Emile Gallé Centenary: La Lorraine Artiste
Research Symposium 18-19 September 2004, University of Bristol
Emile Gallé was an extraordinary polymath: artist, author, critic, political activist, educator, botanist. Upon the centenary of Gallé's death, this symposium explores the rich cultural milieu of his native Nancy and Lorraine.
This symposium hopes to contextualise Gallé's career and its impact, within the artistic, literary, historical and scientific cultures of this complex region.
The focus will be primarily upon the nineteenth century in which Gallé lived and worked but some papers will consider the eighteenth century which played such an important role in the formation of the aesthetics and style of the Ecole de Nancy and Nancy and Lorraine in the early twentieth century after Gallé's death in 1904.
This Research Symposium is organised under the auspices of the Centre for the Study of Visual and Literary Cultures in France at the University of Bristol and with funding support from the Design History Society.
Booking:
The size of the lecture hall means that places are limited to 60 so early booking is recommended. To book a place (£35 UK pounds; concessions £15 UK pounds; fee includes lunches) contact Dr Claire I R O'Mahony 0117 331 1197; claire.omahony@bristol.ac.uk
Location:
The Symposium will be held in:
Department of History of Art, University of Bristol
43 Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UU, United Kingdom