NORTHFIELD, Vt. — Norwich University’s Sullivan Museum and History Center presents “The Grand Tour: American Style,” a lunch and learn from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Feb. 23 in the museum conference room.
Americans did not want to merely copy European traditions but instead learn from classical Europe to build a greater United States. Truman Seymour (Class of 1844) was one of the last Americans to take the Grand Tour. He traveled through Great Britain, France, Spain, Tangiers, Switzerland and Italy.
This program is free and open to the public, who can also join virtually at https://bit.ly/34RWzqc. Lunch will be provided for attendees and masks are required. Space is limited, but there will be a secondary viewing area in the museum gallery. After the presentation, attendees can visit the current museum exhibit, “The World Through Their Eyes: The Art of William Brenton Boggs and Truman Seymour” to see places Seymour visited and painted on his Grand Tour.
The Sullivan Museum and History Center (SMHC) recently installed its current exhibit “The World Through Their Eyes: The Art of William Brenton Boggs and Truman Seymour.” This lunch and learn program is a complement to the exhibit, which will run through December 16, 2022.
The art displayed comprises scenes from North and South America, Asia, Europe, and Africa. In this program, the museum’s Curator of Education and Public Programs, Joseph Cates, will discuss “The Grand Tour: American Style.”
The Grand Tour: American Style
Cates has conducted extensive research on American artists and expatriates in Italy during the 19th century including the Americans who created their own version of the Grand Tour. Since August 2018, Cates has been the curator of education and public programs for the museum, where he develops public programs and works with Norwich University faculty to develop classroom programs. From 2015-2018, he was the museum’s oral history coordinator.
“The Grand Tour: American Style” is sponsored by the Museum Associates of the Sullivan Museum and History Center.
Pictured is “Duomo, Florence; Brunelleschi’s Dome,” by Truman Seymour.
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