French Paint: Letting Life Be Life

Join renowned local Art Historian Professor Karri Fritz-Klaus as she dazzles us with a five-part symposium of the intricacies of the Fine Art Masters at work. Both inspiring and intellectual, this series is perfect for anyone interested in history, art, design and culture, as well as creative types looking to find inspiration in their own creative endeavors.

This month: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Ninetenth century France comes radiantly alive as it opens a window into a burgeoning world of art. It was an extraordinary age; a moving story of courage and creativity in the convergences and divergences of an unlikely fivesome: Monet, Toulouse-Lautrec, Van Gogh, Gauguin and Cassatt. Like any co-existing "family", these pioneers prodded, inspired, irritated and encouraged each other to view art, not divorced from life but as an affirmation of life--and a life fully lived.