Spotlight Tour: Child’s Play, with Ricardo Fernandes Garcia ’27

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Harvard Art Museums

Free

In this photomontage, a smiling young man stands next to a tree, gesturing toward a landscape painting that appears to float. In the foreground of the painting, two boys and a horse clear a large brown field.

Ricardo Fernandes Garcia will explore how representations of innocence have enabled painters to address conflict and war.

No application or registration needed.

Cost

This Event is free!

Please check in with museum staff at the Visitor Services desk in the Calderwood Courtyard to request to join the tour. Tours are limited to 18 people and are available on a first-come, first-served basis; no registration is required.

Location

  • In-person only.

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States

Neighborhood

Neighborhood 9

Dates and Times

Sunday, November 17 2PM – 2:50PM

Additional information

On this tour, Ricardo Fernandes Garcia ’27 will explore how representations of innocence have enabled painters to address conflict and war. The stops on the tour are Winslow Homer’s The Brush Harrow (1865), which depicts a scene from childhood; George Grosz’s Nutcracker (1931), which features a group of toys; and Rufino Tamayo’s Man Searching the Heavens (1949), which suggests the imagination at work.

Free

In this photomontage, a smiling young man stands next to a tree, gesturing toward a landscape painting that appears to float. In the foreground of the painting, two boys and a horse clear a large brown field.

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Last updated November 13, 2024.