Posted in Julia Margaret Cameron, tagged Julia Margaret Cameron, Virginia Woolf on Monday 25 March 2019| Leave a Comment »
Christie’s is selling Julia Margaret Cameron’s 1867 photo of Julia Jackson Stephen, Virginia Woolf’s mother, at auction.
The famous portrait, an albumen print mounted on board, is signed and dated and is priced at between $60 and $80K.
Another portrait of Julia Jackson, as photographed by Julia Margaret Cameron
Posted in events, Julia Margaret Cameron, photography, tagged Julia Margaret Cameron, National Portrait Gallery, Photography, Victorian, Virginia Woolf on Monday 5 February 2018| Leave a Comment »
Victorian Giants: The Birth of Art Photography, a major new exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery in London, includes Virginia Woolf’s great-aunt, Julia Margaret Cameron.
The exhibit, March 1 – May 20, also features three other celebrated figures in art photography: Lewis Carroll, Oscar Rejlander and Clementina Hawarden. These four artists would come to embody the very best in photography of the Victorian era, according to the NPG.
Julia Jackson, as photographed by Julia Margaret Cameron
Posted in 20th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf, art exhibits, Hogarth Press, Julia Margaret Cameron, Woolf and the natural world, tagged 20th Annual International Annual Conference on Virginia Woolf: Woolf and the Natural World, Valentina Mazzei, Virginia Woolf & the Natural World: An Exhibition on Thursday 8 April 2010| 1 Comment »
Virginia Woolf & the Natural World: An Exhibition in Conjunction with the 20th Annual International Annual Conference on Virginia Woolf: Woolf and the Natural World is scheduled for May 13 -June 9 at the Anne Wright Wilson Fine Arts Gallery at Georgetown College in Georgetown, Ky.
The exhibit is free and open to the public. Hours are Monday through Friday, noon-4:30 p.m. and by appointment. Special hours during the conference weekend are June 3, 6:30-8:30 p.m.; June 4 and 5, noon-5 p.m.; and June 6, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. For an appointment, contact the gallery via e-mail at galleries@georgetowncollege.edu or by phone at 502-863-8173.
The exhibition of fine art, rare books and other printed material has been curated by Dr. Juilee Decker, chair of the art department at Georgetown College. The juried show features 32 pieces, many for sale, by regional, national and international artists.
Free exhibition events include:
Virginia Woolf bust by Valentina Mazzei
A range of works include representations of Woolf in the following media:
Artwork responding to Woolf’s writing and the conference theme include:
Artists whose work was selected for the exhibition are: Bill Andrus (Lexington, Ky.), Jennifer Barnett Hensel (Altadena, Calif.), Ashley Bell (Baton Rouge, La.), Diana S. Brennan (Greenville, R.I.), Herb Goodman (Richmond, Ky.), Mille Guldbeck (Bowling Green, Ohio), John Higdon (Pensacola, Fla.), Cynthia Kukla (Bloomington, Ill.), Lauren Garber Lake (Gainsville, Fla.), Liz Lee (Fredonia, N.Y.), George Lorio (Brownsville, Texas), Valentina Mazzei (Rome, Italy), Linda Stein (New York, N.Y.), and Kim Rae Taylor (Cincinnati, Ohio).
In addition, two works by Isota Tucker Epes (1918-2009) have been lent from the collection of J. J. Wilson.
The Hogarth Press housed at Sissinghurst
Printed material will be on view from private and public collections, including the Special Collections Library at the University of Kentucky, the Ekstrom Library at the University of Louisville and the Cincinnati Public Library.
First editions published in London and New York will be displayed, including a number of works printed by the Woolfs and at the Hogarth Press:
The publications disclose, further, the range of activity printed by the Woolfs on behalf of the Bloomsbury Group, including Roger Fry (The Artist and Psycho-Analysis, 1924). Works by a larger circle of intellectuals will be included in this exhibition. Included are the work of John Carl Flugel, whose The Psychology of Clothes was published by the Institute of Psycho-Analysis in 1930.
Of special mention is the collection of Victorian photographs taken by Julia Margaret Cameron and printed by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at their press in 1926.
Cecil Woolf
While the exhibition and closing keynote are free and open to the public, a full slate of speakers and presentations is available to conference attendees.
Noted scholars Bonnie Kime Scott of San Diego State University, Carrie Rohman of Lafayette College and Christina Alt of the University of Ottawa will offer keynote addresses.
In addition, Cecil Woolf, publisher of the Bloomsbury Heritage Series and a nephew of Leonard and Virginia Woolf, will give a talk.
The deadline for advance registration is April 25. After that date, the registration fee will increase $30. Individuals interested in hearing conference talks may take advantage of daily, on-site registration at $55 per day.
Fuller conference details are available from the conference organizer, Dr. Kristin Czarnecki at Kristin_Czarnecki@georgetowncollege.edu.
Posted in art, Julia Margaret Cameron, tagged art, Bloomsbury, Julia Margaret Cameron, Julia Stephen, Patti Smith, Virginia Woolf on Thursday 11 June 2009| 1 Comment »
Patti Smith
Patti Smith, American musician, poet and artist, will open an exhibit of her Bloomsbury-inspired photographs with a solo show of poetry and music at the Farringford Hotel on the Isle of Wight today.
The exhibit itself is at Dimbola Galleries and Photographic Museum, Freshwater Bay. It features 20 prints Smith personally selected for the show.
Dimbola is the former home of the pioneering Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron. Its library houses rare and donated books about her and her work. Smith chose Thursday’s date for the opening because it was Julia Margaret Cameron’s birthday.
Smith recently completed a residency at Charleston Farmhouse in Sussex, which belonged to Bloomsbury painter Vanessa Bell, an experience that inspired many of the photographs in the show, according to the Isle of Wight’s County Press Online. The show will be held in the Old Library Gallery for six weeks.
The photographs include objects associated with Bell, her sister and author, Virginia Woolf, and their mother, Julia Jackson — a favorite model of Julia Margaret Cameron, pioneering Victorian photographer, the County Press Online reports.
Posted in Julia Margaret Cameron, Julia Stephen, photography, tagged Julia Jackson, Julia Margaret Cameron, Julia Stephen, Virginia Woolf's mother photograph on Wednesday 27 May 2009| Leave a Comment »
Up for auction in West Sussex this Sunday is a rare 19th-century photograph of Virginia Woolf’s mother, Julia Stephen, the former Julia Jackson.
It was taken by her aunt, the celebrated photographer Julia Margaret Cameron.
Bids are expected to fall between £1000-£1500.
Read the full story and view the photo on the BBC Web site.
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