Public Symposium
The Early Modernists and America
November 6, 2010
11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
East Building Auditorium
Held in conjunction with the exhibition
American Modernism: The Shein Collection
Introductory Remarks
Nancy Anderson, curator and head of the department of American and British paintings, National Gallery of Art
11:00–11:10
Introductory Remarks
Harry Cooper, curator and head of the department of modern and contemporary art, National Gallery of Art
11:10–11:20
Picasso and American Art
Michael C. FitzGerald, professor of fine arts, Trinity College
11:20–11:55
The Rise of Cubism: An International Idiom
Didier Ottinger, deputy director, Centre Pompidou, Paris
11:55–12:30
Break
12:30–1:30
John Storrs: Machine-Age Modernist
Debra Bricker Balken, independent curator
1:35–2:10
Charles Sheeler: Last Works
Carol Troyen, Kristin and Roger Servison Curator Emerita of American Paintings, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2:10–2:45
Break
2:45–3:00
American Modernist: A Portrait
Jay Bochner, honorary professor of English, University of Montreal
3:00–3:35
Closing Remarks
Charles Brock, associate curator of American and British paintings, National Gallery of Art
3:35
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