Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Exhibit: The Painters And Paintings In Marcel Proust’s Novel 'In Search Of Lost Time - A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu'


There are over one hundred paintings by painters from all over the world that Proust writes about in the volumes of his novel, In Search Of Lost TimeA la recherche du temps perdu.

In the exhibit located on the 3rd floor of Alkek Library, across from the Checkout Desk, you can see books from the library's collection of art books that feature a few of the painters Proust writes about in his novel. 

You can also see a French edition of Proust's novel in fifteen volumes and the book that inspired the exhibit, Paintings in Proust: A Visual Companion to 'In Search of Lost Time' by Eric Karpeles.