$35 (members free) for the Nov. 3 lecture with art historian Steven Conn and this symposium; includes Museum admission
Join us for a symposium on collecting in Gilded Age Philadelphia. Topics include collectors John G. Johnson, Peter A. B. and Joseph Widener, and Dr. Albert C. Barnes and the role played by fairs, museums, advisors, and department stores in setting patterns of collecting in the city.
9:30 a.m.: Registration
9:45 a.m.: Welcome from Inge Reist, The Frick Collection
Morning Session: The Lure of the Old Masters
10:00 a.m.: “John G. Johnson: Lawyer, Collector, Philadelphian,” Jennifer Thompson, the Gloria and Jack Drosdick Curator of European Painting and Sculpture, and Curator of the John G. Johnson Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art
10:30 a.m.: “The French Connection: Joseph Bonaparte, Point Breeze, and Old
Masters Come to Bordentown,” Yuriko Jackall, National Gallery of Art
11:00 a.m.: Break
11:25 a.m.: “The Last American Versailles: The Widener Collection at
Lynnewood Hall,” Esmée Quodbach, The Frick Collection
12:15 p.m.: Questions from the audience
12:30 p.m.: Lunch on your own
Afternoon Session: Looking Beyond the Old Masters
1:40 p.m.: Welcome from Richard L. Kagan, Johns Hopkins University
1:45 p.m.: “Collecting American Art in Philadelphia in the Age of John G.
Johnson,” Kathleen A. Foster, Robert L. McNeil, Jr., Senior Curator of American Art and Director, Center for American Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art
2:15 p.m.: “Collecting Classical Antiquities in the Athens of America,” Ann Blair Brownlee, Penn Museum
2:45 p.m.: “The Language of the Brush into the Language of Money: John
Wanamaker and the Intersections of Collecting and Commerce,” Sara Tarter, University of Birmingham
3:15 p.m.: Break
3:40 p.m.: “Is Art an Armchair?” Elizabeth Milroy, Drexel University
4:10 p.m.: “A Mentor for Dr. Barnes: John G. Johnson and a Culture of
Collecting in Philadelphia,” Brian Seymour, Community College of Philadelphia
4:50 p.m.: Questions from the audience
5:10 p.m.: “Giving Others Their Due: Philadelphia Collectors After Johnson,” panel discussion with Richard L. Kagan, Inge Reist, and Jennifer Thompson
