BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a talk to celebrate the publication of The Victoria
 n Painting of Modern Life by Bowdoin College Professor of Art History Pamel
 a Fletcher ’89\, P ’25. The book tells the story of the emergence and flour
 ishing of British modern-life paintings in the mid-nineteenth century. Thes
 e paintings asked sharply contemporary questions about the effects of new t
 echnologies\, financial and political systems\, and rhythms of urban life o
 n people’s private lives and intimate relationships\, asking their viewers 
 to reflect on and talk about the emotional contours of modern experience. T
 he book features the Bowdoin College Museum of Art’s own Victorian painting
  of modern life\, William Gale’s The Captured Runaway (1856). In her talk\,
  Professor Fletcher will discuss the book\, with a focus on the connections
  between her research and the collection of the Bowdoin College Museum of A
 rt.\n\nThe talk will be followed by a reception in the Museum. Free and ope
 n to the public\; no registration required. Presented by the Bowdoin Colleg
 e Museum of Art and the Department of Art History.\n\nPictured: Cover detai
 l of The Victorian Painting of Modern Life by Pamela Fletcher. Published De
 cember 30\, 2024 by Routledge.
DTEND:20250327T223000Z
DTSTAMP:20260417T221511Z
DTSTART:20250327T213000Z
GEO:43.908268;-69.963824
LOCATION:Bowdoin College Museum of Art\, 245 Maine Street\, Brunswick\, ME 
 04011\, United States\, Bowdoin College Museum of Art
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Reception | 'The Victorian Painting of Modern Life' with Pamela Fle
 tcher
UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_48933093971596
URL:https://calendar.bowdoin.edu/event/reception-the-victorian-painting-of-
 modern-life-with-pamela-fletcher
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR