Artists had worked in the Normandy village of Giverny since the early nineteenth century, but between 1887 and World War I, it blossomed as an international art colony thanks largely to a flood of American artists. Three successive waves of arrivals each pictured the village, its surroundings, and the rural life it supported in distinctive ways that illustrate the evolution of Impressionism in American art. This lecture examines the colorful work and the lives of the Americans in Giverny over a quarter century. 

Dr. Greenhouse is a Chicago-based art historian specializing in American art of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She received her BA in History from Yale University, an MS in Library and Information Science from Simmons College, and her PhD in the History of Art from Yale.​

Social time at the Peoria Riverfront Museum begins at 9:30 am with the lecture from 10:00-11:00 am.  Everyone is welcome.
​Tickets at the door:  Adults: $12 / Students $5

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