Western Art

The Department of Western Art houses outstanding collections of European fine and decorative arts from the Renaissance to the present day. They include Old Master and later paintings, drawings, watercolours and prints, and English and continental ceramics, sculpture, silver, watches, rings and musical instruments.

CONFERENCE

Defining Owen Jones (1809–1874)
Architect and Designer for a Modern Age

Tue 1 Oct – Wed 2 Oct 2024

Sultan Nazanin Shah Conference Centre, Worcester College, Oxford
Generously supported by Barrie and Deedee Wigmore

FREE

Booking is essential

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This interdisciplinary conference on the 150th anniversary of Owen Jones’s death reassesses his importance and continuing legacy.

Owen Jones (1809–1874) was a prolific architect, designer, illustrator and printer who was recognised during his lifetime as one of the most influential contemporary figures in art and design theory.
 

Owen Jones portrait by Henry Wyndham Phillips, 1856, oil on canvas painting showing the artist in front of colourful, decorative wallpaper and tiles

 

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Refreshments and lunches will be provided. The conference will also be livestreamed and recorded for those who cannot attend in person

For more information, please contact Matthew Winterbottom

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Tel: +44 (0)1865 278042

General Enquiries – western.art@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Print Room Appointments – waprintroom@ashmus.ox.ac.uk 
Collections information – collections.westernart@ashmus.ox.ac.uk 
Administrator – wa.admin@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

 

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