ROGER FRY AND THE 'ARTQUAKE' OF 1910 TALK
With David Boyd-Haycock
An Exclusive Talk for Members of the Ashmolean
This event takes place in person in the Headley Lecture Theatre and online via Zoom
Doors open at 5.30pm, with drinks provided
In-person tickets are £20 and online tickets are £10. Booking is essential
Tickets coming soon
With David Boyd Haycock, art historian, author and curator
Roger Fry (1866-1934) was a British painter and art critic, and a member of the Bloomsbury Group, an influential collective of 20th-century British writers, artists and intellectuals.
In this talk David will introduce his new book 'Art Quake 1910: The Manet and the Post-Impressionists Exhibition' which casts a spotlight on Fry's life and his role in creating Modern British Art.
In 1910, Fry curated the ground-breaking exhibition ‘Manet and the Post-Impressionists’ in London. Featuring work by Gauguin, Picasso, Matisse, Cézanne and Van Gogh, this ‘artquake' transformed perceptions of art in Britain forever.
Intent on making the British public more attentive to beauty and good design, Fry founded the Omega Workshop in 1912, employing young artists to produce highly original household goods for the middle and upper classes.
Yet he was a divisive figure – ‘a shark in aesthetic waters,’ as one contemporary called him.
Join us for this talk to find out more...
Fanny Claus, Edward Manet, 1868, oil on canvas, on display in Gallery 65
Sir Charles Holroyd, Roger Fry, 1899, etched copper plate
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. David Boyd Haycock is a Visiting Research Fellow at Oxford Brookes University. A freelance lecturer and curator, he is the author of a number of books, including A Crisis of Brilliance: Five Young British Artists and the Great War (2009) and Brilliant Destiny: The Age of Augustus John (2023).
Copies of David's new book will be available for purchase on the day:
David Boyd Haycock, 'Art Quake 1910: The Manet and the Post-Impressionists Exhibition' (2026).
Further Reading
- Virginia Woolf, Roger Fry: A Biography (1940)
- Frances Spalding, The Bloomsbury Group (2021)
BOOKING
This event takes place in person in the Headley Lecture Theatre and online via Zoom
In-person tickets are £20 and online tickets are £10. Booking is essential
Tickets are only available to Members of the Ashmolean
Tickets coming soon
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