What’s On June – August 2013
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The Wallace Collection is a national museum in an historic London town house. The collection was acquired principally in the nineteenth century by the third and fourth Marquesses of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace. In the twenty-nine galleries are unsurpassed displays of French eighteenth-century paintings, furniture and porcelain together with superb Old Master paintings. A magnificent collection of princely arms and armour is shown in three galleries and there are further important displays of gold boxes, miniatures, sculpture and Medieval and Renaissance works of art. Treasure of the Month Highlights great works of art in the Wallace Collection
June
Painted enamel plates with scenes from the story of Joseph, France, Limoges, ‘IC’ workshop, c.1600 The story of Joseph in the biblical book of Genesis is packed with dramatic events and emotional turmoil. These two plates were originally part of a set of twelve depicting episodes from the narrative. The prolific workshop using the mark ‘IC’ produced several sets of plates on this theme. Talks: Suzanne Higgott, 10 and 25 June at 1pm
July
Lustred maiolica dish, Women Bathing, Maestro Giorgio Andreoli’s workshop, Italy, 1525 This exquisite dish depicts a group of women enjoying the cooling waters of a shady and secluded woodland pool, set within a border of elaborate grotesque ornament. Its vibrant palette is enhanced by the rich metallic iridescence of red and gold lustre, also used to great effect on the back. Talks: Suzanne Higgott, 1 and 23 July at 1pm
August
Scallop-shaped snuff box, Jean Ducrollay, Paris, 1744 This cleverly designed gold box combines the shape of a shell with the fan-tail feathers of a peacock. It was used for snuff, a powdered tobacco much used by the aristocracy in the 18th century. A wonderful example of Ducrollay’s craftsmanship, it would have been a prized possession of the duc d’Aumont (1709–82), who once owned it. Talks: Carmen Holdsworth Delgado, 6 and 20 August at 1pm
Exhibition & Displays
Admission Free
Exhibition
Displays
The Discovery of Paris: Watercolours by Early NineteenthCentury British Artists
Treasures from the Barber Institute of Fine Arts
20 June – 15 September 2013
16 May – 1 September 2013
Focusing on the period c.1802–40 and featuring sixty watercolours, plus a dozen preparatory drawings and associated prints, this exhibition includes outstanding works by Turner, Girtin and Bonington, and other artists who are now less familiar, such as Thomas Shotter Boys and William Callow. Paris had been painted many times before, but never more beautifully than by nineteenthcentury British artists, and very rarely by artists of such high standing in their own countries. Their styles vary widely, from the crystalline precision of Thomas Shotter Boys, whose superb watercolours will be some of the stars of the show, to the incomparable verve of Turner at his most intense. Rarely seen works have been lent by great museums including Tate, the V&A, the British Museum and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, as well as several private collectors.
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Birmingham was founded in December 1932 by Hattie, Lady Barber. She stipulated The Butleigh Salt, that works of art acquired London, 1606/7, for it should be 'of that silver gilt, © The standard of quality required Henry Barber Trust, by the National Gallery and the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University the Wallace Collection'. To of Birmingham mark its 80th anniversary, the Barber is lending key works this summer to both the National Gallery (paintings) and the Wallace Collection (sculpture and decorative arts). Objects lent to the Wallace include an ancient Greek helmet, a superb Jacobean silvergilt salt, and a precious bloodstone bowl.
Exhibition talks every Thursday and the first Saturday of the month at 1pm
On display in the Porphyry Court
Conservation Display True Colours Revealed – the treatment of a chest of drawers for Marie-Antoinette Until early 2014
Thomas Shotter Boys, The Boulevard des Capucines at the corner with the Rue de la Paix, 1833, © The Trustees of the British Museum, detail
This display examines the recent conservation treatment of a chest of drawers (commode) made for Queen Marie-Antoinette by Jean-Henri Riesener and now on display in the Study at the Wallace Collection. Treatment has revealed how this remarkable piece of furniture might have looked when the Queen took delivery of it at Versailles in 1780, for use in her cabinet intérieur, her most private room. Originally vibrantly coloured, the woods were chosen for their highly coloured hues or stained blue, yellow, pink and green to match the décor of the room. Exquisite pieces of furniture such as this enable us to glimpse something of the beauty of the original scheme of the cabinet intérieur. See calendar for details of talks on the special displays
Special Talks & Lectures Free, no need to book unless otherwise stated. Talks in the galleries are strictly limited to 25 people with places allocated on a first come first served basis. Please see the calendar for details of further themed talks by Curators, Conservators and Guide Lecturers
Highlights Tours in Other Languages Français samedi 8 juin, 13 juillet et 10 âout, à 15h00 Español viernes 14 junio a las 14:30
Refugee Tour Guides Join one of our remarkable volunteer Refugee Tour Guides on a unique and very personal tour of the Wallace Collection. Tours will take place on the following dates: • • • • • •
Friday 7 June at 2.30pm Saturday 29 June at 1pm Friday 5 July at 2.30pm Saturday 27 July at 1pm Friday 2 August at 2.30pm Saturday 31 August at 1pm
Lectures Creating from Fragments: Georges Hoentschel’s Use of Period Pieces for Contemporary Interiors, 1890–1915 Thursday 13 June, 1pm This lecture by Ulrich Leben draws on the main themes of the exhibition at the Gallery of the Bard Graduate Center in New York, Salvaging the Past. Georges Hoentschel and French Decorative Arts from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which runs from 4 April–11 August 2013. Georges Hoentschel was a collector and director of the Parisian decorating firm Maison Leys during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, creating interiors in historic French styles for affluent clients.
The Laughing Cavalier: Identity Revealed? Tuesday 18 June, 1pm In this very special lecture Pieter Biesboer, Curator Emeritus of the Frans Hals Museum, will propose a solution to one of the Wallace Collection’s greatest mysteries, the identity of The Laughing Cavalier. Come and hear him argue the case for one Tieleman Roosterman, a rich Haarlem merchant, Frans Hals, The Laughing and decide for yourself if Cavalier, 1624, detail the identity of the Museum’s most famous resident has finally been revealed!
Treasures from the Barber Institute of Fine Arts Monday 17 June, 1pm
Refugee Tour Guides
Join Robert Wenley, Deputy Director of the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, for a wide-ranging introduction to its sculpture and decorative arts collections. Selected highlights from this collection can be currently seen on display in the Porphyry Court.
The Discovery of Paris Lunchtime Lecture Series All lectures start at 1pm and take place in the Lecture Theatre
The Discovery of Paris: Watercolours by Early Nineteenth-Century British Artists Thursday 20 June Stephen Duffy, Senior Curator
Eighteenth-Century Views of Paris Thursday 4 July, 1pm Christoph Vogtherr, Director
Thomas Shotter Boys: Master of Watercolour Painting Tuesday 9 July Stephen Duffy, Senior Curator
Paris: World City of the Nineteenth Century Monday 5 August Philip Mansel, Author and Historian
Richard Parkes Bonington, The Institute, Paris (P.582) Trustees of Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, Bedford, detail
Paris 1720–21: Crucial Months in the Life of the French Capital
Richard Parkes Bonington: King in his own Realm
Tuesday 13 August, 1pm Christoph Vogtherr, Director
Tuesday 10 September Stephen Duffy, Senior Curator
The History of Collecting This seminar series is organised as part of the Wallace Collection’s commitment to the research and study of the history of collections and collecting. All lectures begin at 5.30pm and take place in the Lecture Theatre. Free, no need to book. For more information, please email collections@wallacecollection.org
British Aspects of William Randolph Hearst’s Collections Monday 17 June Mary Levkoff, National Gallery of Art, Washington
“Il gusto” of Stefano Bardini: Spread of an Aesthetic Display Monday 29 July Chiara Parapetto, Museo Stefano Bardini, Florence
Seminars in the History of Collecting
Study and Access Events Conference
Access Events
The Louvre Before the Louvre: Artisans, Artists, Academies
Free, but booking essential on 020 7563 9577 or community@wallacecollection.org
Friday 5 July, 10am–6pm Cost: £21.85, £11.25 concessions This one-day conference addresses the fascinating but little-known period of the Louvre’s history from 1682 to 1805, exploring the role this space played in the histories of art production and artistic sociability Antoine Coysevox, in early modern Paris. Charles Le Brun, Eminent and emerging France, c.1676 scholars, including guest speakers from the Musée du Louvre, will provide an intimate understanding of this artistic neighbourhood and its effects on art and design.
Deaf Visions: Dutch seascapes, War and Peace Saturday 10 August, 4pm–5.30pm This event is for D/deaf and hard of hearing people Join art historian Serena Cant for a talk on Dutch Marine paintings in the Collection, to celebrate the 360th Anniversary of the Battle of Scheveningen. Learn more about the Anglo-Dutch Wars and how they were recorded by artists such as the van de Veldes. Explore the themes of war and peace, and mood and morals in seventeenth century Dutch paintings. This tour will be delivered in Sign Supported English, with voiceover.
To book: www.louvrebeforelouvre.eventbrite.co.uk For further inquiries: louvrebeforelouvre@gmail.com
Getting to Grips with Watercolours Thursday 27 June, 11am–12.30pm Cost: £10 Join Stephen Duffy, Senior Curator, to examine some of the watercolours in the Collection by key French and British artists, including Turner, Bonington and Gericault, which are not usually on display. A perfect complement to The Discovery of Paris: Watercolours by Early Nineteenth-Century British Artists exhibition. Booking: 020 7563 9527 or booking@wallacecollection.org
Joseph Mallord William Turner, Grouse Shooting on Beamsley Beacon, England, probably late 1816, detail
Willem van de Velde the Younger, The Burning of the Andrew at the Battle of Scheveningen, Netherlands, c.1653–54, detail
Sensation! Gossip and Scandal Wednesday 7 August, 12 noon (Bring a packed lunch; coffee and tea provided) Event runs 1pm–4pm. This event is for blind and partially sighted visitors Join Bridget Crowley to François Boucher, discover some of the gossip Madame de Pompadour, and scandal surrounding the France, 1759, detail works of art, characters and the founders in the Wallace Collection. Find out about the life of Madame de Pompadour and how she used the language of the fan to send secret messages. Then set the secret messages to music with musician Caroline Welsh.
Adult Art Classes Booking essential on 020 7563 9527 or booking@wallacecollection.org. Workshops are £34 unless otherwise stated and include all materials. Limited number of free places available for registered unemployed. Sessions aimed at mixed artistic ability
Fabulous Fascinators Saturday 22 June, 10.30am–4.30pm
Fascinator, © Caroline Morris
Create a stunning fascinator inspired by the work of Fragonard, Boucher and Watteau. Explore the colour palette and details in the paintings and develop a piece using a range of materials such as silk, ribbons, lace and feathers. You will be provided with a basic shape which you will cover and trim to your own design, all with step by step instructions and design guidance by milliner Caroline Morris.
Weekend Workshop: Watercolour Weekender Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 June, 10.30am–4.30pm Cost: £68 Day 1 will cover the key techniques of watercolour painting. Explore The Discovery of Paris exhibition before experimenting with mixing vibrant colours, applying soft translucent glazes and creating different textures and tones. On Day 2 learn how to use gouache in parts of your work to create contrasts; solid areas juxtaposed with luminous delicate glazes. Then combine all of these techniques to create your own rich landscape. Beginners welcome. With artist and lecturer Alison Kusner.
Drawing the City Saturday 13 July, 10.30am–4.30pm Inspired by architectural views in the Wallace Collection and The Discovery of Paris exhibition, explore new ways of looking and sketching cityscapes with artist Gayna Pelham. As you gain confidence, develop these techniques in your drawings further by experimenting with different materials, from pencils and chalks to pen and ink.
Perspective workshop
Parisian Perspectives Saturday 27 July, 10.30am–4.30pm Puzzled by perspective? Taking inspiration from watercolour scenes by Girtin, Turner and other artists represented in The Discovery of Paris exhibition, discover the methods of drawing and perspective which formed the foundation for their paintings of Paris. Using views of Paris as a starting point, explore effective perspective techniques through drawing and take away a toolkit to help you tackle perspective in your own work. With artist and surveyor Norton Asbury.
Cutting Shapes: Printmaking Workshop Saturday 10 August, 10.30am–4.30pm Get inspired by patterns from the rococo style and learn how to do lino printmaking this summer! Discover an abundance of patterns across the Wallace Collection with artist Alex Hirtzel and create a unique design to be transferred on to lino. Then experiment with linocut printing techniques and create your own series of imaginative prints.
Designing Floral Motifs Saturday 17 August, 10.30am–4.30pm
Watercolour and ink
Artist Amber Khokhar will introduce you to floral designs in Islamic Art. Explore and sketch Mughal, Ottoman and Persian motifs in the Oriental Armoury. Then develop your sketches into motifs using traditional painting techniques.
Drop-in Family Events Daily Self-guided Activities
Family Public Tour
• A family multimedia tour, with interactive games, is available at the Information Desk for a small fee. Make the Laughing Cavalier grumpy, match the dogs to their owners and find a dragon in the galleries! • FREE armour handling in the Conservation Gallery: Find out what a brigandine is and how heavy a bullet-proof breastplate really was! • A selection of FREE gallery trails is available at the Information Desk.
Saturday 15 June, 2.30pm Free, drop-in, ages 5+ Have you been looking for the perfect unique family tour? Well look no further! Taking you on this exciting, creative, thrilling and interactive journey will be the young curators from St. Vincent’s Primary School. Explore the collection through new eyes and handle objects as they guide you through its intriguing corridors and magnificent rooms.
The Little Draw Sundays 2 June, 7 July, 4 August, 1.30pm–4.30pm Free drop-in drawing workshop for all ages and abilities Come and meet our Little Draw artist Zoe Scammell this summer. Zoe creates detailed drawings of the grotesque beasts and monsters of the natural world. In these workshops, teaching the methods, techniques and materials of drawing, you'll find Zoe taking inspiration from some of the fantastic beasts and monsters you can find hiding in the Wallace Collection.
Badger © Zoe Scammell
For more information about the ‘Big Draw’ and other workshops visit: www.drawingpower.org.uk
The Young Curators
Celebrate Eid al-Fitr Friday 9 August, 10.30am–12.15pm and 2pm–3.45pm Free, drop-in, ages 5+ Join artist Sobia Khan and learn about the Wallace Collection's connection to the Islamic world by touring our Oriental Armoury. Draw from arabic script and design and make your own Fanoos Ramadan, Mosque Lamp, Cairo, c.1350–7 Egyptian lanterns hung to decorate homes during the Holy month. Create your own henna patterns and Eid banners to take home and continue the festivities. Eid Mubarak!
Drop-in Summer Fun! Thursday 15 and Friday 16 August, 2pm–4pm Free, drop-in, ages 6+ Summer fun for all the family. Follow a trail around the galleries before creating your own artwork based on what you’ve seen.
Workshops Families
Young People
Booking is essential on 020 7563 9527 or booking@wallacecollection.org. £22 per child for each two-day workshop or £40 for both workshops. Please note, that these are messy activities so wear old clothes and shoes! Parents/carers will need to supervise their children at lunchtime.
What is it like to work in a Museum? Careers Open Day
Children’s watercolour workshop
Jewels of Summer: Watercolour Workshop Thursday 25 and Friday 26 July, 10.30am–3.30pm Ages 10+ During this two-day workshop you will learn various watercolour painting techniques. Experiment with mixing vibrant colours, applying soft translucent glazes and creating different textures using The Discovery of Paris exhibition as inspiration. Combine all of these new skills into creating a beautiful landscape on special watercolour paper. With artist Alison Kusner. Children must attend both days of the workshop.
Figures in Action: Sculpture Workshop
Tuesday 2 July, 10.15am–4pm Free, but booking is essential on 020 7563 9551. Ages 16–18 Come and meet museum professionals, including the Director of the Wallace Collection, at this open day for 6th form students interested in museums. You will find out about varied aspects of and the qualifications required for working in museums. There will be workshops about curating, education, conservation, fundraising, promotion and security.
Digital Photography Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 August, 11am–4pm Cost: £22, ages 13+ Booking essential on 020 7563 9527 or booking@wallacecollection.org Work with professional photographer Olivia Hemingway to explore architectural and portrait photography. Taking your inspiration from how early nineteenth-century British artists portrayed Paris in our current exhibition, you will then work on your own photographic series linking yourself or your fellow photographers to London. Over two days you will gain an understanding of what it is like to be a photographer working to a brief. Cameras will be provided.
Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 July, 10.30am–3.30pm Ages 10+ Hunt out gods, goddesses and mythological beasts throughout the museum before creating your own Summer Sculpture sculpture using wire, mod Workshop roc and plaster. Learn how to shape the form and copper-gild before dressing your finished sculpture. With artist Alex Hirtzel. Children must attend both days of the workshop.
© Charlotte and Cecile, 2013
Talks Calendar All events listed below are free and drop-in • Free Highlights Tour of the Collection (except on dates listed below): Mon 1pm, Tues and Thurs 1pm & 2.30pm, Weds 11.30am & 2.30pm, Fri 1pm, Sat and Sun 11:30am & 2.30pm. • Brief Encounters: Wednesday at 1pm. These last about 20 minutes and are short introductions to a work of art or a subject.
• Please note: a maximum of 25 people can attend tours and talks. Places are allocated on a first come first served basis. As part of our programme of room refurbishment the Great Gallery and European Armoury III will be closed until summer 2014. Major works of art are redisplayed in other rooms.
June 2013 The Dutch Italianates Lucy Davis Curator Brief Encounter The Souvenir by Jean-Honoré Fragonard Christoph Vogtherr Director 7 Fri 1pm Innuendo in Dutch 17th-century Painting Nini Murray-Philipson 8 Sat 3pm Les Chefs-d’oeuvre de la Wallace Collection Masterpieces Tour in French 10 Mon 1pm Treasure of the Month Painted Enamel Plates with Scenes from the Story of Joseph, France, Limoges, ‘IC’ workshop, c.1600 Suzanne Higgott Curator 11 Tue 1pm Painted Ladies: Images of Women Jennifer Stern 12 Wed 1pm Brief Encounter Perhaps Made for Royalty? A Louis XVI Chair in the Wallace Collection Helen Jacobsen Curator 13 Thu 1pm Special Lecture Creating from Fragments: Georges Hoentschel’s Use of Period Pieces for Contemporary Interiors, 1890–1915 Ulrich Leben 14 Fri 1pm God Made the World but the Dutch Made the Netherlands: Subjects of Pride in Dutch Painting Philippa Edwards 2.30pm Obras Maestras de la Wallace Collection Highlights Tour in Spanish 15 Sat 2.30pm Family Public Tour Young Curators 17 Mon 1pm Special Lecture Treasures from the Barber Institute of Fine Arts Robert Wenley 18 Tue 1pm Special Lecture The Laughing Cavalier: Identity Revealed? Pieter Biesboer 19 Wed 1pm Brief Encounter Plotting the Venetian Skyline with Canaletto Giuseppe Albano 20 Thu 1pm Special Lecture The Discovery of Paris: Watercolours by Early NineteenthCentury British Artists Stephen Duffy Senior Curator 22 Sat 2.30pm Costumed Talk The Battle of Dettingen 1743 Keith Dowen and David Edge Head of Conservation 24 Mon 1pm Display Lecture The Conservation of Marie-Antoinette’s Riesener Commode Jürgen Huber Senior Furniture Conservator 25 Tue 1pm Treasure of the Month Painted Enamel Plates with Scenes from the Story of Joseph, France, Limoges, ‘IC’ workshop, c.1600 Suzanne Higgott Curator 26 Wed 1pm Brief Encounter Treasures of Decorative Art from the Barber Institute of Fine Arts Jeremy Warren Collections and Academic Director 28 Fri 1pm Winding the Clocks Conservators 4 Tue 1pm 5 Wed 1pm
July 2013 1 Mon 1pm 2 Tue 1pm
Treasure of the Month Lustred Maiolica Dish, Women Bathing, Maestro
Giorgio Andreoli’s Workshop, Italy, 1525 Suzanne Higgott Curator The Age of Louis XIV Marie-Claude Elliott
3 Wed 1pm 4 Thu 1pm 5 Fri 1pm 9 Tue 1pm
Brief Encounter The Benjamin Franklin Cup and Saucer Helen Jacobsen Curator Special Lecture Eighteenth-Century Views of Paris Christoph Vogtherr Director
10 Wed 1pm 12 Fri 1pm
Brief Encounter An Allegory of Fruitfulness by Jacob Jordaens Lucy Davis Curator
13 Sat 3pm 15 Mon 1pm 16 Tue 1pm 17 Wed 1pm 19 Fri 1pm 23 Tue 1pm 24 Wed 1pm 26 Fri 1pm 30 Tue 1pm 31 Wed 1pm
Summer Scenes Andrew Shingleton Special Lecture Thomas Shotter Boys: Master of Watercolour Painting
Stephen Duffy Senior Curator
Armour Restoration: Honest or Dishonest? David Edge Head of Conservation Les Chefs-d’oeuvre de la Wallace Collection Masterpieces Tour in French Sèvres Porcelain Flower Vases Jennifer Stern Fine Old Ware, Curiously Painted: Maiolica in the Wallace Collection Diane Hurst Brief Encounter Mrs Mary Robinson (Perdita) by Sir Joshua Reynolds Alexandra Gent Conservator The Return to Antiquity: Neoclassical Taste in 18th-Century France Jill Bace Treasure of the Month Lustred Maiolica Dish, Women Bathing, Maestro Giorgio Andreoli’s Workshop, Italy, 1525 Suzanne Higgott Curator Brief Encounter The Sword of Tipu Sultan? Francesca Levey Research Assistant Winding the Clocks Conservators Marie-Antoinette – Trendsetter in French Decorative Arts Gabrielle Verrall Brief Encounter Glass as if it were a Glittering Star: A 14th-century Mosque Lamp Sarah Elder Education Assistant
August 2013 2 Fri 1pm
Dining with an Empress The Catherine the Great Dinner Service Helen
5 Mon 1pm 6 Tue 1pm
Special Lecture Paris: World City of the Nineteenth Century Philip Mansel Treasure of the Month Scallop-Shaped Snuff Box, Jean Ducrollay, Paris, 1744
7 Wed 1pm
Brief Encounter Rococo Riches: Two Commodes by Antoine-Robert
10 Sat 3pm 12 Mon 1pm 13 Tue 1pm
Les Chefs-d’oeuvre de la Wallace Collection Masterpieces Tour in French
14 Wed 1pm 16 Fri 1pm 19 Mon 1pm 20 Tue 1pm 21 Wed 1pm 27 Tue 1pm 28 Wed 1pm 30 Fri 1pm
Jacobsen Curator
Carmen Holdsworth Delgado Curatorial Assistant Gaudreaus Jill Bace
Watteau and his World Sarah Bowles Special Lecture Paris 1720–21: Crucial Months in the Life of the French Capital Christoph Vogtherr Director Brief Encounter Treasures from the Barber Institute of Fine Arts Edwina Mileham Education Officer ‘Love for Sale, Love Only Slightly Soiled:’ Depictions of Love in Dutch and French Painting Marie-Claude Elliott A Taste for British Art and Literature in Post-Napoleonic France Rosa Somerville Treasure of the Month Scallop-Shaped Snuff Box, Jean Ducrollay, Paris, 1744 Carmen Holdsworth Delgado Curatorial Assistant Brief Encounter 3-D Portraits – Celebrated Busts in the Wallace Collection Andrew Shingleton Display Lecture The Conservation of Marie-Antoinette’s Riesener Commode Jürgen Huber Senior Furniture Conservator Brief Encounter The Seymour-Conway Sisters by Sir Joshua Reynolds Lucy Davis Curator Winding the Clocks Conservators
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