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2011 Past Programs

Programs with Catherine Glynn

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Earthly Delights: Global Journeys with Asian Ceramics Sponsored by the William Sharpless Jackson Jr. Endowment Pilgrim Flask, China, 1736-95

William R. Sargent (Curator of Asian Export Art, Peabody Essex Museum): Chinese Export Porcelain in America
Friday, July 8, 2011

William Sargent, former curator of Asian Exports at the Peabody Essex museum, relates his knowledge to our Earthly Delights lecture series. As New England is growing the porcelain exports from China were a sign of wealth and fashion. Sargent speaks on the various forms these exports took including tea services bearing personal coat of arms.

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William R Sargent Biography


Maria Bonta de la Pezuela (Senior Specialist in Latin American Art, Sotheby's): Perils of Porcelain: Chinese Export Porcelain for New Spain
Friday, July 15, 2011

Maria Bonta de la Pezuela has been the senior specialist in Latin American Art at Sotheby's since 1995, her education focuses on Chinese export for the Mexican Market. In our second Earthly Delights lecture, Maria discusses the trade routes taken to get Chinese porcelain to the Americans, what the cargo in this yearly trade expedition consisted of, and the market to which these items appealed.

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Maria Bonta de la Pezuela Biography

Doug Casebeer (Artistic Director of Ceramics and Sculpture, The Anderson Ranch Arts Center): The Karatsu Legacy of Japanese Ceramics in Colorado
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Doug Casebeer Biography
Lecture Photos

Thomas J. Whitten (Asian Art Research Consultant, Denver Art Museum): Contemporary Chinese Ceramic Sculpture
Friday, August 12, 2011
Thomas Whitten Biography
Lecture Photos

Lee Glazer (Associate Curator of American Art, The Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution):
From "Chinamania" to "Choice Specimens of Eastern Pottery" -- Asian Ceramics and Whistler's Peacock Room
Friday, August 19, 2011
Lee Glazer Biography
Lecture Photos

Conversation: "Collecting Miniature Paintings from India: Who's Who (and Why?)"
In addition to being an independent curator and scholar, Catherine Glynn is a collector. She and her late husband Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001) specialized in collecting Indian miniature paintings along with other forms of South Asian art. In a conversation with curator of Asian art Ronald Otsuka, Glynn presents a historic overview of Indian minature painting collections. Small hand-painted images illustrated religious manuscripts and classical literary texts. Courtly patrons commissioned artists whose paintings defined regional styles. Long prized in India, miniature paintings attracted the attention of American and European libraries, museums, and private collectors. Glynn will also discuss the more personal aspects of her collection and how she formed it.

Workshop: "Miniature Paintings from India: First It's Mine and Then It's Yours"
Catherine Glynn examines select examples of Indian miniature paintings in the Denver Art Museum's collection and elaborates on the significance of identifying regional schools and styles. Included in the selection are works that she donated herself as well as others that she encouraged a friend to give. She offers beneficial advice for visitors who want to see Indian miniature paintings in museums and gives tips to those who may be interested in developing collections in the future. Among the items considered in her presentation are examples of Mughal, Rajput and Pahari paintings.

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