The Beautiful and Ugly Sides of Degas: The Dreyfus Affair
Tuesday, March 12 at 1:30 pm
Held at CWRU-Siegal Lifelong Learning, Landmark Centre Building, 25700 Science Park Dr, Beachwood, OH 44122
$10
Beautiful paintings and sculptures by the Impressionist artist, Degas, depict his family’s wealth and then financial decline. Degas came from a banking family, and when their assets fell, he blamed the Rothschilds and other Jewish bankers. Explore the simultaneous development of the case against Dreyfus and how Degas turned against his closest Jewish friends. Further on, notable cultural leaders in Paris supported and opposed Dreyfus are mentioned. Learn about the end stages of the case against Dreyfus and finish with mention of his granddaughter’s murder in Auschwitz.
Carol Salus, PhD, is Professor Emerita, Art History at Kent State University. She taught courses in twentieth-century American and European art history. She received her Ph.D. from the Ohio State University. She is co-editor of Out of Context: American Artists Abroad (2004).
