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-Details the pioneering initiative to elucidate portraiture and its significance in society during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -The exhibition brings together works from approximately forty museums and private collections in Europe and the United States � The historical period commonly referred to as the Belle �poque��he final decades of the nineteenth century and the beginning years of the twentieth��ontinues to intrigue primarily because of the progressive changes that occurred in the arts, which spanned the period from Impressionism to the early avant-garde movements. � Although the art created during this era garnered esteem and a following, certain aspects of the artistic life that were crucial at the time have since been obscured or forgotten. One of the goals of the exhibition Portraits of the Belle �poque is to bring light to the art that characterized life through portraiture, a genre that not only best defines the timeframe but one that also illuminates the relationship between art and the society of the time � � |
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