Everson plays films to complement major art show

The Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse will host a film series to complement its ongoing exhibition "Turner to Cezanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales."

The exhibit is on display at the Everson through Jan. 3. The film series opens Saturday with a movie based on the background of the art exhibit.

"Turner to Cézanne" includes 53 masterpieces by artists including Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, J.M.W. Turner and Camille Pissarro. The exhibition is on its first tour in the United States and is traveling to only five U.S. cities. The Everson is the only museum in the Northeast to host it.

The following films, all at 2 p.m., will be shown in the museum's Hosmer Auditorium. The Everson is located at 401 Harrison St.

Saturday: "Turner to Cézanne"(60 minutes)

This film examines the lives of Welsh sisters Gwendoline and Margaret Davies and how they amassed the masterpieces being exhibited. The works chronicle the evolution of modern art, from the mid-1800s to the early 20th century.

Nov. 15: "Impressionism in Art and Music,"(36 minutes) followed by"The Impressionist Surface: Perceptions in Paint,"(25 minutes).

The first movie provides a detailed look at Impressionist developments in painting and music during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The film acquaints viewers with major Impressionist goals: capturing a specific moment, de-emphasizing composition, and employing light and color to their fullest effects.

The second film on Nov. 15 will focus on some of the innovative techniques — such as flatness, color patches, and simultaneous contrast — that Impressionist painters used to create dramatic, often psychological, effects.

Dec. 13: "J.M.W. Turner: The Sun Is God"

This dramatization of the life and artistic development of Turner (1775-1851) shows a wide array of his works in the context of the time and place at which they were created. It uses the writings of John Russell to provide commentary and artistic analysis of the painter whose experiments with light influenced a whole generation of Impressionists.

Admission to the films is free after paying the entry fee to the exhibition. Tickets can be purchased at www.everson.org or at the Everson box office, priced at $10 for Everson members; $15 for adults; $12 for children under 18, college students (with ID), Armed Forces (with ID) and senior citizens; and $50 for a family rate (includes two adults and four dependents). Children 5 and under are admitted free.

Tickets also can be purchased at the door.