Cocktails with a Curator: Turner's "Harbor of Dieppe"

In this episode of "Cocktails with a Curator," Xavier F. Salomon, Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator, discusses the French port city depicted in J. M. W. Turner's painting “Harbor of Dieppe: Changement de Domicile,” and how the artist’s extensive travel throughout Europe helped to develop his affinity for harbors. The complementary cocktail is the Widow's Kiss, a French drink traditionally given to women who had lost their husbands at sea.
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[@rachellomax7060]

I came across this talk today - 2 years later- after seeing the Dieppe picture at the National Gallery in London, where it is now on loan along with the Harbour at Cologne. They are a stunning pair and your presentation really added to my enjoyment. Thank you.

[@onatesantiago684]

Bravo! Clear, concise and elegant. Just like Turner

[@dorothywoods7446]

I am thoroughly enjoying your wonderful lectures which are presented in such an informative and informal manner. Thank you for sharing your deep knowledge of art and the history of your topics. I wish I could see the day when I may return to the Frick with new insight.

[@TheSapphire51]

Wonderful series of presentations.

[@cissyzhang6258]

What a wonderful way to close a week with a glass of cocktail in hand and listening to Xavier talking about a painting and the history behind it...

[@goodboybuddy1]

I’m proud to be one of the relative few who have “liked “ this wonderful presentation. Please don’t be discouraged, you have made an amazing series of entertaining lectures. Thank you so much.

[@jimsib5298]

Another wonderful talk. Appreciate the childhood photo and story. Thank you.

[@karencravens5063]

These videos are wonderful. I think that so few people have liked the videos is that they don't want to login to their account. It took me some time to find my login information, but I wanted to compliment you on the quality and content. As a university professor, I recognize the effort that you put into the videos to make them feel as we truly are having a conversation over cocktails. My friend told me about the series and for her, it is the only break that she has all week. Please keep up the videos. There are so many more people who look forward to them even if they don't like them.

[@victorialinehan9448]

I so enjoy your series, they are a delight..... please keep them coming

[@alecmoore7664]

Thank you Xavier and everyone at the Frick Collection!

[@kathrynmiele]

Bravo! Thanks to the Frick and its curators for this fabulous and informative program. I was so hoping to go to NYC this summer, for my first visit to the Frick...probably next year now. Peace. Love!

[@janeking9540]

Thank you, I have only now discovered your presentations, so have the pleasure of looking at your whole back catalogue, so to speak. I am studying art history, so they will be very useful. Next time I shall make the cocktail too!

[@olinwilliams]

These videos are wonderful to have during this crummy time!

[@beverlyfletcher4458]

Wonderful to know that a place is still recognizable even though the centuries have intervened. Turner, a god of painting and one of my favourites. How he travelled. Thank you for a wonderful video.

[@jodigoalstone4052]

I lived in and around NYC for over 30 years, but never saw the Frick Collection. These marvelous "guided tours" of masterworks are enriching and enlightening. You can be sure when I visit NYC again, I will make it a point to go to the Frick!

[@gillianpeebles9519]

Greetings from Scotland and many congratulations on Cocktails with a Curator. I came on Westminster Abbey serendipitously and loved it so much that I watched three in a row. You have the rare gift of being a great communicator while wearing your learning lightly. It is so rewarding to be “ made” to look at a painting for a quarter of an hour. I loved the cocktails and glimpses of your beautiful home too!

[@markgray01]

Absolutely lovely video. It's worth reflecting, too, on the fact that after 1815 British artists positively flooded into France - Prout, Turner etc. came as if a kind of lockdown had been lifted but (and this is the difference to our own times) without a clear memory of the coast of France to revive. Turner was 18 when the war began, for instance, so this isn't a painting reframing or recalling Dieppe so much as a capturing it for the first time. What British artists revelled in when they visited France was the juxtaposition of the familiar and the different - and this painting has lots of both.

[@Delk39507]

THANK YOU so much for doing these "cocktails with a Curator"....this is delightful, fascinating, and is making me appreciate art so much more. Next time I'm in a museum, I won't just walk through looking at the highlights...I'll will enjoy everything.

[@christineburke6575]

Thank you so much for the informative, creative presentation. All of these lectures are so appreciated.

[@ellenjohnson3821]

i've loved every one of these videos! it's wonderful to just look at one painting and hear about its history, the history of the artist and the world at the time of the painting's creation. i enjoy museums very much but get distracted with so many things to see. i hope the world opens back up soon! but i also hope that this series will continue, particularly as i live in a small town and only get to visit a museum when we travel once or twice a year. thank you curators, you're very much appreciated!

[@alanward2700]

This is a stunning series and I recommend it for all. Some reservations on History out of context but not many considering the age in which we are living.

[@barbarabarry3799]

This was informative about one of the great Turners and and personal about his own experience of Dieppe as a child. Thank you

[@lucanardecchia2859]

Hello from Rome, Italy, and Thank you for this wonderful presentation. We have very much appreciated the Cocktails with the curator during this quarantene. Hope to visit again the Frick..

[@debraregan2824]

Thank you for creating this wonderful series and providing “access” to the Collection during this period. Bravo, Xavier

[@jukerdanz]

What a gift these presentations are! I look forward to getting to know new masterpieces from the Frick each week, from my home in Canberra Australia. Thank you Xavier.

[@joannecassidy6367]

Thank you X! I look forward to my 15 minutes of high art every Friday eve. :)

[@MySadala]

This has become my favorite time of the week! Thank-you!

[@kayleenlewis4229]

Another wonderful presentation!!! You are amazing!! these are so fun to watch while I sew masks! passes the time in the most delightful of ways! great insights. Many thanks from Monterey California!

[@michaelbaenen2388]

I think it's actually easy to under-appreciate the Frick's two great Turners. They don't have the drama of some popular Turners, and I'm not sure that their placement in the middle of those long walls does them any favors. So it's wonderful to be encouraged to look closely at them. I don't have any Calvados handy but a Widow's Kiss is in my future. Here's to the Frick!

[@oiburg]

The Dieppe port painted by Turner is my favorite and unforgetable one, once visited NY city 10 years ago. I really enjoyed this video and decided to visit again NY and also Dieppe before my furneral.

[@susanferriere3390]

Thank you so much! We live four blocks from the Frick and miss you desperately.

[@sharongray3460]

Thank you once again,,,,,It would be so wonderful if these "Cocktails with Curator" continued....makes my week!

[@janetthomas6670]

Thank you so much. Great help during this period.

[@carlaroberts4969]

Much enjoyed, I love the way you put the paintings into their historical context, thanks.

[@eschiffino1]

Thank you xavier for a wonderful presentation.

[@SusanLH]

Thank you for your insights into Turner and his life, and with the hints of your personal life and links with Dieppe. Thoughtful but so sad with Turner's death at the hands of a different epidemic, this time cholera. So much has changed but so little. I look forward to watching the next video. :)

[@gramspearls7366]

Years ago, when I was too young to appreciate what I was seeing, I was fortunate enough to attend an exhibition at The Clark Museum of Turner Seascapes. I wish Mr. Xavier had been our guide, as I know I would have understood what an exceptional opportunity it was to see so many of Mr. Turner's paintings, in one little jewel box of a museum, at one time. Thank you, Mr. Xavier for making history and education so delightful. It is so nice to have these presentations to look forward to each week.

[@janepanahy9370]

Thank you for these wonderful cocktails - uplifting and illuminating.

[@barbarajohnson1442]

Beautiful journey through a painting. I am struck by the use of the brown dutchlike underpainting, and the proportion of ships,sea, and city to sky. It seems later the sky and atmosphere take over. Thank you for your personal viewpoint and connection. Interesting to sea the transformation of it today.

[@SophieBird07]

I’m so happy to have discovered this site. Very interesting and calming in this chaotic time. Prosit!

[@lynettemichel9654]

Thank you once again for your well informed presentation of Turner's 'Harbor of Dieppe,' the addition of your personal experiences of travel to Dieppe' helped me better appreciate the work. I must confess I have not been, until now an admirer of Turner's work, having preferred Constable's landscapes, however, I am now reconsidering and look to better acquaint myself with his work.

[@waxeye6488]

Really enjoying your series! 😀

[@ahk8360]

This is a highlight of our Plague week. Thank you again for another delightful presentation.

[@nicholasmontague-jones5516]

Another wonderful presentation. So contextually interesting. Thank you so much for this and for the other very engaging talks.

[@Oliva1376]

Love your original approach. Bravo!

[@robertmather6152]

Thank you very much. This was well presented & very informative.

[@christinepreston1659]

Thank you. These Friday nights are so wonderful. Learning so much about my favorites at the Frick. Miss seeing them in person!

[@nancycohen9762]

the softness of the beiges and light..thank you

[@dr.nicholaswood4916]

One of the highlights of my week,great job! Thank you Xavier ,can’t wait to visit the Frick soon.

[@kraftykath61]

What a wonderful programme! I love you're cocktails and it is great to see these works up close. Your explanations make them come to life 😊

[@paolasalvato6852]

Grazie di queste bellissime presentazioni. La tua capacità di connettere temi, tempi, artisti e immagini è illuminante e molto molto piacevole.

[@conniemiller4352]

Love my weekly 15 minutes at the Frick. Thank you X 🍷

[@sandraeugeni7606]

What a pleasure to watch this presentations! Thank you very much.

[@mswong2579]

Excellent presentation, this history of the subject brought the masterpiece to life. Like you, I'm antsy to travel whilst experiencing cabin fever, Thank you for the cocktail suggestion, I look forward to trying it as soon as I can visit a liquor store to purchase the Benedictine and Calvados. Who's idea was it to pair the treat of art appreciation with cocktails, what a brilliant idea. I'm recommending your vids to friends. Cheers!

[@danielallan3333]

I always look forward to your presentation. Thank you. Greetings from Las Cruces, NM.

[@jackiec9853]

Although I've seen these so many times at the Frick, & so many of Turner's other works elsewhere, I was always so overtaken by his use of light that I never observed all of the wonderful details. And I just watched the video associated with the 2017 Turner exhibition. Thank you again, for such insight into a favorite landscape artist.

[@elizabethmilligan7173]

Well I missed the live feed as I was working, but I'm enjoying the presentation now with a cocktail. God bless all of you at the Frick Collection - I look forward to all your posts during this quarantine, and long to visit again in person when it's over!

[@sbsmithie7971]

Lovely presentation! Many thanks from NYC

[@jeffreyzeiler5225]

Loved everything about this mini lecture about Turner and Dieppe. Appreciated the personal touch as well as the historical reminders. Well done! I’ll be viewing more of these!,,

[@AbigailFrancesCo]

Thanks for another wonderful presentation and being a comforting part of our friday evening routine!

[@Weesperbuurt]

Thank you so much! I too have traveled from Dieppe to Newhaven.

[@jamietucker9928]

Thank you, this was great! We all hope we will be able to travel again soon, and before 20 years for sure! Thanks for connecting the works in the Frick collection to what we are experiencing now.

[@benjaminboone3881]

Wonderful! Thank you!

[@MrJkopec22]

Congratulations on your YT lectures. These are amazing vignettes with the curiosity of the drinks. Each effort has much to recommend it. Love these two Turners and enjoyed here more about JWMT. Keep it up. Your audiences will catch on.

[@irinavainrib3503]

Once again such an interesting episode! Thank you

[@sfopera]

This is such a wonderful series that I'm surprised we never had it before. I loved seeing pictures of Xavier and his siblings as children! As one of the comments states below, please tell us about the prints behind you and the room that you're in. I can't wait to return to the Frick.

[@cynthiagriffin7309]

Thank you so very much. This was really quite thrilling. So love this Turner, but have never appreciated it so much. Cheers!

[@amiller7x7]

Thank you from the Pacific Northwest!

[@familiavillarhernandez2291]

I congratulate you very much for your magnificent initiative. I considerer it one of the most interesting and creative that I´m following throughout this confinement. Thank you a lot from Spain

[@alecmoore7664]

Xavier! Tell us about the prints behind you!

[@Weesperbuurt]

You fill up my senses like a night with a florist.

[@mredgarhumann]

Hello from Bermuda-I have had problems signing in but so enjoy this cocktail hour. Faith Humann

[@grandepittore]

Thank you!

[@olivelynch5605]

Hello from Co . Wicklow Ireland!

[@brucestirling8215]

Loved it look forward to more

[@patriciawinks6182]

Hello from San Francisco to my favorite New York treasure

[@catherinetriplett5584]

Thank you excellent! 👏🏻♥️

[@fabianfarbeyond558]

I’m kind of your first declared fan...How do you like them apples?

[@shirleymaccara2002]

Thanks so much!

[@kennstransky]

lovely.

[@lauranceguido4431]

Grazie mille. Che grande piacere. A la prossima

[@danielasansone9200]

Grazie e complimenti

[@patriciawinks6182]

Love from SF to NY C

[@johnhockenberry7422]

Utterly addicted to these and I don't even drink.

[@pieterwolt1245]

great

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

"The sun is god." Quite an interesting way to end the program. It seems Turner recognized that our ancient ancestors had a valid point when they chose a god that actually regulated their lives, and who visited them every day. So much more sensible than the silly myths that we invented later on.

[@abnormallyfunny]

How about a curator's kiss?

[@ritabiro5105]

MR.SALAMON it is again beautiful art. I remembet a train stopping in Cale and arriving with a boat in Dover first 18years to England and travelling further to Sally Wels to study and work.Turnerc painting I saw since that in exhibition in Europe.For mee sonset is beautiful but not God.Jezus is mine god.

[@acedrumminman]

Constable was more concerned with having RA after his name and having a career...Turner was more interested in putting paint on canvas.