The Women of Paris: Artists, Lovers, and Influencers
May 31, 2026
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
$20 Adult
$20 Senior (65+)
$10 Youth (3-17)
$10 College Student (w/ ID)
Members of The Frick Societies receive complimentary admission
Join Dr. Kahren Jones Arbitman for an exploration of the women who put their indelible stamp on Parisian life in the years between the Industrial Revolution and World War II.
Advance reservations encouraged; walk-up tickets are available for purchase at the Grable Visitor Center while space permits.
Who were the women of Paris — the women who put the “Belle” in Belle Epoque; the women who put the “Roar” in the Roaring Twenties? To be sure, many notable women artists worked alongside their world-famous male counterparts to usher in the ground breaking artistic styles of the late Nineteenth Century. But female artists were not alone in their pursuit of the “New.” Also numbering among the women who made Gay Paree the magnet for creative minds were style setters, collectors, critics, designers, lovers, and muses — all of whom added their distinctive style to the creative hot bed that made Paris the unmatched center of the cultural universe. To celebrate the upcoming exhibition, French Moderns: Matisse / Renoir / Degas, this lecture will look at the women who put their indelible stamp on Parisian life in the years between the Industrial Revolution and World War II.
Vive la Femme!
Dr. Arbitman received both an MA and Ph.D. in art history from the University of Pittsburgh with a specialization in seventeenth-century Dutch art. After serving as the first curator-in-charge of The Frick Art Museum in 1985, she went on to become the director of the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State University and the Executive Director of the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens in Florida.
