Daniel Robbins: Alma Tadema's 'In My Studio'

About the online talk

Celebrating the one year anniversary of the permanent return of Lawrence Alma-Tadema's In My Studio to the Silk Room at Leighton House, join Senior Curator, Daniel Robbins, in this online talk exploring the fascinating history of this delicate artwork and the world of Victorian artists studio-homes.

Daniel's talk will place the picture in the context of the two remarkable studio-houses Alma-Tadema created, exploring their importance in staging his depictions of the classical past. Daniel will also discuss recent progress in reassembling Leighton’s lost collections.

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• Please note that this is an online event delivered via Zoom. A dedicated link will be sent to all participants within the order confirmation email.
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Meet Daniel Robbins

Daniel Robbins is the Senior Curator of two of London’s most significant house museums, Leighton House and Sambourne House.  He was responsible for the award-winning project to restore the historic interiors of Leighton House completed between 2008-2010 and he has also successfully led the Hidden Gem to National Treasure redevelopment focused on the additions made to the building in the twentieth century . Formerly with Glasgow Museums, he has organised many exhibitions and contributed to numerous catalogues and publications around nineteenth-century art, architecture and design. Daniel is an accredited lecturer for the Arts Society and has lectured across the UK and internationally including the Frick, New York and the Ponce Museum in Puerto Rico, where Leighton’s celebrated Flaming June can be found. 

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