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Study workshop - Peter Lely: A Lyrical Vision
Peter Lely: A Lyrical Vision - Study workshop
14.30 – 18.30, Friday 19 October 2012 (with registration from 14.00)
Research Forum South Room, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN
This study workshop is organised in association with The Courtauld Gallery’s autumn exhibition Peter Lely: A Lyrical Vision (11 October 2012 – 13 January 2013). It will examine the remarkable but largely forgotten group of narrative paintings produced by Peter Lely (1618-80) before his appointment as Principal Painter to Charles II. Many of these works depict a pastoral world of shepherds, nymphs and musicians in idyllic Arcadian settings. Organised around The Courtauld’s enigmatic The Concert, the exhibition also includes an important group of little-known paintings loaned from historic private collections. By 1654 Lely was judged to be ‘the best artist in England’ but from then on, aided by a flourishing studio, he produced almost exclusively portraits. The exhibition and the study workshop aim to locate Lely’s production before 1660 within the literary and cultural contexts of the 1640s and 50s. A number of short papers will be followed by the opportunity for more informal discussion in the exhibition space.
Ticket/entry details: £11 (free for Courtauld students but due to limited space advance booking is required)
BOOK ONLINE: http://courtauld-institute.digitalmuseum.co.uk Or send a cheque made payable to ‘Courtauld Institute of Art’ to: Research Forum Events Co-ordinator, Research Forum, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN, stating the event title ‘Peter Lely’ study day. For further information, email ResearchForumEvents@courtauld.ac.uk
Organised by Caroline Campbell (The National Gallery/The Courtauld Gallery)
PROGRAMME
14.00 – 14.30 Registration
14.30 – 15.00 Caroline Campbell (The National Gallery/The Courtauld Gallery): Welcome and introduction to the exhibition, Peter Lely: A Lyrical Vision
15.00 – 15.30 Karen Hearn (independent scholar) : Lely's Haarlem Context
15.30 – 16.00 Jeremy Wood (University of Nottingham): Lely and the Old Masters in London before 1660
16.00 – 16.30 COFFEE/TEA BREAK (Tea/coffee provided in Seminar room 1)
16.30 – 17.001 David Taylor (The National Trust): “That pow'rful Lilly, now awaken’d”: early pastoral portraits by Peter Lely
17.00 – 17.30 James Loxley (University of Edinburgh): Among the "modern Picts": Lely and Lovelace
17.30 – 18.30 Visit to the exhibition, discussion to be led by Joanna Woodall (The Courtauld Institute of Art)
18.30 RECEPTION (Front Hall)