Renoir’s The Umbrellas: National Gallery Curators Talk and Late Opening

Event Description

An evening talk on one of the world’s most famous artworks, Pierre-Auguste Renoir's The Umbrellas.

Join us as we welcome National Gallery Associate Curator Sarah Herring to Leicester Museum & Art Gallery for an evening talk on one of the world’s most famous artworks, Pierre-Auguste Renoir's The Umbrellas.

The work will be on display at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery as part of The National Gallery's 200th birthday celebrations from 11 May – 31 August 2024.

Sarah Herring is Associate Curator of Post 1800 paintings at the National Gallery. She has a particular interest in landscape, and has been involved in such exhibitions as Forests, Rocks, Torrents. Norwegian and Swiss Landscape Painting from the Lunde Collection (2011). In 2019 she published The Nineteenth Century French Paintings. Volume 1, The Barbizon School, part of the series of National Gallery Schools Catalogues. With Emma Capron she was co-curator of the 2022/23 exhibition, Discover Manet and Eva Gonzalès (Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin and National Gallery, London) which explored a number of themes around Manet’s imposing portrait, including the education and position of women artists in the 19th century.

Tickets:

£8 adults
£6 concessions (over 60’s and students)

Advance booking is recommended.

Please note:
Doors open 5.45pm, bar open in refreshment area, talk in Victorian Gallery.
Opportunity to view the work after the talk from 7-8pm (staggered entry).
Bar open until 7.45pm. 8pm close. 

Visitors who require assistance to attend can apply for a free companion ticket. Please email the team at museums@leicester.gov.uk or call us during opening hours on 0116 225 4900 for more information.

Image: Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1841 – 1919, The Umbrellas, about 1881-6. Sir Hugh Lane Bequest, 1917, The National Gallery, London. In partnership with Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin. © The National Gallery, London

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