Framing Impressionism

In this unmissable talk, Lynn Roberts, editor and lead author of The Frame Blog, will be joined by Paul & Mark Mitchell (Paul Mitchell Ltd - Antique and handmade replica frames, who for more than 45 years have carefully reframed Impressionist paintings for countless collectors and institutions around the world. They will discuss the extraordinary innovations of Impressionist frames and their reception by a critical contemporary audience, as well as looking at the ways in which museums and galleries frame Impressionist pictures today, and where this has gone right (and wrong).
Moderated by Matthew Reeves, Director of Sam Fogg, London.
The talk was recorded on Wednesday 24 April as part of Art History in Focus Spring 2024: londonartweek.....
Learn more about El Prado's admirable undertaking to bring its frames to the attention of the public: www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/frames. You can also see each frame individually in the online catalogue entry for the painting it's associated with - eg Pedro Machuca's Descent from the Cross at www.museodelpr...

[@JackPaulssen]

Thank you for the tremendously interesting discussion!