Talk: 'James Whistler, Walter Greaves and the Invention of the Nocturne' | Dance Theatre, Mahaney Arts Center, Middlebury College | Visual Art Events | Seven Days | Vermont's Independent Voice

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"Nocturne, Battersea Reach," painting by Walter Greaves
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"Nocturne, Battersea Reach," painting by Walter Greaves

Talk: 'James Whistler, Walter Greaves and the Invention of the Nocturne'

When: Fri., March 9, 12:30 p.m. 2018

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Professor Pieter Broucke discusses the invention of the nocturne as a visual genre, originated in the 1870s by James Whistler and his sometimes-rival Walter Greaves.

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