Paris, 'City of Light' has long been synonymous with the luxury arts. Lectures follow the story of the luxury arts of Paris for a 1000 years
In 1913, the Parisian artist Jules-Alexandre Grün created ‘Fin de Souper’, a painting glowing with light and colour, now in the fine arts museum MUba Eugène Leroy, in Tourcoing. It shows in sumptuous detail an animated company in conversation at the end of a soirée. Paris, the fabled 'City of Light' has long been synonymous with the luxury arts. For centuries, dazzling jewels, objets de vertu, elegant clothing, furnishings and other precious works of art crafted in the city’s myriad workshops, have delighted the eye of the most discerning and esteemed patrons. By the 19th Century, Paris was celebrated as a destination for fashionable shopping with revered couture houses and prestigious jewellers established on the Rue de la Paix and Place Vendôme. Jules-Alexandre Grün’s painting draws us into the world of Parisian "beau monde". Paris, its luxury arts, designers and royal and noble patrons, all take centre stage in this study day, celebrating a thousand years of luminous splendour.
Paris, the fabled 'City of Light' has long been synonymous with the luxury arts. For centuries, dazzling jewels, precious objets de vertu, exquisite furnishings and elegant bespoke couture have been crafted in the city’s myriad workshops, delighting the eye of the most discerning and esteemed patrons. The three lectures follow the story of the luxury arts of Paris over a thousand years of luminous splendour from the Medieval period to the 20th Century.
How to book this event:
Cost: £38
Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-luxury-arts-of-paris-from-medieval-jewels-to-haute-couture-tickets-1144211741119?aff=oddtdtcreator
Time
10:15 – 10:45 Registration
10:45 – 11:45 Lecture 1
11:45 – 12:05 Comfort Break
12:05 – 13:05 Lecture 2
13:05 – 14:20 Lunch (not included in ticket price but many places to eat and purchase coffee nearby)
14:20 – 15:30 Lecture 3 and Q & A session
THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER
Ms Anne Haworth
After studying Modern History at Durham University, she trained and became a senior specialist in ceramics at the head offices in London of Bonhams (1981-1986) and Christie's (1987-1995). From 1995 to 2002, she was resident in Shanghai, China and gave lectures on the history of the China trade and European Chinoiserie to the international community of diplomats and expatriates in Shanghai and Beijing. On returning to London in 2002, she worked on a short project cataloguing Chinese ceramics at Kensington Palace and became Hon Membership Secretary and Treasurer of the French Porcelain Society.