'All Softness' - Murillo through British artists' eyes

Hopkins, C. (Invited speaker)

Edinburgh College of Art

Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk

Description

Public research talk examining the reception of Murillo in the work of David Wilkie, John Frederick Lewis and John Phillip in the broader context of the nineteenth-century British 'discovery' of Spanish art and culture.

Period	14 May 2018
Event title	Collecting Murillo in Britain and Ireland
Event type	Symposium
Location	London, United KingdomShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International

Keywords

Murillo
Spanish art
nineteenth-century British art
Collecting art in Britain and Ireland

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‘Oh wonderful Spain. Think of this romantic land covered in Moorish ruins and full of Murillos’ Benjamin Disraeli’s 1830 letter attests to the prominence of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo in the minds British travellers and collectors. In celebration of the 400thanniversary of Murillo’s birth, the Wallace Collection, in collaboration with the Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica, will be exploring this further by hosting an international one-day symposium on 14th May 2018 entitled ‘Collecting Murillo in Britain and Ireland’. Speakers include Thierry Morel, Veronique Gerard Powell, Xanthe Brooke, Hugh Brigstocke, Isabelle Kent, Xavier Bray, Claudia Hopkins, Thomas Bean, Hilary Macarney and Philip McEvansoneya. We are delighted to have this group of acclaimed scholars coming together to discuss new research surrounding the collecting of Murillo in Britain and Ireland.The seminars delivered will form the basis of a new volume on the subject to be published by CEEH.

'All Softness' - Murillo through British artists' eyes

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Murillo through the eyes of British artists: Wilkie, Lewis, Phillip