Topic: The Dreyfus Affair, Anti-Semitism, and Art in Paris
This class will discuss the Dreyfus Affair in detail, including what led up to virulent anti-Semitism in France during the latter part of the 19th Century and the role art and artist-activists played. In 1894 Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish captain in the French army, was wrongly accused of passing military secrets to the Germans. He was convicted of high treason, court-martialed, and deported to solitary confinement on Devil’s Island. France was split into a fierce anti-Semitic, pro-military right-wing camp and a republican, liberal, left-wing camp. Shockwaves were felt in the circle of Parisian artists as well.
January 3, 2024 at 7pm (ZOOM)
Facilitator: Janet Cohen Mandel
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