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Art inspired by Dorset to go on display
5:00pm Friday 20th March 2009
By Diana Henderson »
PRICELESS paintings by famous artists depicting Poole are to go on show in the town together, for the first time.
A major art exhibition has collected around 60 works by leading 19th and early 20th century painters, all of whom found inspiration in the town and harbour.
Poole Museum’s Discovering Poole: An Artists’ Haven 1890-1950, brings together such artists as LS Lowry, Augustus John, Eustace Nash and Henry Lamb (Nash’s drawing of the Daily Echo building on Richmond Hill, Bournemouth, appears on our front page every day).
Oils, watercolours, prints and drawings, etchings and engravings show many well-known landmarks as well as the breathtaking scenery of Poole Harbour and the Purbeck Hills.
Drawn mainly from the museum’s own collections, but including loans from museums and private collections, the exhibition also includes artists associated with the Poole and Bournemouth art schools and the Poole and East Dorset Art Society.
“We hope this exhibition will show Poole is on the national map, artistically,” said museum manager, Michael Spender.
“And it certainly should say Poole Museum is serious about showing its excellent collection. We’re pleased to have augmented it with superb loans from important collections. Some indicate gaps in our collection which we hope to fill with new acquisitions.”
The exciting exhibition uses new research by art historian Gwen Yarker, which identifies little-known Dorset painter John Everett as the man who sparked interest in the area among his contemporaries and teachers at the renowned Slade School of Art.
In 1911, Everett found Alderney Manor, a distinctive castellated bungalow for Augustus John and his large family to set up home in Poole.
With a gypsy caravan parked outside, the eccentric home was open house for visiting writers and painters – some of whom designed pieces for Poole Pottery.
The exhibition opens at Poole Museum on April 6 and continues throughout the year.
Art inspired by Dorset to go on display
5:00pm Friday 20th March 2009
By Diana Henderson »
PRICELESS paintings by famous artists depicting Poole are to go on show in the town together, for the first time.
A major art exhibition has collected around 60 works by leading 19th and early 20th century painters, all of whom found inspiration in the town and harbour.
Poole Museum’s Discovering Poole: An Artists’ Haven 1890-1950, brings together such artists as LS Lowry, Augustus John, Eustace Nash and Henry Lamb (Nash’s drawing of the Daily Echo building on Richmond Hill, Bournemouth, appears on our front page every day).
Oils, watercolours, prints and drawings, etchings and engravings show many well-known landmarks as well as the breathtaking scenery of Poole Harbour and the Purbeck Hills.
Drawn mainly from the museum’s own collections, but including loans from museums and private collections, the exhibition also includes artists associated with the Poole and Bournemouth art schools and the Poole and East Dorset Art Society.
“We hope this exhibition will show Poole is on the national map, artistically,” said museum manager, Michael Spender.
“And it certainly should say Poole Museum is serious about showing its excellent collection. We’re pleased to have augmented it with superb loans from important collections. Some indicate gaps in our collection which we hope to fill with new acquisitions.”
The exciting exhibition uses new research by art historian Gwen Yarker, which identifies little-known Dorset painter John Everett as the man who sparked interest in the area among his contemporaries and teachers at the renowned Slade School of Art.
In 1911, Everett found Alderney Manor, a distinctive castellated bungalow for Augustus John and his large family to set up home in Poole.
With a gypsy caravan parked outside, the eccentric home was open house for visiting writers and painters – some of whom designed pieces for Poole Pottery.
The exhibition opens at Poole Museum on April 6 and continues throughout the year.