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SUMMARY:Royal Patrons & Collectors in the 20th Century: from King Edward VII to Queen Elizabeth II
DESCRIPTION: Tim Knox\, Director of the Royal Collection\, explores the taste and patronage of successive British monarchs over the last century\, from King Edward VII to Queen Elizabeth II. \nWith its political\, social and economic turbulence\, two World Wars and the loss of an Empire\, the twentieth century has not provided ideal conditions for the growth and development of the British Royal Collection. Indeed\, it is something of a miracle that it has survived intact at all! \nHe starts his survey with King Edward VII\, who by his own admission\, knew little about art\, but a lot about ‘ARRRangement’. During his brief reign he dismantled his mother’s frowsty Victorian legacy under a flurry of white and gold dècors. George V collected postage stamps\, while his consort\, Queen Mary\, had an informed passion for fine things\, from Fabergé to Chinese jades\, with a particular penchant for objects with family connections. Queen Elizabeth\, the wife of George VI\, assembled a distinguished group of modern pictures\, including works by Sickert and Monet\, while Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II had understated tastes\, preferring racehorses and dogs to art. Yet\, during her long reign\, Queen Elizabeth founded the Royal Collection Trust\, to look after her collections\, and shared them with a liberality that rivals any national museum. Charting the peaks and troughs of Royal patronage during the twentieth century\, Tim Knox shows how the Royal Collection has not only survived\, but flourished in unexpected ways.\nTickets £20 \nTickets will go on sale to the general public on 15th March and 1 week earlier to benefactors of the festival who qualify for priority booking. \nAbout Tim Knox: \nTim Knox was appointed the Director of the Royal Collection by Queen Elizabeth II in 2018. Previous to that he was successively Director and Marlay Curator of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge and Director of Sir John Soane’s Museum in London.       \nThis event will be taking place at The Henrician Theatre at Prince Henry’s High School in Evesham. The theatre has ample free parking and air conditioning. \nThis talk is kindly sponsored by Art Broadway. \nSpeaker Tim Knox
URL:https://broadwayartsfestival.com/event/royal-patrons-collectors-in-the-20th-century-from-king-edward-vii-to-queen-elizabeth-ii/
LOCATION:The Henrician Theatre Evesham\, Victoria Avenue\, Evesham\, WR11 4QH
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