PRS Past Events
Events from 2018
27 January 2018: Lecture by Dr. Katie Faulkner – ‘Pre-Raphaelite Sculpture’.
17 February 2018: Lecture by Brendan Flynn – ‘The Gaskins – An Arts and Crafts Partnership’.
24 March 2018: Lecture by Thomas Hughes – ‘The Rose and The Worm: – Ruskin, Pater and ‘Realism’ in Nineteenth Century Painting’.
28 April 2018: Lecture by Dr Nic Peeters – ‘Evelyn De Morgan in Italy: A journey in the footsteps of a Pre-Raphaelite Artist inspired by the Quattrocento’.
26 May 2018: Lecture by Michael Fisher – ‘Guarding the Pugin Flame: John Hardman Powell, 1827-1895’.
16 June 2018: Lecture by Dr Sally Anne Huxtable – ‘The Drama of the Soul: The Art And Design of Phoebe Anna Traquair 1852-1936’.
21 July 2018: Visit to Biddulph Old Hall, Stoke on Trent
22 September 2018: Lecture by Katherine Hinzman – ‘’Things that will never be out of me’: Edward Burne-Jones’s Theology of Art’.
27 October 2018: AGM and Founder’s Day Lecture
10 November 2018: Visit to Tate Britain for the exhibition ‘Edward Burne-Jones’.
Events from 2017
21 January 2017: Lecture by Helen Bratt Wyton – “Hidden Wightwick and the Acquisition of its Collection”.
25 February 2017: Lecture by Dr. Lucy Ella Rose – “Evelyn De Morgan: The Metamorphic Mermaid”.
18 March 2017: Lecture by Wendy Holborow – “Work: Forward Motion”.
22 April 2017: Visit to Biddulph Old Hall, Stoke-on-Trent with tour by owner Nigel Daly.
13 May 2017: Lecture by Patrick Baty – “The Artists of the Artists Rifles”.
24 June 2017: Lecture by Colin Cruise – “The Cloister and the Laboratory: Rossetti between the Past and the Present”.
29 July 2017: Lecture by Dr Ayla Lepine – “Pre-Raphaelite Religon and Religious Pre-Raphaelites”.
23 September 2017: Visit to Standen House and Garden, East Grinstead, West Sussex – by coach from Central Birmingham.
21 October 2017: AGM – Annual General Meeting and Founder’s Day Lecture titled ‘The Neo Pre-Raphaelites: Taking Pre-Raphaelitism into the 21st Century’ with Dr. Anne Anderson.
11 November 2017: Lecture by Dr. Peter Bryden – ‘Social Realism and Victorian Art’.
Events from 2016
16 January 2016: Lecture by Dr Jordan Kistler – ‘Arthur O’Shaughnessy: A Pre-Raphaelite Poet in the British Museum’.
13 February 2016: Private tour by Dennis Lanigan of the exhibition ‘Beauty’s Awakening: Drawings by the Pre‐Raphaelites and Their Contemporaries from the Lanigan Collection’, Leighton House, London.
28 February 2016: London and Southern Group Book Club- reading Jan Marsh’s ‘The Legend of Elizabeth Siddal’.
19 March 2016: Lecture by Dr. Robyne Calvert – ‘The Myth of Pre-Raphaelite Dress’.
2 April 2016: London and Southern Group- A guided walk of Pre-Raphaelite Bloomsbury.
23 April 2016: Lecture by Professor Anna Gruetzner-Robins – ‘Remembering Rossetti’.
21 May 2016: Visit to the exhibition ‘Poetry in Beauty: The Pre-Raphaelite Art of Marie Spartali Stillman’ Venue: Watts Gallery Compton, Surrey.
22 May 2016: London and Southern Group Book Club- TBC on February members’ vote.
25 June 2016: Lecture by Julia Dudkiewicz – ‘Dante Gabriel Rossetti at Kelmscott Manor (1871-1874): An Examination of The Marigolds (1874) and Rossetti’s Possessions Left at Kelmscott’.
23 July 2016: Lecture by Claire Yearwood Munn – ‘Mirrors in Pre-Raphaelite Art’.
September 2016: Lecture by Dr Fiona Mann ‘Edward Burne-Jones and Watercolour Painting 1857-1898’
29 October 2016: Annual General Meeting and Founder’s Day lecture by Dr Serena Trowbridge – ‘The Poetry of Elizabeth Siddal’ Venue: Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham
19 November 2016: Lecture by Dr Angie Dunstan – ‘‘Shaping the Invisible Sculptor’: The Life’s Work of Thomas Woolner PRB RA.’
27 January 2018: Lecture by Dr. Katie Faulkner – ‘Pre-Raphaelite Sculpture’.
17 February 2018: Lecture by Brendan Flynn – ‘The Gaskins – An Arts and Crafts Partnership’.
24 March 2018: Lecture by Thomas Hughes – ‘The Rose and The Worm: – Ruskin, Pater and ‘Realism’ in Nineteenth Century Painting’.
28 April 2018: Lecture by Dr Nic Peeters – ‘Evelyn De Morgan in Italy: A journey in the footsteps of a Pre-Raphaelite Artist inspired by the Quattrocento’.
26 May 2018: Lecture by Michael Fisher – ‘Guarding the Pugin Flame: John Hardman Powell, 1827-1895’.
16 June 2018: Lecture by Dr Sally Anne Huxtable – ‘The Drama of the Soul: The Art And Design of Phoebe Anna Traquair 1852-1936’.
21 July 2018: Visit to Biddulph Old Hall, Stoke on Trent
22 September 2018: Lecture by Katherine Hinzman – ‘’Things that will never be out of me’: Edward Burne-Jones’s Theology of Art’.
27 October 2018: AGM and Founder’s Day Lecture
10 November 2018: Visit to Tate Britain for the exhibition ‘Edward Burne-Jones’.
Events from 2017
21 January 2017: Lecture by Helen Bratt Wyton – “Hidden Wightwick and the Acquisition of its Collection”.
25 February 2017: Lecture by Dr. Lucy Ella Rose – “Evelyn De Morgan: The Metamorphic Mermaid”.
18 March 2017: Lecture by Wendy Holborow – “Work: Forward Motion”.
22 April 2017: Visit to Biddulph Old Hall, Stoke-on-Trent with tour by owner Nigel Daly.
13 May 2017: Lecture by Patrick Baty – “The Artists of the Artists Rifles”.
24 June 2017: Lecture by Colin Cruise – “The Cloister and the Laboratory: Rossetti between the Past and the Present”.
29 July 2017: Lecture by Dr Ayla Lepine – “Pre-Raphaelite Religon and Religious Pre-Raphaelites”.
23 September 2017: Visit to Standen House and Garden, East Grinstead, West Sussex – by coach from Central Birmingham.
21 October 2017: AGM – Annual General Meeting and Founder’s Day Lecture titled ‘The Neo Pre-Raphaelites: Taking Pre-Raphaelitism into the 21st Century’ with Dr. Anne Anderson.
11 November 2017: Lecture by Dr. Peter Bryden – ‘Social Realism and Victorian Art’.
Events from 2016
16 January 2016: Lecture by Dr Jordan Kistler – ‘Arthur O’Shaughnessy: A Pre-Raphaelite Poet in the British Museum’.
13 February 2016: Private tour by Dennis Lanigan of the exhibition ‘Beauty’s Awakening: Drawings by the Pre‐Raphaelites and Their Contemporaries from the Lanigan Collection’, Leighton House, London.
28 February 2016: London and Southern Group Book Club- reading Jan Marsh’s ‘The Legend of Elizabeth Siddal’.
19 March 2016: Lecture by Dr. Robyne Calvert – ‘The Myth of Pre-Raphaelite Dress’.
2 April 2016: London and Southern Group- A guided walk of Pre-Raphaelite Bloomsbury.
23 April 2016: Lecture by Professor Anna Gruetzner-Robins – ‘Remembering Rossetti’.
21 May 2016: Visit to the exhibition ‘Poetry in Beauty: The Pre-Raphaelite Art of Marie Spartali Stillman’ Venue: Watts Gallery Compton, Surrey.
22 May 2016: London and Southern Group Book Club- TBC on February members’ vote.
25 June 2016: Lecture by Julia Dudkiewicz – ‘Dante Gabriel Rossetti at Kelmscott Manor (1871-1874): An Examination of The Marigolds (1874) and Rossetti’s Possessions Left at Kelmscott’.
23 July 2016: Lecture by Claire Yearwood Munn – ‘Mirrors in Pre-Raphaelite Art’.
September 2016: Lecture by Dr Fiona Mann ‘Edward Burne-Jones and Watercolour Painting 1857-1898’
29 October 2016: Annual General Meeting and Founder’s Day lecture by Dr Serena Trowbridge – ‘The Poetry of Elizabeth Siddal’ Venue: Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham
19 November 2016: Lecture by Dr Angie Dunstan – ‘‘Shaping the Invisible Sculptor’: The Life’s Work of Thomas Woolner PRB RA.’