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Study for ‘Symphony in White, No. 3’, 1865/67
James McNeill Whistler
Pencil and crayon on off-white laid paper
From the exhibition
Whistler’s Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan
(February — May 2022)
Many of James McNeill Whistler’s works feature the red-haired figure of Joanna Hiffernan. Her close professional and personal relationship with the artist lasted for two decades, yet little about her role or influence in his life has been explored – until now.
Today considered one of the best-known names of the late 19th-century Aesthetic Movement, Whistler moved to London as a young painter hoping to forge his reputation. It was here that he met Joanna Hiffernan, an Irish model who would become his muse, confidante and more.
In this exhibition, we uncover the role Joanna played in the artist’s career and discover how Whistler’s revolutionary paintings featuring Hiffernan went on to influence other artists from the Pre-Raphaelites to Klimt.
[Royal Academy]
A total of 15 young people from rural communities across Guyana participated in Learning Route - “Rural Employment and Self-Employment Initiatives and Opportunities”, an exercise which was facilitated by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the PROCASUR Corporation.
The Learning Route lasted from Feb.14 to Feb. 21 and participants benefitted from workshops, case studies of local businesses, and interactions with business owners and other young entrepreneurs.
Photos © FAO/Anne DESROCHERS
Figure Study II, 1945–46
Oil on canvas
‘Fury’ 2, c. 1944
Oil and pastel on fibreboard
From the exhibition
Francis Bacon: Man and Beast
(January — April 2022)
Irish-born artist Francis Bacon was the horse-breeder’s son who became one of the most important painters of the 20th century.
An openly gay man at a time when homosexuality was illegal, he was banished from his conservative family home by his father at 16. After that, he drifted through Berlin and Paris before establishing himself in London, with his formative years running parallel with some of the 20th century’s most profoundly disturbing events.
This powerful exhibition will focus on Bacon’s unerring fascination with animals: how it both shaped his approach to the human body and distorted it; how, caught at the most extreme moments of existence, his figures are barely recognisable as either human or beast.
It also explores how Bacon was mesmerised by animal movement, observing animals in the wild during trips to South Africa; filling his studio with wildlife books, and constantly referring to Eadweard Muybridge’s 19th-century photographs of humans and animals in motion. Whether chimpanzees, bulls, dogs, or birds of prey, Bacon felt he could get closer to understanding the true nature of humankind by watching the uninhibited behaviour of animals.
Spanning Bacon’s 50-year career, highlights include some of Bacon’s earliest works and his last-ever painting, alongside a trio of bullfight paintings which will be exhibited together for the first time.
[Royal Academy]
Kon Li, who directs SFU's Career and Life Planning programs, looks on as two prospective students look at Continuing Studies catalogues at SFU Surrey's open house on May 28, 2011.
To find out more about our career programs, visit www.sfu.ca/myfuture.
Photo by Greg Ehlers.
Caelin Weiss '15 worked on her history homework just prior to the Colby Alumni Family Legacy and Alumni Council Dinner.