The changing colours of 19th century art and literature
Friday, 2nd June 2017

A one-day symposium co-organised by Charlotte Ribeyrol (Trinity College, Oxford/Paris-Sorbonne), Matthew Winterbottom (Ashmolean Museum), Stefano Evangelista (Trinity College, Oxford) and Colin Harrison (Ashmolean Museum)

Programme

10am: Registration
10.30am: Opening remarks

Chair: Kate Nichols (University of Birmingham)
10.40am: Paul Smith (University of Warwick): ‘Vermillion: materiality and what matters in an Impressionist painting’
Respondent: Tim Farrant (Pembroke College, Oxford)

11.25am: Natasha Eaton (UCL): ‘The Rasa of Colour: Poetry and Freedom in India’
Respondent: Mallica Kumbera Landrus (Ashmolean Museum)

12.10pm: Nicholas Gaskill (Rutgers University): ‘Interior Designs: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Atmospheric Color.’
Respondent: Matthew Winterbottom (Ashmolean Museum)

12.55pm: Buffet lunch

Chair: Liz Prettejohn (University of York)
2pm: Lene Østermark-Johansen (University of Copenhagen, St Catherine’s, Oxford) : ‘Symphonies in Black and Grey, Harmonies in Iron and Steel: Walter Pater Painting the French Wars of Religion in Gaston de Latour (1888)’
Respondent: Colin Harrison (Ashmolean Museum)

2.45pm: Hilary Fraser (Birkbeck, University of London): ‘Alice Meynell: The Life of Colour and the Colour of Life’
Respondent: Barrie Bullen (Kellogg College, Oxford)

Closing discussion followed by tea.

4.30-6pm : An opportunity to visit the Ashmolean printroom and enjoy a private viewing of a selection of colourful 19th century drawings (groups of 10 max).

Attendance is free but booking is essential as places are limited.
For further details please contact Charlotte Ribeyrol (charlotte.ribeyrolell.ox.ac.uk) or Matthew Winterbottom (matthew.winterbottomashmus.ox.ac.uk)