Online lecture: “Julia Morgan: The Private Life of a Pioneering Architect”
Victorian Society in America's Online Lecture Series
Join us on Saturday, March 5th at 3pm ET for a live online lecture by Victoria Kastner on “Julia Morgan: The Private Life of a Pioneering Architect.” All lectures are free with online registration.
Please join the Victorian Society in America for our FREE online lecture series! Our next lecture is on Saturday, March 5th at 3pm ET.
Architectural historian Victoria Kastner will speak about her new book, Julia Morgan: An Intimate Biography of the Trailblazing Architect, which provides the first in-depth look at Morgan’s fascinating private life and remarkable professional career. In 2022, Julia Morgan’s sesquicentennial year, it is impressive to consider her pioneering achievements: In 1902 she became the first woman to graduate from the renowned architecture program at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris. In 1904 she became California’s first licensed female architect. In 2014 another barrier fell, when the American Institute of Architects posthumously awarded her their prestigious Gold Medal, as their first female recipient. Best known as the designer of William Randolph Hearst’s lavish estate at San Simeon, on which she worked for nearly thirty years (1919-1947), Julia Morgan built an astonishing 700 additional projects. These include San Francisco’s Fairmont Hotel (1906-1907) and a dozen rustic buildings at Asilomar, the picturesque arts and crafts compound near Monterey (1913-1928). Drawing upon Julia Morgan’s unpublished letters and newly discovered diaries, Ms. Kastner will reveal the architect’s inspiring personal life as well as her trailblazing artistic career.
To register, go to https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_L2Xd2oIOQsymPuiCunl0fA Note that all lectures are recorded, and made available for viewing for two weeks following each live presentation. For past recordings and details on other lectures in this series, go to https://victoriansociety.org/lectures-2/
