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University Students Explore the World Behind Local Art Exhibition
ATLANTA – Next month Oglethorpe University students will join professors, board members, alumni and incoming students on a study abroad trip to Brittany, France. The trip will track the works displayed in Oglethorpe University Museum of Art’s recent exhibition Before and After Gauguin: The Art of Printmaking in Brittany 1740 to 1940.
Led by Dr. Jeffrey Collins, director of Oglethorpe University Students Abroad and French professor, Dr. Jay Lutz, nine participants will depart for France June 15 and return June 29.The group will explore the geography, artistic traditions, religious customs and folkways of the Breton people, as well as visit several museums in relation to Oglethorpe University Museum of Art’s exhibition.
The group will fly from Atlanta to Paris and travel on to Brest.They will stay overnight on the island of Ouessant, a location depicted in numerous prints in the exhibition. They will then continue on to the Quimper area, Pont-Aven and Le Pouldu, to conclude with the megalithic monuments of Carnac, the Gulf of Morbihan and Nantes. From Nantes the travelers will return to Paris by TGV (rapid train).
Students will take a four-credit special topics art history course entitled Art and Archeology of Brittany.French majors and minors will do work in French while there and will receive course credit. There will also be pre-departure classes from June 10 through 12 on the Oglethorpe campus.
The Oglethorpe University Museum of Art presented Before and After Gauguin: The Art of Printmaking in Brittany 1740 to 1940 from February 3 until May 11. This exceptional exhibition included, 100 prints from private French collections, the first print made in Brittany, France, demonstrates how the renowned French artist Paul Gauguin influenced and changed the direction of the great printmaking tradition in Brittany. In the late nineteenth century, Gauguin was drawn to the creative innovations of the artists’ colonies of Pont-Aven and Le Pouldu, where he made a profound impact on the art of printmaking.
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