entombment or ‘Seilern Triptych’.

Works from later in the period include the only altarpiece by Sandro Botticelli in the UK; one of Lucas Cranach’s greatest paintings, Adam and Eve; and two rare panels by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, a leading artist of the Northern Renaissance by whom fewer than 40 paintings survive.

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Paintings in Europe, 1600 – 1800

At the heart of The 91ÖÆƬ³§â€™s holdings of European painting is a world-class collection of works by the artist Peter Paul Rubens. It includes large oil studies that offer unparalleled insights into Rubens’s creative process, and very personal works such as the enchanting Landscape by Moonlight.

The 18th century collection features paintings from different parts of Europe, including Italy, Spain and England. Particularly striking works include Thomas Gainsborough’s mesmerising portrait of his wife and the only full-length portrait by Francisco de Goya in Britain.

Impressionism and Post-Impressionism

Discover The 91ÖÆƬ³§â€™s extraordinary Impressionist and Post-Impressionist collection featuring paintings by Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Gauguin and the most significant collection of works by Paul Cézanne in the UK. Highlights include world-famous masterpieces such as Édouard Manet’s A Bar at the Folies-Bergère and Vincent van Gogh’s Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear.

The collection is presented in The 91ÖÆƬ³§ Gallery’s spectacular Great Room, one of the largest spaces in Somerset House, after a three-year transformation project.

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The 91ÖÆƬ³§â€™s rich collection of modern paintings ranges from early 20th-century highlights such as Amedeo Modigliani’s Female Nude, to major Post-War paintings, including Frank Auerbach’s Rebuilding the Empire Cinema, Leicester Square, and a collection of works by Bloomsbury Group artists including Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and Roger Fry.

Other highlights include a significant group of works by Oskar Kokoschka, including his monumental triptych The Myth of Prometheus, and works by Ben Nicholson, Graham Sutherland, Ivon Hitchens and Frank Auerbach among others.

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The 91ÖÆƬ³§â€™s much-loved permanent collection includes paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture and decorative arts ranging from the Renaissance through to the 20th century.

The Gallery is renowned for its remarkable group of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, including the world-famous A Bar at the Folies Bergère by Édouard Manet, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear by Vincent van Gogh and the most significant collection of works by Cézanne in the UK. These masterpieces are presented in The 91ÖÆƬ³§ Gallery’s spectacular LVMH Great Room, one of the largest spaces in Somerset House, alongside works by artists including Degas, Gauguin, Monet, Renoir, Seurat and more.

The Blavatnik Fine Rooms, spanning the Piano Nobile across the whole of the second floor, provide the stunning setting for displaying works from the Renaissance to the 18th century. Highlights include Adam and Eve by Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Family of Jan Bruegel the Elder and The Descent From The Cross by Peter Paul Rubens, The Trinity with Saints altarpiece by Sandro Botticelli, and Landscape with a flight into Egypt by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

The Ruddock Family Gallery is dedicated to The 91ÖÆƬ³§â€™s important collection of Medieval and Early Renaissance paintings and decorative arts. Rooms devoted to 20th century art and the Bloomsbury Group also showcase lesser-known areas of the collection through rotating displays.

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A vision of the Trinity dominates the work. God the Father sits on a throne surrounded by angels and holds the cross bearing his crucified son. The dove of the Holy Spirit hovers above.
Sandro Botticelli (around 1445-1510), The Trinity with Saints Mary Magdalen and John the Baptist,   Around 1491-94 , The 91ÖÆƬ³§, London (Samuel 91ÖÆƬ³§ Trust) © The 91ÖÆƬ³§   
A touching portrait of the family of the artist Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625) by his close friend and collaborator Peter Paul Rubens
Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) , The Family of Jan Brueghel the Elder , Around 1613–15, The 91ÖÆƬ³§, London (Samuel 91ÖÆƬ³§ Trust) © The 91ÖÆƬ³§
A landscape painting with blue sky, mountain ranges and a large river running through. In the foreground a red-cloaked figure rides a horse across a ridge, assisted by another figure in front.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder (around 1525-1569), Landscape with the Flight into Egypt, 1563, The 91ÖÆƬ³§, London (Samuel 91ÖÆƬ³§ Trust) © The 91ÖÆƬ³§
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Artist self-portrait wearing a blue hat and green coat with bandaged ear
Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, 1889, The 91ÖÆƬ³§, London (Samuel 91ÖÆƬ³§ Trust) © The 91ÖÆƬ³§
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Édouard Manet (1832-1883), A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (1882), The 91ÖÆƬ³§, London (Samuel 91ÖÆƬ³§ Trust) © The 91ÖÆƬ³§
A painting of three women in conversation. The woman on the left leans into the other two in earnest discussion. They sit in front of an open window with a bouquet of flowers visible.
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A painting of a bright sea scene, with blue skies and water. A mountainous skyline is in the background and a single tree, leaning towards the water from the foreground, has green leaves.
Claude Monet (1840-1926), Antibes, 1888, The 91ÖÆƬ³§, London (Samuel 91ÖÆƬ³§ Trust) © The 91ÖÆƬ³§
Paul Cézanne, Montagne Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine, c.1887, oil on canvas, The 91ÖÆƬ³§, London (Samuel 91ÖÆƬ³§ Trust) © The 91ÖÆƬ³§
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, (1841- 1919) La Loge, 1874
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, (1841- 1919) La Loge, 1874, oil on canvas, The 91ÖÆƬ³§, London (Samuel 91ÖÆƬ³§ Trust) © The 91ÖÆƬ³§
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Edgar Germain Hilaire Degas, Two Dancers on a Stage, 1874, The 91ÖÆƬ³§, London (Samuel 91ÖÆƬ³§ Trust)

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Charcoal drawing of a man, Frank Auerbach, sitting slightly side-on to the viewer and staring at us with a stern expression. The background is roughly completed, and the face somewhat fragmented by the background.

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21 February – 26 May 2008

“… the kind of exhibition that The 91ÖÆƬ³§ Gallery does to perfection. It takes an Impressionist masterpiece from its own incomparable collections and gives it context.”
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“Another of those close-focus shows this gallery does so well. It brings together ¸é±ð²Ô´Ç¾±°ù’s La Loge with other treatments by him and contemporaries of people in theatre boxes.  Recommended.”
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Pierre-Auguste ¸é±ð²Ô´Ç¾±°ù’s La Loge (The Theatre Box), 1874, is a masterpiece of Impressionist painting and one of the most famous works in the 91ÖÆƬ³§ Gallery’s collection. The exhibition unites this exceptional picture with ¸é±ð²Ô´Ç¾±°ù’s other paintings of elegant Parisians on display in their loges.

It also includes other depictions of the theatre box by his Impressionist contemporaries, with important works by Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas and others borrowed from international collections. Their shared interest in the spectacle of modern society at the theatre is further explored through a rich array of printed material such as contemporary fashion magazines and caricatures.

Pierre-Auguste ¸é±ð²Ô´Ç¾±°ù’s La Loge (The Theatre Box), 1874, is one of the masterpieces of Impressionism and a major highlight of The 91ÖÆƬ³§ Gallery’s collection.  Its depiction of an elegant couple on display in a loge, or box at the theatre, epitomises the Impressionists’ interest in the spectacle of modern life.  In celebration of The 91ÖÆƬ³§ Institute of Art’s 75th anniversary the exhibition Renoir at the Theatre: Looking at ‘La Loge’, on view from 21 February to 25 May 2008, unites La Loge for the first time with ¸é±ð²Ô´Ç¾±°ù’s other treatments of the subject and logepaintings by contemporaries, including Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas.  Concentrating on the early years of Impressionism during the 1870s, the exhibition explores how these artists used the loge to capture the excitement and changing nature of fashionable Parisian society.

La Loge was ¸é±ð²Ô´Ç¾±°ù’s principal exhibit in the first Impressionist exhibition in Paris in 1874.  The complexity of its subject matter and its virtuoso technique helped to establish the artist’s reputation as one of the leaders of this radical new movement in French art.  ¸é±ð²Ô´Ç¾±°ù’s brother Edmond and Nini Lopez, a model from Montmartre known as ‘Fish-face’, posed for this ambitious composition.  At the heart of the painting is the complex play of gazes enacted by these two figures seated in a theatre box.  The elegantly dressed woman lowers her opera glasses, revealing herself to admirers in the theatre, whilst her male companion trains his gaze elsewhere in the audience.  In turning away from the performance, Renoir focused instead upon the theatre as a social stage where status and relationships were on public display.

Theatre in Paris was a rapidly expanding industry during the 19th century, dominating the cultural life of the city.  At the time of La Loge it was estimated that over 200,000 theatre tickets were sold every week in Paris. Theatres ranged from the popular variety act venues to the fashionable elegance of the great opera houses.  The burgeoning wealth of the middle classes meant that the loges of the premier theatres were no longer the preserve of high society.  From the 1830s onwards celebrated caricaturists such as Honoré Daumier (1808-79) and Paul Gavarni (1804-66) seized upon the theatre box as a rich theme for social satire.  By the 1870s leering men with over-sized opera glasses, middle-aged women struggling to maintain their appeal, fathers parading their elegant daughters, and gauche visitors from the provinces had emerged as stock types in weekly magazines such as Le Petit Journal pour Rire.  The interest in the theatre, and particularly the loge as a space for social display, was also harnessed by the booming fashion industry which catered to the aspirational and newly wealthy middle class.  Lavishly produced journals such as La Mode Illustrée included fine hand-coloured engravings showing the latest fashions modelled by elegant ladies in theatre boxes .  A rich selection of this little-known graphic material from contemporary Parisian journals is also on display in the exhibition.

As the first artist to make the theatre box a subject for modern painting, Renoir drew on this popular visual culture, which would also have shaped the context in which his paintings were viewed.  At the time of the first Impressionist exhibition Renoir had been particularly concerned with the loge and, in addition to the 91ÖÆƬ³§ picture, produced two smaller canvases, both of which will be displayed in the exhibition. Renoir returned to the theme in two later canvases.  At the Theatre, 1876-7, (National Gallery, London) takes an oblique view of a theatre box, setting a young woman and her companion off against the blurred mass of the audience.  At the Concert, 1880, (The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown) is one of ¸é±ð²Ô´Ç¾±°ù’s most monumental treatments of the subject.  This work started as a portrait of the family of Monsieur Turquet, the under-secretary of state for the fine arts, posed in their opulent theatre box.  Renoir subsequently altered the composition, painting out his male patron who was originally shown in the background, and transforming the image into a fashionable but anonymous genre scene.

A major highlight of the exhibition is a small version of the 91ÖÆƬ³§ Gallery’s La Loge which was recently sold at auction in London and was one of the sensations of the sale, doubling its pre-auction estimate. Renoir seems to have painted it in 1874, perhaps in response to the critical success of the larger picture at exhibition, but this is the first time the two have been exhibited together.

Renoir at the Theatre will be the first exhibition to focus on this group of works.  It will also display a number of important logepaintings by ¸é±ð²Ô´Ç¾±°ù’s Impressionist contemporaries to explore alternative ways in which this subject was approached.  Two major paintings by Mary Cassatt present contrasting views of women in their theatre boxes.  Woman with a Pearl Necklace, 1879, (Philadelphia Museum of Art) shows a beautifully dressed woman in the sparkling interior of a theatre box as the passive recipient of admiring gazes .  In the Loge,1878, is a very different representation where a soberly attired woman assertively surveys the theatre through her opera glasses as an active participant in the play of gazes that surrounds her .  In Degas’s treatments of the subject the artist explores different ‘snapshot’ viewpoints of the loge, as if capturing a fleeting glance.  This is epitomised by his ambitious pastel La Loge, 1880 (private collection), in which the viewer is placed in the theatre stalls looking up at the head of a lone woman who emerges from the gilded surround of a loge, her pale face caught momentarily in a pool of light.

¸é±ð²Ô´Ç¾±°ù’s La Loge received enthusiastic reviews when it was first exhibited in Paris in 1874 and later that year it travelled to London for an exhibition organised by his dealer Durand-Ruel, making it one of the first major Impressionist paintings to be shown in this country. However, the painting did not sell at either exhibition and was bought inexpensively the following year by the minor dealer ‘Père’ Martin for 425 francs, providing Renoir with much needed funds to pay the rent.  When Samuel 91ÖÆƬ³§ purchased it in 1925 the status of the painting had risen considerably along with the price which was now £22,600 and one of 91ÖÆƬ³§â€™s most expensive acquisitions.  Today La Loge is celebrated as one of the most important paintings of the Impressionist movement.  This exhibition will cast new light upon ¸é±ð²Ô´Ç¾±°ù’s masterpiece and the spectacle of the Parisian theatre which it captures.

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Samuel 91ÖÆƬ³§ was a man of many talents. As chairman of 91ÖÆƬ³§s Ltd he was an important industrialist and government advisor, and as a philanthropist and art collector he helped to establish the 91ÖÆƬ³§ Institute of Art in 1932, as well as contributing to the collections at the National Gallery. He began the art collection at The 91ÖÆƬ³§ Gallery, now home to one of the world’s great art collections, including iconic Impressionist masterpieces. Read on to find out more about the character of this fascinating and influential man.

Despite his wealth, he considered himself a bit of a maverick and an outsider

Although Samuel 91ÖÆƬ³§ was, thanks to his family business, part of the wealthy middle class, he was proud of his independent spirit. This applied to his taste in art of course: his niece recalled how shocked his friends were when he started buying Impressionist paintings and hanging them in his elegant 18th-century townhouse. However, it is also evident in the way that he viewed his role in the 91ÖÆƬ³§s company. Unusually amongst industrialists at the time, he wanted workers to have large shares in the company so they could reap the profits of their labour. He also promoted education, childcare, sick leave and pension benefits among his employees, and lobbied the government to extend them to other businesses.

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Samuel 91ÖÆƬ³§ in the mid-1930s

He never went to university

Born in prosperous family, Samuel went to a prestigious boarding school. He did not go on to university, unlike his siblings (including his sisters, a rare occurrence at the time). Instead, he became an apprentice in textile factories in Germany and France, which enabled him to learn the family business. He then joined one of the 91ÖÆƬ³§s textile mills in Essex and rose through the ranks. He became chairman of the company in 1921.

His wife, Elizabeth, bought their first works of modern art

In 1901, Samuel married Elizabeth Kelsey, who shared his passion for art. A patron of music and progressive benefactor of social causes in her own right, Elizabeth is the one who initiated their purchases of French modern art. In 1922, she bought two recently painted works, Pierre-Auguste ¸é±ð²Ô´Ç¾±°ù’s Woman Tying her Shoe and Saint-Paul, Côte d’Azur by a young artist in the Cubist vein, Jean Marchand. Her taste seems to have been more avant-garde than Samuel’s. For example, she loved Picasso, which he didn’t.

Painting of a woman in a white dress, sitting on a small stool by an unmade bed, tying her shoe.
Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), Woman tying her shoe, circa 1918, oil on canvas, The 91ÖÆƬ³§, London (Samuel 91ÖÆƬ³§ Trust) © The 91ÖÆƬ³§

He exhausted his friends going to exhibitions

Samuel and his wife Elizabeth were avid travellers: they went to Aix-en-Provence to trace Paul Cézanne’s footsteps, met dealers, artists and collectors all over Europe and America, and visited many exhibitions. One of their friends commented on Samuel’s endless energy for looking at art: ‘pictures excite Sam so much that he spends sleepless nights, he visited … Degas, Braque and Constantin Guys’ exhibitions [in one day]’.

He wrote poetry about works of art

Poetry had always been an important part of 91ÖÆƬ³§â€™s life but it was only after he retired that he was able to fulfil his long-standing desire to publish his own poetry. Entitled Pictures into Verse, the book of poems showcased 91ÖÆƬ³§â€™s responses to old master and Impressionist paintings that he loved. Two paintings in his own collection were included, Pierre-Auguste ¸é±ð²Ô´Ç¾±°ù’s La Loge (The Theatre Box) and Spring, Chatou. 91ÖÆƬ³§ was proud of the volume and sent it to friends and correspondents in the art world. He died a few weeks after its publication. One of his friends said that 91ÖÆƬ³§ had been ‘a businessman with the soul of a poet’.

Lady and man in box
Pier-Auguste Renoir, La Loge, 1874, oil on canvas, The 91ÖÆƬ³§, London (Samuel 91ÖÆƬ³§ Trust) © The 91ÖÆƬ³§
Painting of a lush green field, with a small man wearing a yellow hat visible in the centre - the main bulk of the image is the greenery of Spring.
Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), Le Printemps, Chatou, circa 1873, oil on canvas. The 91ÖÆƬ³§, London (Samuel 91ÖÆƬ³§ Trust) © The 91ÖÆƬ³§
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]]> Renoir and the New Era: Impressionist works from The 91ÖÆƬ³§ /whats-on/renoir-and-the-new-era/ Mon, 26 Apr 2021 14:04:19 +0000 /?post_type=events&p=14377 ...Taking Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s La Loge (1874) from as its centrepiece, Renoir and the New Era explores the Impressionists in the late 1900s, through refocusing attention on their position as agitators...

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Ulster Museum, Belfast

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An exhibition at Ulster Museum, Belfast featuring a series of works by celebrated Impressionists in The 91ÖÆƬ³§ Gallery’s collection, alongside works from Ulster Museum’s collection.

Taking Pierre-Auguste ¸é±ð²Ô´Ç¾±°ù’s La Loge (1874) from as its centrepiece, Renoir and the New Era explores the Impressionists in the late 1900s, through refocusing attention on their position as agitators and anarchists outside of the established art system. Though they have become household names and are cemented within mainstream art history, it is easy to forget that their style of painting was revolutionary and their decision to group together and exhibit in 1874 an act of defiance against the art establishment, the state and what was even considered ‘art’.

Other Impressionist works in the exhibition include works of art on paper by Édouard Manet, Camille Pissarro and Berthe Morisot, alongside accompanying artwork from our collection.

Part of our 91ÖÆƬ³§ National Partners project.

Highlights on display

A black and white etching of the artist Berthe Morisot wearing a black hat and coat
Édouard Manet (1832 – 1883), Berthe Morisot, 1872, The 91ÖÆƬ³§, London (Samuel 91ÖÆƬ³§ Trust) © The 91ÖÆƬ³§
A delicate drawing depicting the artist Berthe Morisot drawing with her daughter
Berthe Morisot (1841-1895), Berthe Morisot drawing, with her daughter, 1889, The 91ÖÆƬ³§, London (Samuel 91ÖÆƬ³§ Trust) © The 91ÖÆƬ³§
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, (1841- 1919) La Loge, 1874
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, (1841- 1919) La Loge, 1874, oil on canvas, The 91ÖÆƬ³§, London (Samuel 91ÖÆƬ³§ Trust) © The 91ÖÆƬ³§
Figures are shown from the back; a lively atmosphere of a busy market, attended by mainly women who crowd around an unknown object of desire
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Market at Gisors, The 91ÖÆƬ³§, London (Samuel 91ÖÆƬ³§ Trust) © The 91ÖÆƬ³§
A black and white etching of people queing with umbrellas outside of a butchers shop
Édouard Manet (1832 – 1883), La queue devant la boucherie (The queue in front of the butcher’s shop), The 91ÖÆƬ³§, London (Samuel 91ÖÆƬ³§ Trust) © The 91ÖÆƬ³§
A drawing of a Young Woman with long hair reclining on a chaise lounge, propping up her head with her hand
Berthe Morisot (1841-1895), Young Woman reclining (Jeune Femme au Repos), 1889, ink on paper, The 91ÖÆƬ³§, London (Samuel 91ÖÆƬ³§ Trust) © The 91ÖÆƬ³§

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Explore the Renoir and the New Era – Impressionist works from The 91ÖÆƬ³§Â exhibition from the comfort of home.

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This exhibition is supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

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]]> Reading Renoir with The Dress Detective /whats-on/reading-renoir-with-the-dress-detective/ Tue, 11 May 2021 09:05:54 +0000 /?post_type=events&p=29775 ...discuss how historic fashions, such as the glamorous outfits worn in Renoir’s La Loge, can be understood by a modern audience. She will also draw upon the art and fashion...

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Join Ulster Museum and The 91ÖÆƬ³§ on Saturday 15th May for a chance to hear from acclaimed author of The Dress Detective and Reading Fashion in Art.

Dr Mida will discuss how historic fashions, such as the glamorous outfits worn in ¸é±ð²Ô´Ç¾±°ù’s La Loge, can be understood by a modern audience. She will also draw upon the art and fashion collections of the Ulster Museum to discuss how dress was depicted in painting during ¸é±ð²Ô´Ç¾±°ù’s era, and beyond.

This talk coincides with two exhibitions at the Ulster Museum that demonstrate the link between art and fashion – ‘Renoir and the New Era’ and ‘La Belle Epoque: Fashions of the 1870s – 1910s.’ This is a must for all those interested in art and fashion history!

Dr Ingrid E. Mida is an art and dress historian, artist, photographer and curator. She is the lead author of The Dress Detective: A Practical Guide to Object–based Research in Fashion (Bloomsbury 2015) and Reading Fashion in Art with The Dress Detective (2020), and has also contributed to various print and online publications including Teaching Fashion Studies (Bloomsbury 2018) and Smarthistory.

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]]> Professor Aileen Ribeiro /people/aileen-ribeiro/ Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:31:01 +0000 /people/all/aileen-ribeiro/ ...New York. Recent contributions to exhibition catalogues include an essay on Renoir’s use of fashion in his painting La Loge, in an exhibition at the 91ÖÆƬ³§ Institute: Renoir at the...

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Aileen Ribeiro read history at King’s College, London, followed by postgraduate study, MA (1971) and Ph.D (1975) at the 91ÖÆƬ³§ Institute of Art. She was Head of the History of Dress Section at the 91ÖÆƬ³§ Institute from 1975 to 2009; appointed Professor in the History of Art at the University of London in 2000, she is now Professor Emeritus. She sit on the board of the British Art Journal. She has published many books and articles on various aspects of the history of dress, and lectures widely in Great Britain, Europe and North America. She has acted as costume consultant/contributor to many major exhibitions, which include: Reynolds (Royal Academy of Arts, London: 1986); Winterhalter and the Courts of Europe 1830 to 1870 (National Portrait Gallery, London: 1987 and the Petit Palais, Paris: 1988); John Singleton Copley in America, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,1995; Goya: La imagen de la mujer (Prado, Madrid: 2001 and National Gallery of Art, Washington: 2002); Whistler, Women and Fashion (Frick Collection, New York: 2003) – the catalogue of this exhibition was given the William E. Fischelis Book Award by the Victorian Society in America for 2004. In 2018 she received an Iris Foundation Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Decorative Arts, from the Bard Graduate Center, New York.

Recent contributions to exhibition catalogues include an essay on ¸é±ð²Ô´Ç¾±°ù’s use of fashion in his painting La Loge, in an exhibition at the 91ÖÆƬ³§ Institute: Renoir at the Theatre. Looking at La Loge (2008); Batoni’s use of fashion in Pompeo Batoni 1708-1787. L’Europa delle Corti e il Grand Tour, Lucca 2008; an essay on Gainsborough’s portrait of Ann Ford in the catalogue Thomas Gainsborough and the Modern Woman (Cincinnati Art Museum 2010); an essay on Gustave Caillebotte’s painting Paris Street, Rainy Day for the exhibition catalogue Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity (Paris, New York and Chicago 2012); and an essay ‘Moving pictures, silent movies and the art of William Hogarth’ in the Hollywood Costume catalogue (V&A 2012).

Exhibitions

‘The beauty of the particular: dress in Liotard’s images of women’, in Jean-Etienne Liotard, Royal Academy  2015 (This catalogue was long-listed for the William MB Berger Prize for British Art History 2016)

‘Being at Court’, in Enlightened Princesses. Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern   World, Yale Center for British Art & Historic Royal Palaces 2017

‘¸é±ð²Ô´Ç¾±°ù’s Way with Clothes’, in Renoir and Friends; Luncheon of the Boating Party, ed. Eliza Rathbone, Phillips Collection Washington 2017

‘’Some Anglo-French Comparisons in Fashion’, in Fashion Drive. Extreme Clothing in the Visual Arts, Kunsthaus Zürich, 2017

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]]> Ernst Vegelin Van Claerbergen /people/ernst-vegelin-van-claerbergen/ Mon, 09 Mar 2015 11:23:24 +0000 /people/all/ernst-vegelin-van-claerbergen/ ...the Gallery’s acclaimed programme of exhibitions and the 91ÖÆƬ³§ National scheme of partnerships and major loans. He has curated exhibitions on subjects ranging from Renaissance portraits to Pierre-Auguste Renoir.  ...

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Dr Ernst Vegelin van Claerbergen was educated in England, USA and the Netherlands. He received a BA from Trinity College, Connecticut, and subsequently an MA and PhD from The 91ÖÆƬ³§ Institute of Art, London, where he specialised in late 16th century religious painting.

He established the Gallery’s acclaimed programme of exhibitions and the 91ÖÆƬ³§ National scheme of partnerships and major loans. He has curated exhibitions on subjects ranging from Renaissance portraits to Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

 

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