Modern Mistresses on the Old Masters: Nineteenth-century women writers on western European art - their networks and influence
Lead Research Organisation:
Birkbeck, University of London
Department Name: History of Art
Abstract
Modern Mistresses on the Old Masters: Nineteenth-century women writers on western European art - their networks and influence
People |
ORCID iD |
| Hilary Fraser (Primary Supervisor) | |
| Maria Alambritis (Student) |
| Description | AHRC Research Training Support Grant |
| Amount | £866 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2018 |
| End | 05/2018 |
| Description | AHRC SDF |
| Amount | £4,327 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2019 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | Birkbeck PhD Conference Fund |
| Amount | £265 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Birkbeck, University of London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2019 |
| End | 02/2019 |
| Description | London Art History Society Fund |
| Amount | £300 (GBP) |
| Organisation | London Art History Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2019 |
| End | 05/2019 |
| Description | Helped with organisation and contributed to the conference 'Knowing 'as much of art as the cat?': Nineteenth-century Women Writers on the Old Masters', National Gallery, London, 10 November 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A major conference examining the role of English-speaking women as disseminators of knowledge about Old Master paintings and historic painting techniques during the Victorian era The conference formed part of a collaboration between the National Gallery and Birkbeck, University of London that also includes Chawton House Library, Hampshire, and the Southampton Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies, University of Southampton. It followed a one-day event held at Chawton House on 25 February 2017. The conference was held in the National Gallery's Sainsbury Wing Lecture Theatre and open to the public. Over 100 people attended and the conference led to a special issue publication collaboration with Birkbeck and the National Gallery in Birkbeck's open-access, online journal 'Nineteen: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century', co-edited by myself and my supervisors. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/whats-on/calendar/knowing-as-much-of-art-as-the-cat-19th-century-... |