Monday, December 8, 3 – 3:30pm
Henri Matisse. The Music Lesson (detail), 1917. The Barnes Foundation, BF717. Public Domain.
Free with admission
About the Talk
Nina Huang, a master’s student in the history of art at the University of Pennsylvania, leads an in-depth discussion about Henri Matisse’s The Music Lesson and Studio with Goldfish. The talk takes place on the second floor in Room 19.
Deep Dives are 30-minute discussions held in the Barnes galleries presented in partnership with the University of Pennsylvania’s history of art graduate program. Deep Dive talks provide new interpretative approaches and intensive focus on individual works in the collection or current exhibition.
Henri Matisse. The Music Lesson, 1917. The Barnes Foundation, BF717. Public Domain.
Henri Matisse. Studio with Goldfish, 1912. The Barnes Foundation, BF569. Public Domain.
Speaker
Nina Huang
Huang is a second-year MA student in the History of Art Department at the University of Pennsylvania. She specializes in modern and contemporary art, focusing on materiality, embodiment, and memory in photography and printmaking. Huang received a BFA in studio art (printmaking concentration) and art history from Washington University.
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