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Gallery Tour: Collecting Impressionism at LACMA

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  • Time: 3 PM – 4 PM
  • Location: Resnick Pavilion
  • Price: Free with museum admission
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Join a LACMA docent for a 60-minute tour of Collecting Impressionism at LACMA.

Inspired by breakthroughs in industry and technology, visual culture in the final quarter of the 19th century in France expanded well beyond the traditional media of painting, sculpture, and drawing to include advances in printmaking, photography, decorative arts, and fashion. Yet, 150 years later, French Impressionism single-handedly defines this period at American art museums. Unpacking the reasons why, Collecting Impressionism at LACMA offers a surprising narrative about the people and artists who shaped LACMA, interrogating how trends in “taste” inform the museum’s collection. From early acquisitions of American and California Impressionism to donations of paintings by Edgar Degas and Camille Pissarro from major Hollywood collectors, art was a tool of cultural legitimization that helped the institution grow in tandem with a developing city. Collecting Impressionism at LACMA illuminates the ways in which museum collections are constructed, and by extension, suggests how visitors can read the museum as a site of changing taste and changing narratives.

Please be aware that these tours are volunteer-led and subject to cancellation. Ask a member of our team on the day for details.

Go Metro. The D Line now brings you directly to LACMA (Wilshire/Fairfax Station). Plan your trip at Metro.net.

<p>Claude Monet, <em>Nymphéas</em>, c. 1897–98, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mrs. Fred Hathaway Bixby Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA</p>

Claude Monet, Nymphéas, c. 1897–98, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mrs. Fred Hathaway Bixby Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Collecting Impressionism at LACMA was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 

Major support provided by The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation. 

Generous support provided by The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. 

All exhibitions at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Exhibition Fund. Major annual support is provided by The David & Meredith Kaplan Foundation, the Blanchard Nesbitt Family, Louise and Brad Edgerton, Edgerton Foundation, Julie Jaffe, Stan and Ann Kroenke, Ezra and Lauren Perlman, The Michael Silver Family, and Marietta Wu and Thomas Yamamoto, with generous annual funding from Mary and Daniel James, Bert Levy Fund, Alfred E. Mann Charities, and Kelsey Lee Offield.. 

All education and outreach programs organized by LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Education Fund. 

Major support is provided 

Generous additional support is provided by the Judy and Bernard Briskin Family Foundation, Capital Group, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund for Arts Education, Alfred E. Mann Charities, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, Gloria Ricci Lothrop, Flora L. Thornton Foundation, U.S. Bank, and The Yabuki Family Foundation.