Free talk by Dr Chris Davies for the Torquay Museum Society on how women artists have struggled for recognition throughout art history.
Dr Chris Davies is taking the stage at Torquay Museum on Tuesday 10 November, with a talk titled Women Artists and the Struggle for Recognition. It's part of the Torquay Museum Society's programme of lectures, so it sits alongside their other talks throughout the year rather than standing as a one-off.
The session looks at how women artists have fought for recognition across art history, and Davies doesn't shy away from the root of it: he argues that this struggle has been driven in part by misogyny. That's the starting point, but the talk spends its time pushing back against the idea that women have just been on the sidelines. Instead, it pulls in a wide range of names to show that female artists have made major contributions to the way art has developed over the centuries.
To make that case, Davies works across a huge span of time. He points to Angelica Kauffman, the 18th-century portraitist, and brings it right up to contemporary figures like Barbara Walker. By jumping from the 1700s to the present day, the talk traces a line through different eras and styles, showing that women have been doing the work and leaving their mark even when the recognition didn't always follow.
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It's a morning session, starting at 10:45 am at the museum. If you're a Torquay Museum Society member, it's free of charge; otherwise, tickets are £5, payable on the door. If you've spent any time in the museum's galleries, this is a good chance to hear the stories behind the kinds of names that often get left out of the main narrative.
