Great Paris Love Affairs:  Chopin and George Sand, Zoom or video

Professor Andrew Lear is a world-renowned expert on sexuality in art and the author of the best-known book on sexuality in Greek vase-painting.  He is the founder of Oscar Wilde Tours, the gay history tour company, and Shady Ladies Tours, the woman's history tour company.

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Learn about the love of two of the 19th century's big personalities, Chopin, the ultimate dandy, and George Sand, the ultimate gender rebel!

<p><em><strong>Can't make the live event?  No problem!  You can watch the video recording at your convenience for 2 weeks.</strong></em></p><p>Do opposites attract?  Apparently they do!  Chopin and George Sand:  the ultimate dandy and the ultimate rebel.  He:  thin, pale, fastidious, one of the great Romantics but disdainful of Romanticism.  She:  a woman who left her husband, had several famous love affairs, supported herself by writing novels, wore trousers (when it was illegal!) and smoked cigars.  When their mutual friend Liszt (the original rock star) introduced them, Chopin wasn’t sure that she was a woman!  But they got together—and stayed together for a decade—a decade that was rocky but productive.  Come learn about another crazy love, between two of the 19th century’s big personalities.</p>

<h3>ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:</h3><p>Parisian native <strong>Edith de Belleville</strong> was an attorney at law for many years, but her passion for Paris and its history led her back to university (at the age of 50) to get her official tour guide license. Deeply inspired by Parisian women of the past, Edith decided to write a book, in French, entitled<em> The Beautiful Rebels of Paris</em> (Belles et Rebelles, Editions du 81 ). Edith also teaches Jewish heritage in Paris at University Gustave Eiffel (Marne- la- Vallée), and has just finished writing a book in English which will be published soon, <em>La Vie Parisienne, adventures of a modern- day Parisienne</em>. </p><p><strong>Prof. Andrew Lear</strong> is a renowned expert on same-sex relations in Greek and Roman antiquity. During his academic career, he taught at Harvard, Pomona College, and NYU. In recent years, he has founded Oscar Wilde Tours, the LGBTQ history and culture tour company and Shady Ladies Tours, a women's history and culture tour company. He is also working with actor/author Stephen Fry on a podcast about the "Scandals and Secrets of London's National Portrait Gallery."</p>

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