The Manton Centre for British Art

Views of their Own: Rediscovering and Re-presenting the Work of Women Artists

Timed to coincide with the Courtauld Gallery’s current exhibition, A View of One’s Own: Landscape Drawings by British Women Artists, 1760-1860, this conference aims to investigate the challenges and opportunities presented by the recovery and re-presentation of historic women artists whose work and reputations have fallen out of art historical narratives.

Bringing together art historians and curators, this conference will explore various approaches to the complexities of bringing to light artists long overlooked by art history, whether in an exhibition or through the written word.

This conference is organised by Dr. Rachel Sloan, Associate Curator for Works on Paper, the Courtauld.

13 Mar 2026

10:30 - 16:30

Free, booking essential

Vernon Square Campus, Lecture Theatre 2

This event takes place at our Vernon Square campus (WC1X 9EW).

Programme Schedule:

Full schedule for this event to be confirmed soon

Speakers:

Paris A. Spies-Gans: independent scholar

Susan Owens: independent scholar

Hannah Lyons: Curator of Art Collections, University of Reading

John Chu: Senior Curator, National Trust

Alice Rylance-Watson: Assistant Curator, National Trust

Rachel Conroy: Senior Curator, National Trust

Pastoral painting of church and large tree, with a rainbow in the sky
Fanny Blake, A rainbow over Patterdale Churchyard, Cumbria, 1849. Watercolour and opaque watercolour over graphite, with scratching out, on wove paper. Jointly owned by the Samuel Courtauld Trust and The Wordsworth Trust. Gift from a private collection in memory of W. W. Spooner, 2025.

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