CONF: From Firebird to Fabergé: Britis h-Russian Artistic Exchange, 1880-1917

Dear colleagues,

I am delighted to announce the forthcoming CCRAC symposium at the 
University of Cambridge:

ART, CRAFT & THE FIN-DE-SIECLE: BRITAIN AND RUSSIA

Part I:  From Firebird to Fabergé: British-Russian Artistic Exchange, 
1880-1917

The Department of History of Art, Cambridge
5 December 2014

The British-Russian Year of Culture in 2014 has brought renewed 
attention to the long history of cultural exchange between Britain and 
Russia. This full-day conference organised by the Cambridge Courtauld 
Russian Art Centre (CCRAC) takes Britain’s relationship with the Russian 
decorative arts as its theme. It aims to complement recent scholarship 
on British-Russian cultural exchange during the late nineteenth and 
early twentieth centuries. Around 1900, Britain witnessed a surge of 
interest in the Russian decorative arts, and in particular those of the 
‘Russian style’ and ‘neo-national’ movements. The associated revival of 
national traditions was critical to the immense appeal of Russian art in 
the West, leading above all to the success of the Ballets Russes and a 
broader interest in the Russian kustar (peasant) industries. In Russia, 
leading exponents of the neo-national school including Elena Polenova 
(1850-1898) and Aleksandr Golovin (1863-1930) responded to contemporary 
developments in Britain and the rest of Europe, notably the Arts and 
Crafts Movement and Art Nouveau.

Speakers and panellists:
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Rebecca Beasley (University of Oxford)
Rosalind Blakesley (University of Cambridge)
Grace Brockington (University of Bristol)
Caroline de Guitaut (The Royal Collection)
Louise Hardiman (University of Cambridge)
Michael Hughes (Lancaster University)
Elena Kashtanova (V. D. Polenov State Memorial History, Art and Nature 
Museum Reserve)
Nicola Kozicharow (University of Cambridge)
Viktor Kulikov (Yaroslavl University)
Eleonora Paston (State Tretiakov Gallery)
Caroline Maclean (University of Oxford)
Nicholas Tromans (Watts Gallery)

This conference is one of a series of two symposia designed to 
complement the forthcoming exhibition of the art and craft of Elena 
Polenova (1850-1898) at Watts Gallery in Compton, Surrey 
(www.wattsgallery.org.uk) which has been jointly organised with the V. 
D. Polenov State Memorial History, Art and Nature Museum Reserve 
(www.polenovo.ru) in association with the British-Russian Year of 
Culture.

BOOKING: A full conference programme and details regarding booking will 
be made available shortly at www.ccrac.org.uk

Organisers:
Louise Hardiman (University of Cambridge)
Dr Natalia Murray (The Courtauld Institute of Art)


Part II – ‘The End of Empire: Women Artists in Britain and Russia, 
1880-1917’
The second event in this series will be held at The Courtauld Institute 
of Art from 14.00-18.30 on Friday 9 January 2015.  For further details, 
see: 
http://www.courtauld.ac.uk/researchforum/events/2015/spring/BritainRussia.shtml

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Kind regards,
Louise Hardiman
PhD Candidate, History of Art, University of Cambridge
Administrator, Cambridge Courtauld Russian Art Centre
Email: [email protected]
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