PIGMENT: Prussian Blue
In 1704, an accidental discovery inspired an obsession. Attempting a red pigment, color maker Johann Jacob Diesbach produced a vivid, deep blue unlike anything the world had ever seen. It spread across Europe, changed painting forever, and became known as Prussian Blue. Alongside vivid watercolor samples from Dutch artist Boogert, Repast traces this pigment’s story through the intertwined worlds of music, art, science, and commerce with music by Graun, Handel, Schaffrath, C.P.E. Bach, and Princess Wilhelmine von Bayreuth.
Friday, September 18 at 7:30 pm
The Episcopal Mission in Sunnyside, 43-12 46th Street, Sunnyside, Queens
Saturday, September 19 at 3 pm
McKinney Chapel at First Unitarian Congregational Society, 119 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn
Sunday, September 20 at 3 pm
Recital Hall at Saint Michael’s Church, 225 West 99th Street, Manhattan
Tickets: $0–$35






