Lectures and Visit: Thursday 29 March 2012
Meet at: The Brompton Library, 210 Old Brompton Road, London SW5          

10.30am
Johan Zoffany RA : Society Observed
Martin Postle, Assistant Director for Academic Activities, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and curator of the exhibition

12noon
Zoffany: A Traveller in Northern India                   
Charles Greig, Independent Scholar

1pm
Lunch

2.30pm
Visit to the exhibition “Johan Zoffany RA: Society Observed” at the Royal Academy of Arts

This splendid exhibition of oil paintings, drawings and prints will celebrate the work of the enigmatic German artist, Johan Zoffany, who settled in London in 1760 and who subsequently spent long periods in Italy and India. His inventive and captivating portraits, conversation pieces and subject paintings offer unique perspectives on British society, both at home and abroad, court life, the newly formed Royal Academy and the theatre.