The Remarkable Career of Guillaume Guillon-Lethière

Speaker: Esther Bell, Deputy Director and Martha Berman Lipp Chief Curator of the Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA

Clark Art Institute Deputy Director and Chief Curator shares the career of Guillaume Guillon-Lethière (1760–1832)—an artist born in the French colony of Guadeloupe and one of the most fascinating cultural figures of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Two works by Lethière are currently on view at WAM: a long-term loan of Lucien Bonaparte Contemplating His Mistress, and Girl with Portfolio from the Museum’s permanent collection.

Photo: Guillaume Guillon-Lethière (French, 1760–1832), Lucien Bonaparte Contemplating His Mistress, Alexandrine de Bleschamp Jouberthon, detail, 1802, oil on canvas, Lowell Libson and Jonny Yarker Ltd.