The year 2020 marks the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Fogg Museum. This workshop will examine that moment through the lens of the American Pre-Raphaelite painters involved in the institution’s establishment, including Charles Herbert Moore, first director of the Fogg and Harvard’s first drawing instructor. Through close looking at a selection of 19th-century American Pre-Raphaelite oils and watercolors, this session will explore the legacy left by these artists, including their commitment to meticulous realism, their interest in contemporary British painting, and their long-lasting influence on art collecting at Harvard. TAKE A CLOSER LOOK: + John Ruskin, British, “Fragment of the Alps,” c. 1854-1856. Watercolor and gouache over graphite on cream wove paper. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Samuel Sachs, 1919.506. https://hvrd.art/o/303730. + Charles Herbert Moore, American, “John Ruskin,” c. 1876-1877. Watercolor and white gouache over graphite on off-white wove paper. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the Misses Sara, Elizabeth, and Margaret Norton, 1919.1. https://hvrd.art/o/305973. + Charles Herbert Moore, American, "Rocks by the Water," c. 1865–72. Watercolor and white gouache over graphite on cream wove paper. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Fine Arts Department, Harvard University, 1926.33.92. https://hvrd.art/o/303599. + Exhibition—"Turner-Ruskin-Norton-Winthrop:” https://harvardartmuseums.org/exhibitions/1477/turner-ruskin-norton-winthrop. + Exhibition—"The Last Ruskinians: Charles Eliot Norton, Charles Herbert Moore, and Their Circle:” https://harvardartmuseums.org/exhibitions/3353/the-last-ruskinians-charles-eliot-norton-charles-herbert-moore-and-their-circle. --- SPEAKERS: + Miriam Stewart, Curator of the Collection, Division of European and American Art. + Sophie Lynford, Theodore Rousseau Curatorial Fellow in European Art. --- 'Art & Ideas' is an annual meeting hosted by the Harvard Art Museums' Division of Institutional Advancement in which the museums’ collections and their innovative role in teaching are explored, both at the university and far beyond, with the museums' advocates, donors, and leaders. Online program details for Arts & Ideas 2020 are available at https://www.hvrd.art/artideas. Watch more sessions from Arts & Ideas 2020: vimeo.com/showcase/artandideas2020. --- Recorded October 16, 2020. © President and Fellows of Harvard College. Video: Division of Institutional Advancement. For questions related to permission for commercial use of this video, please contact the Department of Digital Imaging and Visual Resources at am_divr@harvard.edu.