Paul Mellon Lecture 2022
Sporting Art and the Country House
Martin Postle
10th November 6:30pm Turf Club London
£45 Non Members Welcome
Art & the Country House, launched in autumn 2020, is an online publication edited by Martin Postle, Senior research Fellow at Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. The project focused specifically on the collection and display of works of art in the country house in Britain from the sixteenth century to the present day, it contains eight case studies: Castle Howard, Doddington Hall, Mells Manor, Mount Stuart, Petworth House, Raynham Hall, Trewithen and West Wycombe. Each house has been carefully selected so as to ensure a broad range of research topics. MAatin will talk on the project and focus specifically on the role sporting art played in the Country House Collections.
Martin Martin’s role as Senior Research Fellow focuses upon the research and writing of a catalogue raisonné of the paintings of Joseph Wright of Derby, the organisation of a series of annual conferences on the history of the British art trade, organizing and running PMC workshops and public lecture courses, teaching on the Centre’s Yale in London undergraduate courses, and chairing and introducing research events at the Centre. Prior to his present appointment in October 2021, Martin was Deputy Director for Grants and Publications at the Centre. Between 1998 and 2007 he worked at Tate as Senior Curator and Head of British Art to 1900.
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Sporting Art and the Country House
Martin Postle
10th November 6:30pm Turf Club London
£45 Non Members Welcome
Art & the Country House, launched in autumn 2020, is an online publication edited by Martin Postle, Senior research Fellow at Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. The project focused specifically on the collection and display of works of art in the country house in Britain from the sixteenth century to the present day, it contains eight case studies: Castle Howard, Doddington Hall, Mells Manor, Mount Stuart, Petworth House, Raynham Hall, Trewithen and West Wycombe. Each house has been carefully selected so as to ensure a broad range of research topics. MAatin will talk on the project and focus specifically on the role sporting art played in the Country House Collections.
Martin Martin’s role as Senior Research Fellow focuses upon the research and writing of a catalogue raisonné of the paintings of Joseph Wright of Derby, the organisation of a series of annual conferences on the history of the British art trade, organizing and running PMC workshops and public lecture courses, teaching on the Centre’s Yale in London undergraduate courses, and chairing and introducing research events at the Centre. Prior to his present appointment in October 2021, Martin was Deputy Director for Grants and Publications at the Centre. Between 1998 and 2007 he worked at Tate as Senior Curator and Head of British Art to 1900.
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