University Guild Program: Claude Monet - Evolution of a Gardener

Please
attend the University Guild program on Monday, November 4, at 1:30 pm in the
University Guild Lounge in Scott Hall, 601 University Place, on
Northwestern University’s beautiful campus. 
The program is Claude
Monet:  Evolution of a Gardener with Tish
Robinson, Owner
of The Wonders of France.  Monet captured the newly popular 19th century
leisure pursuits of gardening and horticulture in iconic images. His many
gardening influences will be explored - including his family's luxurious
gardens on the Normandy coast, and his private gardens in the legendary
riverside towns of Argenteuil and Vetheuil. The artist's greatest masterpiece,
the unforgettable gardens at Giverny, will complete our study of Monet's
evolution as a gardener.

Tish
Robinson is the owner of The Wonders
of France which offers slide programs about France and French
culture.  She recently retired after 18
years specializing in custom itineraries for independent travelers to France.  Tish’s love affair with France, the French
language and French culture began over five decades ago.  She received a BA in French Literature from
Northwestern University and taught high school French; she has travelled to
France countless times and has been a contributor to Paris Notes newsletter.

As
an independent scholar for 25 years she has given numerous programs and courses
about France and French culture to cultural, civic and continuing education
organizations, among them Northwestern University’s Chamber Music Lecture
Series, The Art Institute of Chicago’s Associate Series, the Hill-Stead Museum
in Farmington, CT, the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, CT, the Women’s
Committee of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum in Hartford, CT, the Alliance
Française, as well as garden clubs throughout the Midwest and New England.

She
specializes in the history of French gardens, the social history of the Age of
Impressionism, Paris and the French Provinces. 

Tish
lives in Winnetka, Illinois, with her husband Peter, Dean Emeritus and
Professor Emeritus, the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine. 

Next
University Guild Program:   The November 18th program on Monday, at
1:30 pm, in Scott Hall, University Guild Lounge is Dickens’ Christmas Carol
with Linda Putnam, London and Dickens Specialist.  While we all
know this wonderful story, do we know the source of Dickens’ inspiration for
writing it?  Was this story immediately
popular, or did it take some time on its journey to fame?  Did Dickens make any money on this project,
or was it a financial failure?  What was
the source of the names Scrooge and Marley, and upon whom was the character of
Tiny Tim based?

The
University Guild’s Annual Membership is $50.  Membership
is open to all in the community.  Guests
are welcome and cost is $2.00 per program.  
The purpose of the University Guild is to bring to the membership of the
Guild the intellectual resources of the University, to promote the interests of
the University, to work for the collection and exhibition of the objects of
art, and to advance the development and appreciation of the fine arts in the
University and in Evanston.  The University Guild also gives scholarships
to students at Northwestern University.