The Brilliant and Eccentric M. Jean-Etienne Liotard
Free Talk
Monday 2 November 2015 1 - 2pm
The Reynolds Room, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts
Free, booking required.
Jean-Etienne Liotard
Curator MaryAnne Stevens gives an introduction to the work of the artist Jean-Etienne Liotard, who was internationally acclaimed for his mastery of pastel and his unflinching observation of reality.
In this talk, independent art historian and curator MaryAnne Stevens explores the achievement of this artist of the Age of the Enlightenment who worked on a range of scales, from extraordinarily refined miniatures to full length portraits, and who was the master of every medium in which he practised – from exquisite two and three-chalk drawings, mezzotints, oils on canvas and copper to magnificent pastels on paper and vellum. The fact that he donned oriental garb throughout his life also demonstrates an artist acutely aware of a very modern concept, his ‘brand’.
Doors open at 12.30pm, no admittance will be granted for latecomers after 1pm. If you do not arrive before 1pm, your ticket will be released at that time to those waiting for returned tickets.