The husband and wife team of artist Christopher Campbell and art historian Nancy Locke explore the “Intersection of Impressionist Music and Painting” with acclaimed pianist Boris Berman Tuesday, Jan. 19, 7 to 8:30 p.m., in a webinar via Zoom hosted by the Bruce Museum in Greenwich. Moderated by Robert Wolterstorff, The Susan E. Lynch executive director of the Bruce, this discussion will feature a live performance by Berman, who will be playing select pieces by French composer Claude Debussy to highlight linkages with works by CeÌzanne, Pissarro and other French Impressionists.
Moscow-trained pianist Berman is the Sylvia and Leonard Marx Class of 1954 professor in the practice of piano at the Yale School of Music. He has been named an honorary professor of Shanghai Conservatory, of the Danish Royal Conservatory in Copenhagen, and of China Conservatory in Beijing, and
performs and conducts master classes throughout the world.
Campbell received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1979, and studied with Ansel Adams in Yosemite in 1981.
After completing his Master of Arts in art history at Brown University, Campbell received a Fulbright dissertation grant to France where he explored the artistic relationship between CeÌzanne and Pissarro. His work has been exhibited in China, Ireland, Spain and the United States.
Locke is associate professor of art history at the Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania, where she teaches courses on modern European art and the history of photography. The author of “Manet and the Family
Romance” (Princeton University Press, 2001), she has published numerous articles on EÌdouard Manet, Paul CeÌzanne, and modernism.
Admission to See Hear: Revealing the Links Between Impressionist Art and Music is $20; Museum members and students receive a 20% discount. To register, visit brucemuseum.org or call 203-869-0376.
