"Impressionism and the Art Market: Paul Durand-Ruel"

This two-day event, organised by the National Gallery and the Institut Français du Royaume-Uni, accompanies the exhibition ‘Inventing Impressionism’, centred around Paul Durand-Ruel, the forward-thinking Parisian art dealer who discovered and supported the Impressionists, creating a market for their work in France and abroad, and inventing the profession of the modern art dealer. Research undertaken in preparation for the exhibition has led to new insights into and lent greater nuance to existing understandings of the relationship between Impressionism and the art market during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This series of talks and conversations will address various aspects of Paul Durand-Ruel’s practice and achievements and consider the new discoveries made in relation to the exhibition.

Friday 24 April: Institut Français, 17 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2DT

http://www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-calendar/whats-on/talks/impressionism-the-art-market-paul-durand-ruel/

Saturday 25 April: The National Gallery - Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/whats-on/calendar/study-day-25-april-2015-10-30

Please note that registration is required separately for each day, and that a fee applies for Saturday 25 April at the National Gallery (see below).

PROGRAMME

FRIDAY 24 APRIL, 10am - 3.30pm
Institut Français, Ciné Lumière
Free, registration compulsory: box.officeinstitutfrancais.org.uk

10.00
Welcome
François Croquette, Cultural Counsellor & Director, Institut Français

Introduction
Ashok Roy (tbc), Director of Collections, National Gallery

Session 1 – Durand-Ruel: Global Art Dealer
Moderator: Sylvie Patry, Musée d’Orsay

10.15
‘Making a lasting impression’: Durand-Ruel in London
Anne Robbins (National Gallery)

10.45
Durand-Ruel, Belgium and the Netherlands (paper in French)
Monique Nonne (Independent)

11.15
Durand-Ruel and Germany
Dorothee Hansen (Kunsthalle Bremen)

11.45
New World, New Markets: Durand-Ruel in America
Jennifer Thompson (Philadelphia Museum of Art)

12.15
Q&A and Discussion

12.35
Lunch (not provided)

Session 2 – Durand-Ruel: Before and Beyond Impressionism
Moderator: Christopher Riopelle, National Gallery

14.00
The Apprentice Years
Linda Whiteley (University of Oxford)

14.30
Durand-Ruel, dealer in Old Masters: Spanish artists (paper in French)
Véronique Gerard-Powell (Université Paris-Sorbonne)

15.00
The Critical Fortunes of Paul Durand-Ruel
Joseph Rishel (Philadelphia Museum of Art)

15.30
Q&A and Discussion

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SATURDAY 25 APRIL, 10.30am - 4.30pm
National Gallery Study Day
Sainsbury Wing Theatre, The National Gallery
Admission Charge (full: 25.00 gbp; conc: 20.00 gbp; student: 10.00 gpb); for details and registration see http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/whats-on/calendar/study-day-25-april-2015-10-30

10.30
Registration

11.00
Welcome & Introduction
Christopher Riopelle (National Gallery)

11.15
Durand-Ruel and the Market for Impressionist Paintings: Dealers, Collectors
Anne Distel (Musée d’Orsay)

11.45
Paul Durand-Ruel: A Portrait
Flavie Durand-Ruel and Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel (Archives Durand-Ruel)

12.15
Competing Artists, Competing Dealers: Impressionism and the Art Market, 1875-1900
Richard Thomson (Edinburgh College of Art)

12.45
Q&A and Discussion
13.15
Lunch (not provided)

14.15
Durand-Ruel and the Next Generation of Dealers: Vollard and Kahnweiler
Ann Dumas (Royal Academy of Arts)

14.45
Another perspective on dealers and artists: Thos. Agnew & Sons
Alan Crookham (National Gallery)

15.15
Exhibition curators in conversation: Inventing ‘Inventing Impressionism’
Sylvie Patry (Musée d’Orsay), Christopher Riopelle and Anne Robbins (National Gallery), Joseph Rishel and Jennifer Thompson (Philadelphia Museum of Art)

15.45
Q&A and Discussion

16.30
Close

This event is generously supported by the Institut Français du Royaume-Uni.