Pre-Raphaelite Sisters: Making Art

Conference, 'Pre-Raphaelite Sisters: Making Art', University of York, 12-13 December 2019 / Pre-Raphaelite women artists, writers, models

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Ticket sales for the conference are now closed! Thank you to everyone - we're looking forward to welcoming you on Thursday!
(Yes or No? by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1865 @V_and_A)

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@MarteStinis gave an excellent paper on Zambaco’s bronze sculptures at our conference!

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This antique medallion by Maria Zambaci depicts fellow #PreRaphaelite Sister Marie Spartali. The pair were friends from childhood and both had artistic aspirations: Zambaco first studied with Burne-Jones; Spartali Stillman with Ford Madox Brown.

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@Soozmalooz1 So glad you enjoyed it Susie! I think we can safely call it a success 👑

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@HannahRSquire Thank you for a wonderful paper Hannah! A fitting addition to how we think about displaying the works of these neglected artists.

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@DrAnnaBarry Thank you for a truly fascinating paper - we need to think more about the visual and musical arts working together!

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@HelenVMurray on Neo-Victorian Pre-Raphaelitism - how the P-Rs are represented in contemporary culture
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Kimberly Wahl @DadaPandora on the dress cultures of Pre-Raphaelite Aestheiticism
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@robyneerica discussing the phenomenon of artistic/‘aesthetic’ dress in the late 19th century
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Hannah Squire from @nationaltrust discussing curating Beyond Ophelia at Wightwick Manor last year
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Debbie Innes discussing Kate Faulkner, overlooked designer and decorator for W Morris, Burne-Jones and others
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@DrAnnaBarry on Edith Hipkins - artists and musicians working together
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Day 2 is underway! Nick Shaddick discussing the photographs of Lady Clementina Hawarden
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@DrAnnaBarry I’ve checked and you’re fine to bring your guest along with you :) we have had a few absences anyway!

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@DrAnnaBarry Hi Anna, many apologies for the late reply. I can’t promise anything, but I will check with my colleagues this morning when at the university. Sorry again for the delay.

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@Soozmalooz1 @natfiereeve @serena_t @boccabaciata The cat awed us all

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Our first keynote speaker @boccabaciata - reassessing the life of one of the most iconic Pre-Raphaelite women, Fanny Cornforth.
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@MarteStinis discussing Maria Zambaco/Cassavetti’s bronze sculptures
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@suzannefagence on the ‘problem’ of Effie Gray - her being wrongly blamed for the ‘decline’ in Millais’s style in 1860s

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Brian Eaton discussing his great grandmother, Fanny Eaton. A fascinating, personal connection to one of the Pre-Raphaelite models.
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@SusieBecks on Anna Alma-Tadema - revealing 1867 as the artist’s birth date, not 1865!
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Christine Neubauer on Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, another neglected woman artist, in relation to first-wave feminism in 1890s
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