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SUMMARY:Zoom Live | A Collector’s Country House: William Randolph Hearst with Victoria Kastner
DESCRIPTION:A Collector’s Country House: William Randolph Hearst \nTuesday\, April 16 | 6:00 p.m. (ET)\nZoom Webinar (Live) \nWhen Winston Churchill visited William Randolph Hearst’s estate at San Simeon during Churchill’s 1929 California tour\, he was pleasantly surprised. Though he had been expecting “a Monte Carlo casino perched atop the Rock of Gibraltar\,” he found instead a stunning country house and an intriguing host. Hearst was an art collector in the 18th-century English tradition. Like William Beckford and Horace Walpole\, Hearst personally selected every object in his vast collection\, and determined its location. For 28 years\, Julia Morgan—the first female architect to gain worldwide prominence—worked right beside him creating La Cuesta Encantada (The Enchanted Hill)\, as it was formally known. \nAt San Simeon\, Hearst blended English country house traditions with Californian informalities. Charlie Chaplin\, Cary Grant\, and all the Hollywood set rubbed elbows with Calvin Coolidge and Bernard Shaw. Presiding as hostess was Hearst’s companion\, the actress Marion Davies. The end result was a quintessentially American country house with English style gardens: built by a media mogul\, designed by a woman architect\, presided over by a Hollywood starlet\, and forever immortalized by a film—Orson Welles’s brooding Citizen Kane. Victoria Kastner will discuss Hearst’s extensive art collection—Renaissance tapestries\, Mediterranean furniture\, English silver\, and architectural fragments galore—and provide lively anecdotes about the hilltop\, in this examination of America’s most glamorous country house and estate. \nVictoria Kastner\n\nVictoria Kastner is a leading scholar and author about the architect Julia Morgan as well as about Hearst Castle\, where she worked for 30 years and was the historian. She is the author of Hearst Castle: The Biography of a Country House\, with a foreword by George Plimpton\, published by Harry N. Abrams in 2000; Hearst’s San Simeon: The Gardens and the Land\, May 2009; and Hearst Ranch: Family\, Land and Legacy. She co-authored The Beverly Hills Hotel: The First 100 Years with Robert Anderson. In 2022\, Victoria published Julia Morgan: An Intimate Biography of the Trailblazing Architect. Ms. Kastner has lectured extensively on Julia Morgan\, Hearst’s art collection\, and the history of collection for many museums and groups: including at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the American Museum in Britain in Bath; and the Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. She has also written about Hearst\, San Simeon\, and Morgan for The London Telegraph\, the American Institute of Architects\, Oxford University’s Journal of the History of Collections\, and The Magazine Antiques.
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SUMMARY:Zoom Live | Borrowed Landscapes: The Influence of China and Japan on the English Country House
DESCRIPTION:Borrowed Landscapes: The Influence of China and Japan on the English Country House \nThursday\, April 4 | 2:00 p.m. (ET)\nZoom Webinar (Live) \nAn English lacquer cabinet\, c.1690\, in the Morning Room at Saltram\, Devon. \nFrom the 17th century onwards\, Chinese and Japanese art and ornamentation influenced the design and decoration of interiors and gardens in Britain and Ireland. The importation of Chinese and Japanese luxury goods—lacquer\, porcelain\, embroidered silk\, wallpaper\, etc.—allowed designers and homeowners to incorporate these objects into their interiors. The East India Companies also commissioned objects from Chinese and Japanese artisans\, incorporating European forms and Western patterns. \nHowever\, British designers and artisans also created their own fanciful interpretations of Asian styles and forms\, often mistaking the original meaning or purpose behind the designs. These Western-created hybrid styles have been known as chinoiserie and japonisme and remain popular in decoration and design. Over the centuries\, even as China and Japan became better known to Europeans\, the fictional idea of what is ‘oriental’ remained prevalent in Western design. \nEmile de Bruijn\, will explore the impact of Chinese and Japanese material culture on British historic houses and gardens\, based on the research he undertook (and the photography that was commissioned) for his new book Borrowed Landscapes. De Bruijn will illustrate how elements of Chinese and Japanese culture were admired but often misunderstood by Western craftsmen. He will also show how resulting designs were both idealized and desired\, while dismembered and caricatured. Finally\, he will explain how the collection of Asian objects in British and Irish country houses and the use of Asian design elements in Western furniture was not just about appropriation but also reflected admiration and an attempt by designers to appeal to the senses and admiration of the beholder. \nEmile de Bruijn\n\nEmile de Bruijn studied Japanese at Leiden University\, the Netherlands\, and museology at Essex University\, United Kingdom. After working in the Japanese and Chinese art departments of the auctioneers Sotheby’s\, he joined the National Trust where he currently has the role of Assistant National Curator of Decorative Arts. In 2017 he published the monograph Chinese Wallpaper in Britain and Ireland\, and his latest book is Borrowed Landscapes: China and Japan in the Historic Houses and Gardens of Britain and Ireland (2023).
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SUMMARY:Zoom Live | Cinema on Paper: Collecting Film Posters with Dwight Cleveland
DESCRIPTION:Cinema on Paper: Collecting Film Posters \nTuesday\, March 26 | 6:00 p.m. (ET) \nZoom Webinar (Live or Rent) \nTwentieth Century Fox (presents) (as Twentieth Century-Fox)BUS STOP (1956) Marilyn Monroe (Costume Design: Travilla); U. K. Double Crown (Tom Chantrell art) \nThe history of film and Hollywood has long captivated the imaginations of audiences worldwide. From the early days of cinema\, movie posters and other ephemera have served as powerful tools to entice viewers and leave a lasting impression. One distinguished member of the Royal Oak Foundation\, Mr. Dwight Cleveland\, known by his internet handle “PosterBoss\,” eloquently described how poster artists “captured the soul” of films and “reduce the entire essence of a movie into a single vivid sheet”. Driven by his appreciation for the graphic nature of movie posters\, Cleveland began his collection in high school and has since amassed a remarkable archive of over 4\,000 posters and related cinematic advertising. Spanning the years 1914 to 1953\, his collection features examples from iconic studios such as Warner Bros.\, Fox\, MGM\, Paramount\, and RKO. \nEncompassing a diverse array of genres including musicals\, comedies\, Westerns\, war films\, sci-fi thrillers\, dramas\, and more\, Cleveland’s collection offers a rich tapestry of cinematic history and a panorama of American culture. In an exclusive lecture\, Mr. Cleveland will share his passion for collecting this captivating art form and explore its profound impact on popular culture. Drawing from his extensive collection\, he will showcase a selection of posters\, highlighting their artistic diversity and international significance. Sharing posters from 37 countries\, he will offer a fascinating glimpse into the global appeal of film posters. Join us for an enlightening discussion as Mr. Dwight Cleveland illuminates the artistry and cultural significance of film posters\, providing insight into their enduring legacy in the world of cinema. \n\nDwight Cleveland\n\nMr. Dwight Cleveland is a real-estate developer in Chicago\, Illinois who specializes in historic renovations. He began collecting movie posters in 1977\, while in high school in MA\, spurred on by his teacher’s extensive collection. After moving to Los Angeles\, he acquired posters from memorabilia dealers in Hollywood before moving back to the East Coast. At one point Cleveland had the largest privately held film poster collection in the world with 45\,000 examples from 58 countries. Recently he has donated much of his collection to worldwide museums including The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum at The University of Exeter in the UK. Part of his collection was featured in the exhibition Coming Soon: Film Posters from the Dwight M. Cleveland Collection at The Norton Museum of Art in Palm Beach and illustrated in Cinema on Paper: The Graphic Genius of Movie Posters by Assouline.
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