20
February 2025

Frederick Leighton and the Aesthetic Movement

Welcome to The Arts Society Driffield Wolds
Thursday, February 20, 2025 - 19:30
Driffield Rugby Club
Kelleythorpe Driffield YO25 9DW
Online Event

A welcome return by Dr Suzanne Fagence Cooper

Leighton managed to walk a social tight-rope between being an honoured President of the Royal Academy for his portraits but also created some of the most disturbingly sensual images of his generation. This lecture considers the art of self-presentation in the lives of Leighton and his colleague in the Aesthetic revolution, James Whistler, examining the revolutionary design movements they began.

THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER

Dr Suzanne Fagence Cooper

Dr Suzanne Fagence Cooper is an art historian working on 19th and 20th Century British art. She was a curator and Research Fellow at the V&A Museum, and is currently Honorary Visiting Fellow at the University of York. She has curated a major exhibition on John Ruskin and J.M.W.Turner, and she is planning a new exhibition project on William Morris and his family for 2025. Suzanne is the author of 'To See Clearly: Why Ruskin Matters', 'Effie Gray' and 'Pre-Raphaelite Art in the V&A Museum'. She is a trustee of the Burne-Jones catalogue raisonné and has worked as a consultant for TV and film projects, including 'The Invisible Woman' with Ralph Fiennes. She leads art history tours in England, France and Switzerland, and is an invited speaker for Cunard. Her latest book is How We Might Live: At Home with Jane and William Morris.