Art Professor to Speak at the Louvre

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Leo Mazow

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Leo Mazow, associate professor of art history in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, will speak at the Louvre, Monday, Feb. 4, as part of a four-month exhibition and lecture series.

The Terra Foundation for American Art, a major supporter of and collaborator on innovative exhibitions, research and educational programs, invited Mazow as part of the programming for New Frontier II. American Art Enters the Louvre. The Origins of American Genre Painting, an exhibition hosted by the Louvre.

Mazow's talk, "Reach Out and Touch Someone: Allegories of Connectedness in American Genre Painting," is part of the "Tales Told: Representation and Narration in American Art, 18th-20th Centuries" series.

His lecture demonstrates the recurring emphasis of social and cultural linkage in genre painting, or depictions of so-called everyday subject matter. His comments merge ideas explored in his previous publications on nineteenth^-century American art with his more recent work on art-as-communication.

“This is a tremendous honor for the art department and our growing art history program,” said Jeannie Hulen, associate professor of ceramics and chair of the department. “Dr. Mazow represents the outstanding scholarship and talent at the university.”

The lecture will be presented in English, with a translator provided by the museum to accommodate the largely French-speaking audience. Artists featured in the talk will include George Inness, James Whistler, George Caleb Bingham, Thomas Hart Benton, and Edward Hopper.

The exhibition is made possible by the Louvre's partnership with the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta and the Terra Foundation for American Art.

The exhibit will be on display at the Louvre Saturday, Jan. 19, through Wednesday, April 22.