ARTFUL CONVERSATIONS: A Biographical, Jewish Perspective on Peter Blume’s “The Italian Straw Hat"

Name: ARTFUL CONVERSATIONS: A Biographical, Jewish Perspective on Peter Blume’s “The Italian Straw Hat"
Start: 2026-04-07T12:00:00-04:00
Location: 600 Main Street, Hartford, CT, United States, Connecticut 06103

Schedule

Tue, 07 Apr, 2026 at 12:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

600 Main Street, Hartford, CT, United States, Connecticut 06103 | Hartford, CT

Held via Zoom
Join art historian Rachel Spiegel Gerstein to hear a biographical reading of Peter Blume’s enigmatic painting, The Italian Straw Hat (1952). Gerstein will explore Blume’s working process and biographical influences, shedding new light on a lesser-known, 20th-century modernist, whose technique resembled Flemish and Italian masters.
Registration required.
This talk is part of The Wadsworth’s Jewish Art & Culture Research Project, an ongoing initiative that examines artworks through the lens of the Jewish experience.
Peter Blume (American, born Russia, 1906–1992), The Italian Straw Hat, 1952. Oil on paper on board. The Schnakenberg Fund, 1955.32