Call for Papers | Conference: ‘Human Kind: Transforming Identity in British and Australian Portraits, 1700-1914’

Inspired by the outstanding collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, this interdisciplinary conference will be the largest gathering of international and Australian scholars to focus on portraits. It will provide a unique opportunity to explore both British and Australian portraits through a dynamic interchange between academics and curators.

September 8-11 2016, University of Melbourne and National Gallery of Victoria

Melbourne Portrait Group Seminar | Eugene Barilo von Reisberg: ‘Franz Xaver Winterhalter: Portraiture in the Age of Social Mobility’

Franz Xaver Winterhalter: Portrait of Queen Victoria (1843, detail, collection of HM Queen Elizabeth II); Portrait of Princess Tatiana Yusopova (1858m detail, St Petersburg: The State Hermitage); Portrait of Mrs Philip Vanderbyl (1866, detail, private collection).

Eugene Barilo von Reisberg (Art History Program, School of Culture & Communication), PhD Completion Seminar: ‘Franz Xaver Winterhalter: Portraiture in the Age of Social Mobility’.

Wednesday  16 December 2015, 6:00pm

University of Melbourne (Parkville), Baillieu Library, Dulcie Hollyock Room.