NEWS & EVENTS
The British Murals Network aims to organise at least two events a year, enabling researchers, curators and heritage professionals with an interest in murals - who are often working on their own - to get together, swap notes and ask each other questions. These events will be held at locations across the UK - usually either at an historic house or at a museum with a relevant collection of drawings or designs for mural schemes.
We will also post news of seminars, conferences and publications about murals - in the UK and also elsewhere in Europe - to provide a comprehensive diary for all research and events concerning British murals.
​
​
NEWS
Research Day:
‘The Future of Country House Studies’
Michael Bentley will deliver a talk on mural painting as part of this University of Buckingham seminar on 13 April 2021. Those interested in attending should email
​
Free online talk
Lydia Hamlett's talk 'Experiencing Histories' is available to watch for free on the Institute of Continuing Education, University of Cambridge, website.
Register your interest here
New Publications
We are pleased to announce the arrival of two new books and three new articles on the subject of British baroque murals!
​
Lydia Hamlett, Mural Painting in Britain 1630-1730: Experiencing Histories
Order via the Routledge website
​
Anya Lucas, Richard Johns, Sophie Stewart, Stephen Paine, The Painted Hall: Sir James Thornhill's Masterpiece at Greenwich
Order via the Merrell website
​
Cécile Brett, 'The Apotheosis of Queen Anne by Antonio Verrio', British Art Journal, XX, 3.
Order via the BAJ website
​
Laurel O. Peterson, 'A New Golden Age: Politics and Mural Painting at Chatsworth', Journal 18, issue 9 (Spring 2020)
Available online at journal18.org
​
Jeremy Barker, 'Sir James Thornhill and the Painting of The Ascension in the Queen's College Chapel, Oxford, Sherborne House Occasional Papers no.4
Order via
The Friends of Sherborne House website
OUR NEXT EVENT
British Murals Network:
Walking Tour and Study Day
at Chatsworth in Derbyshire
27 April 2020
POSTPONED UNTIL A LATER DATE
RECENT EVENTS
The Rubens Ceiling at the Banqueting House, Whitehall
10 June 2019
A one-day symposium showcasing the results of recent technical investigations to understand and develop methods to preserve and present the ceiling's paintings and decorative scheme.
Above and Beyond: Ceiling Painting
in the History of Art
27 June 2019
A one-day symposium at The Frick Collection, New York, in support of the exhibition 'Tiepolo in Milan'
(16 April - 14 July 2019).
Music and the Arts in England, c1670-1750
27-29 June 2019
An international and interdisciplinary conference at the University of Hamburg.
Lisa Hopkins & Crosby Stevens, 'The Green World of the 17th century', a talk on the High Great Chamber at Hardwick Hall and the Elysium Closet at Bolsover Castle
15 October 2019, 7pm
The Peak Theatre,
Sheffield Hallam University
OUR PAST EVENTS
British Murals Network:
Baroque Murals in London
19 February 2018
Walking tours of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea and the Banqueting House, Whitehall
British Murals Network
at Hampton Court Palace
23 October 2017
British Murals Network
at the Painted Hall, Greenwich
28 April 2017
Murray Edwards College,
University of Cambridge,
16 September 2016
British Murals Network Seminar
British Murals Network:
Walking Tour and Study Day
at Boughton House in Northamptonshire
18 January 2019