A Sight to Behold: Iceberg Tourism and Artist Frederic Church in Newfoundland and Labrador
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American landscape artist Frederic Church visited Newfoundland and Labrador in the Summer of 1859 to paint icebergs – and brought the beauty and majesty of these icy giants to a wider world. As one of the province’s earliest iceberg tourists, Church’s visit resulted in the creation of one of the largest and most beautiful collections of iceberg images, including his famous painting The Icebergs (1861), now at the Dallas Museum of Art in Texas.
The Rooms joins 50 other galleries and museums across North America to celebrate the bicentenary of Church’s birth, through the telling of his journey from St. John’s to Battle Harbour. Journalist and author, Marie Wadden, shares her research, detailing his voyage and showing us many of the images that trip inspired.
Tickets: $12 plus HST. Free for Rooms members. Please reserve your ticket online or by calling 709-757-8090.
About the Speaker:
Marie Wadden was a reporter and producer at CBC in St. John's and Montreal for three decades. Wadden is a successful author having published two books of nonfiction. Her third, pending publication, is about William Wordsworth's nephew who accompanied Frederic Church on his iceberg expedition.
The Rooms joins 50 other galleries and museums across North America to celebrate the bicentenary of Church’s birth, through the telling of his journey from St. John’s to Battle Harbour. Journalist and author, Marie Wadden, shares her research, detailing his voyage and showing us many of the images that trip inspired.
Tickets: $12 plus HST. Free for Rooms members. Please reserve your ticket online or by calling 709-757-8090.
About the Speaker:
Marie Wadden was a reporter and producer at CBC in St. John's and Montreal for three decades. Wadden is a successful author having published two books of nonfiction. Her third, pending publication, is about William Wordsworth's nephew who accompanied Frederic Church on his iceberg expedition.
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Where is it happening?
9 Bonaventure Avenue, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, NL, Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador A1C 5P9
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