Symposium | The Legacy of Hugh Ramsay | National Gallery of Australia

Hugh Ramsay, Miss Nellie Patterson 1903 oil on canvas, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Purchased 1966.

Hugh Ramsay, Miss Nellie Patterson 1903 oil on canvas, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Purchased 1966.

Hugh Ramsay’s life was short but his impact endures. In celebration of the endowment of a chair in Australian art history at the University of Melbourne in his name, by his great niece Patricia Fullerton, the Australian Institute of Art History together with the National Gallery of Australia present this one day symposium reassessing his legacies.

Date: Monday 30th March 2015, 9:00am – 5.00 pm

Venue: James O Fairfax Theatre

Free to attend but bookings are essential. Register here.

Program

9.45 – 11.00am SESSION ONE

Hugh Ramsay and philanthropy Gerard Vaughan, Director, National Gallery of Australia
The life of Hugh Ramsay Patricia Fullerton 
Hugh Ramsay in an Australian Context Mary Eagle

11.30am – 12.30pm SESSION TWO

Hugh Ramsay and George Lambert Anna Gray
The portraiture of Hugh Ramsay Angus Trumble

2.00 – 3.00pm SESSION THREE

Conservation of Ramsay’s paintings at the NGV Michael Varcoe-Cocks
Ramsay’s paintings at the University of Melbourne Alex Ellem

3.30 – 4.45pm SESSION FOUR

Joseph Burke and Hugh Ramsay Jaynie Anderson
Jenanne from the NGV collection Alison Inglis
Conclusion Daniel Thomas

See the full abstracts in the detailed Program