Lecture on 19th century artists' colourmen

The ICON Paintings Group invite you to a talk on

"Artists and their colourmen in 19th century Paris"
Presented by
Kate Lowry ACR, Head of Art Conservation; National Museum Wales

at the ICON Office
1 London Bridge, London SE1 9BG
Monday, 3 March 2008 at 6pm prompt

The focus of this talk will be the artists colourmen of 19th century
Paris, their products and services, and their relationship with the
local artistic community. The content will be based on research
carried out at National Museum Wales in Cardiff on French Realist
and Impressionist paintings from the Davies Sisters collection. Some
comparisons will be drawn between the artists' colourman's trade in
London and in Paris during this period.

Tickets: ICON members:  UKP5, non members: UKP10 Payment on the door
(exact money please) or by cheque made payable to Institute of
Conservation.

RSVP: To attend you must register no later than Thursday 28 February
2008 to ensure that your name is on the security list, email
events<-a t->icon< . >org< . >uk or contact

    Rebecca Ellison
   +44 29 2057 3225
    rebecca.ellison<-a t->museumwales< . >ac< . >uk

or

    Emma Fisher
     +44 1792 516914
    emma.fisher<-a t->swansea< . >gov< . >uk

Directions to the offices can be found on the Icon website under
About Icon.

Rebecca Ellison ACR
Oil Paintings Conservator
National Museum Wales
Cathays Park
Cardiff CF10 3NP
+44 2920 573 225


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