Monday, September 18, 2000
William Pelletier spoke to an audience in the Georgia Museum of Art on Sept. 6 about his collection of works by Adriaen van Ostade, a 17th-century etcher of Dutch peasant life. A former provost, Pelletier is Alumni Foundation Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, University Professor of Chemistry and director of the Institute for Natural Products Research at UGA. He also is a scholar and collector of 17th-century etchings, and has devoted much of his efforts to the works of Ostade. Some highlights:
“Ostade’s etchings forcefully explore the everyday attitudes involved with the work, rest and play of village life. His craftsmanship is always superb. . . .
“The subject matter is selective, and he excludes certain familiar aspects of daily life, including the middle class and also the Dutch Haarlem brewing industry--he showed no interest in depicting this subject. His 50 etchings do not depict the total scope of the Dutch village. . . .
“The spirit of Ostade is the very essence of his art. . . . He entered the life of cottagers to smoke and drink with them. . . . It is through this marvelous perspective that Ostade looked at life.”
--Ryan Crowe
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