Lecture Series Looks At American Art in the Met’s New Wing

The is offering a 2-session class about the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s newly renovated galleries that house one of the most comprehensive collections of American art from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries.

The lecture series runs for two consecutive Monday evenings, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at SHS, beginning March 5. Tuition is $55. 

Taught by Elizabeth Thompson Colleary, consultant for the Whitney Museum of American Art and art teacher for the past 13 years, this course will provide insight into some of the most iconic paintings in American history, including Emanuel Leutz’s “Washington Crossing the Delaware” as well as works by Gilbert Stuart, Winslow Homer, and John Singer Sargent.

Sculptures by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, such as the Farragut Memorial and the equestrian monument honoring William Tecumseh Sherman will also be studied. To register, visit ScarsdaleAdultSchool.org or call 914-723-2325.