"Royalty, Revolution, Republic: French Jewelry Design" presented by Jan Schneider Lund, Officier de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques. Adjunct
Assistant Professor, Retired, Department of Modern Languages and
Literatures, Creighton University
This talk is free to all, however guests wishing to see the exhibition must obtain a ticket.
Bijoux Parisiens is a
ticketed exhibition, FREE for Joslyn members. $10 general public adults;
free for youth ages 17 and younger & college students with ID.
This presentation will tell the story of the artists,
designers, and talented entrepreneurs who created the extraordinary
jewels in the
Bijoux Parisiens exhibition. They worked in the most precious of materials in order to
create true works of art. This collection contains pieces of jewelry
dating from the
Ancienne Régime to the Empire and beyond, with an
emphasis on Art Nouveau. We will look at examples of jewelry emanating
from the most famous French houses whose names are still today among the
most prestigious: Cartier, Lalique, Van Cleef and Arpels and Boucheron
to name a few.
What's Pictured: (above left) Lucien Falize (1839–1897),
Gothic Bracelet, ca. 1880, gold,
diamonds, turquoise, Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de
Paris, ODUT 01865; © Petit Palais / Roger-Viollet; (right) Jan Schneider Lund
Board member and past president of the
Alliance
Francaise d’Omaha,
Jan Schneider Lund has the distinction of Officer in
the Order of the French Academic Palms, France’s highest teaching honor.
She is a retired adjunct professor of French at Creighton University.
She holds the
Degré Supérieur de Langue et de Civilisation Française
with an art history minor from the Sorbonne, University of Paris.
This
program is in partnership with Alliance Française d'Omaha and celebrating Bijoux Parisiens: French Jewelry from the Petit Palais, Paris.
Alliance members are invited to lunch on their own in Joslyn’s ConAgra
Foods Atrium prior to the lecture.
Exhibition produced by the Petit Palais, City of Paris Fine Art
Museum, Paris Musées, in association with the Dixon Gallery and Gardens,
Memphis, TN and Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE.