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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161022
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SUMMARY:French Drawings from the Time of Gainsborough
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together over 40 drawings from public and private collections\, many being on public display for the first time. French Drawings from the Time of Gainsborough covers the period between the Régence (1715 and 1723) and the Revolution (1789–99)\, when French drawing was the undisputed reference point for the quality and the teaching of drawing in Europe. \nCurated by the French eighteenth-century specialist Christoph Vogtherr\, Director of the Hamburger Kunsthalle\, the exhibition features the great artistic personalities of the age such as Françoise Boucher (1703–70)\, Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806) and Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684–1721)\, and through their work explores the function \nand development of drawing in France during the period. \nGainsborough was deeply influenced by French drawing and received training from Hubert-François Gravelot (1699–1773) when he was in London in the 1740s. As Christoph Vogtherr notes in the exhibition catalogue: \n‘Artists in England closely observed the French situation\, often with a fair degree of envy. Important commissions in England\, mainly private\, were given to Italian – and increasingly also French – painters\, and English collectors bought French works. The market for engravings was largely shaped by French engravers until well into the second half of the eighteenth century.’ \nThe selection of works on display\, which include figure studies\, landscapes and genre scenes\, are particularly close to Gainsborough’s own works on paper that are held in our permanent collection. \nThis exhibition is an opportunity to see some of the finest examples of French drawings exhibited for the first time and gives a greater understanding of drawing in the age of Thomas Gainsborough (1727–88). \nImage above: Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805)\, Head of a Girl
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/french-drawings-from-the-time-of-gainsborough/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Featured
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160611
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161017
DTSTAMP:20160425T162803Z
CREATED:20160415T104608Z
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SUMMARY:Dale Devereux Barker & Annabel Ridley
DESCRIPTION:Gainsborough’s House Print Workshop welcomes artists and students from all over Britain and Europe to work with expert and enthusiastic tutors. Our professional studio\, one of the best facilities of its kind in the country\, is proud of the quality of its summer programme and we are delighted that Dale Devereux Barker and Annabel Ridley will again be leading courses this year. \nDale Devereux Barker’s work demonstrates his enjoyment and mastery of printmaking techniques. Full of colour and wit\, Dale’s work features in numerous public and private collections and he is a sought after printmaking tutor who encourages creativity and experiment. \nDale’s lively and ambitious summer course explores all aspects of printmaking with lino including etching and printing with found objects as well as more traditional approaches. Working in a positive and spontaneous atmosphere\, course participants achieve a range of lively and well-made results. \n\nAnnabel Ridley’s screen prints\, often on a large scale\, are also valued by both public and individual collectors. Annabel combines processes to produce rich and varied prints\, layering colour and images to create visual depth. The course Annabel leads uses photo stencils in combination with hand cut and drawn methods. Students work with a variety of materials combining text\, images and layered areas to express their own visual concepts. Compatible with digital processes\, the techniques taught can be applied to a variety of surfaces.\nBoth Annabel and Dale are respected in their fields and showing Annabel’s screen prints\nand Dale’s linocuts together demonstrates the flexibility and fascination of printmaking\nskills. Prints are available to order and for more information call 01787 372958. \nImage top: Dale Devereux Barker\, Watching the Tree\, Linocut\nImage above: Annable Riley\, Meadow\, Screenprint
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/dale-devereux-barker-annabel-ridley/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Featured
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160611
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161017
DTSTAMP:20160621T203816Z
CREATED:20160415T102304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160621T203816Z
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SUMMARY:Face to Face: Portraits from the Andrew Lambirth Collection
DESCRIPTION:The art critic and author Andrew Lambirth bought his first painting as a student at Nottingham University in the late 1970s. Since then he has built up a collection of paintings\, drawings and prints which focuses on the artists he has known and written about. Modern British art is his chief enthusiasm. As he says: ‘I still find it hard to believe that I have on my walls pictures by some of the artists I first read about as a star-struck teenager poring over John Rothenstein’s Modern English Painters.’ \nLambirth’s collection is testament to what can be achieved with a modest budget and assiduous searching. Undoubtedly his connections in the art world have helped. He began his career with a brief spell as a porter at Sotheby’s\, and his acquaintance with a wide range of commercial art galleries must now equal his knowledge of public galleries and museums. He collects by artist but also by theme: one of his chosen themes is trees\, another is self-portraits. \nThis exhibition concentrates on portraits and self-portraits drawn from his collection\, in a variety of media\, from etchings and lithographic prints\, to collage\, oil painting and pencil drawing. The range is wide: from the gentle surrealism of Eileen Agar to the witty Pop art of Allen Jones\, via Maggi Hambling’s ink portrait of her father and Laetitia Yhap’s pregnant nude self-portrait. Artists include Augustus John\, David Jones\, RB Kitaj\, Leon Kossoff\, John Nash and Walter Sickert\, along with a host of lesserknown but intriguing figures. There are both formal pictures made for exhibition\, and others which are quick studies. Here is something for all tastes: fine drawing\, humour\, sonorous colour\, the human condition in all its variety. The only unifying factor is that the collection is one man’s taste. \nImage top: Jeffrey Camp\, Portrait of Laetitia\, Oil on Board\nImage above: Maggi Hambling\, Portrait of my Father\, Ink
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/face-to-face-portraits-from-the-andrew-lambirth-collection/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Featured
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160505
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160720
DTSTAMP:20160714T114359Z
CREATED:20160415T093608Z
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SUMMARY:Dutch Landscapes from the Golden Age
DESCRIPTION:The display of nine landscape paintings from the Dutch Golden Age at Gainsborough’s House is part of an international collaboration with Rijksmuseum Twenthe\, a museum and gallery located in the textile city of Enschede in the Netherlands. This year\, the Dutch museum shows Gainsborough in His Own Words\, Holland’s first exhibition on Thomas Gainsborough\, featuring a number of paintings\, drawings\, books and manuscripts from the Gainsborough’s House collection. Simultaneously\, Gainsborough’s House is showing Dutch Landscapes from the Golden Age\, a collection of paintings by some of the best-known masters from the canon of Dutch art. \nAs a young artist\, Gainsborough was greatly inspired by the Dutch landscape tradition of the seventeenth century. During the 1740s\, while Gainsborough was training in London\, hundreds of Dutch landscapes were passing through the capital’s sale rooms on a weekly basis. Gainsborough was clearly inspired by his exposure to these images\, and evidently sought out opportunities to introduce the Dutch style into his renderings of the British countryside. The selection of works from Rijksmuseum Twenthe show different aspects of Dutch landscape painting which would have captured Gainsborough’s imagination. From the close observation of natural textures and tones exhibited by Jan van Kessel\, to the depiction of expansive wooded landscapes demonstrated by Joris van der Haagen; and from Hendrick ten Oever’s portrayal of rural labourers\, to Jan van Goyen’s sentimental approach to capturing rural rustic life: Gainsborough’s indebtedness to the Dutch tradition can hardly be overstated. \nImage: Joris van der Haagen\, c. 1615-69\, View of Cleves\, ca.1660\, Oil on Canvas
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/dutch-landscapes-from-the-golden-age/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160305
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160606
DTSTAMP:20160415T103328Z
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SUMMARY:Gainsborough's Sudbury
DESCRIPTION:The renowned British artist Thomas Gainsborough\, born in Sudbury in 1727\, was deeply tied to the area of rural Suffolk in which he grew up.  \nA new exhibition at Gainsborough’s House\, entitled Gainsborough’s Sudbury\, takes an in-depth look at the characters\, buildings and natural features that shaped the formative years of Gainsborough’s childhood. Designed alongside a walking tour leaflet of the same name – available from 5 March 2016 and covering many of Sudbury’s most significant historic sites – this small exhibition highlights the importance of Sudbury to Gainsborough and his legacy to the town.  \nThe works on display come from the Gainsborough’s House Collection\, and include paintings and drawings by Thomas Gainsborough; eighteenth and nineteenth-century landscape scenes depicting rural Suffolk views; and prints by artists such as John Constable\, George C. Finden and John Nixon\, along with a host of lesserknown local figures. Gainsborough’s Sudbury will be on view in the Lift and Study Galleries from 5 March – 5 June 2016\, with selected works remaining on display in the Study Gallery into the summer. Copies of the accompanying walking tour leaflet are available at Gainsborough’s House reception and throughout the region\, in addition to being offered at a range of London venues. \nImage: John Constable\, View of St Peter’s Church\, Sudbury\, 1814\, Pencil on Paper
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/gainsboroughs-sudbury/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160227
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160606
DTSTAMP:20160415T100854Z
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SUMMARY:Gravelot: Designing Georgian Britain
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition in the Upper Bow Room features an extensive collection of drawings by Hubert-François Gravelot from the Gainsborough’s House permanent collection. The majority of these works were produced as designs for prints\, book illustrations\, decorative arts and other forms of material culture. \nGravelot was a prolific draughtsman\, who came to London from Paris in 1732\, remaining in England until 1745. He became deeply involved in the burgeoning arts scene\, joining some of the capital’s leading artists to establish the St. Martin’s Lane Academy in 1735. Under the leadership of William Hogarth\, he played an important role at the Academy as a drawing master\, teaching a number of pupils including Thomas Gainsborough. \nGravelot’s greatest legacy was his introduction of the ornamental style known as ‘Rococo’ into British art and design. Rococo art\, by nature\, was elaborate\, playful\, filled with delicate colours\, and often witty. Many of Gravelot’s most successful designs encapsulate these essential characteristics. The Bow Porcelain plate illustrated here is no exception. It is decorated with a scene called ‘The Young Archers’ from a series of designs by Gravelot showing children playing various games in outdoor settings. Dating from c.1755\, it is an extremely rare survival and one of the highlights of the exhibition. \nImage: Bow Porcelain Plate\, c.1755\, decorated in red iron\, after a design by Hubert-François Gravelot (1699-1773)
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/gravelot-designing-georgian-britain/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160227
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160606
DTSTAMP:20160415T100955Z
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SUMMARY:Poetic Landscape - The Etchings of Samuel Palmer
DESCRIPTION:Samuel Palmer (1805– 81)\, painter and printmaker\, is one of Britain’s greatest artists of the Romantic period. He is perhaps best known for his visionary paintings created during the time he lived in Shoreham\, Kent\, and his close friendship with the artist\, printmaker and poet William Blake (1757–1827). \nThis exhibition of Palmer’s complete etchings shows the playfulness\, beauty and complexity of his compositions. Despite creating just thirteen etchings in his lifetime\, Palmer’s technical deftness earned him the posthumous reputation as one of Britain’s leading printmakers. \nThe works on display are taken from the private collection of Edward Twohig. It is a rare opportunity to see all thirteen etchings together\, and alongside works by artists who inspired Samuel Palmer\, such as George Barrett (1730–84). Works by twentieth century artists\, including Robin Tanner (1904–88) and Paul Drury (1903–87) illustrate the influence Palmer had on the generations that succeeded him. \nImage: Samuel Palmer\, The Lonely Tower\, 1879\, Etching
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/poetic-landscape-the-etchings-of-samuel-palmer/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150818
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160201
DTSTAMP:20151116T170536Z
CREATED:20150815T093718Z
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SUMMARY:Gainsborough's Drawings
DESCRIPTION:The collection of Thomas Gainsborough drawings at Gainsborough’s House is one of the most comprehensive in the world. It includes examples from all stages of the artist’s career but also shows a broad range of subject-matter\, including figure studies as well as landscapes and buildings. Above all\, it demonstrates the extraordinary variety of techniques that Gainsborough adopted from pencil\, chalk and washes to oil varnishes and even skimmed milk. This exhibition includes drawings not often seen and shows the remarkable breadth of Gainsborough’s practice.
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/gainsboroughs-drawings/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Featured
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150228
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150601
DTSTAMP:20150216T142800Z
CREATED:20150216T142800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150216T142800Z
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SUMMARY:Artists in their studio: Anne Purkiss
DESCRIPTION:Eighteenth century British artists often chose to work in domestic studios\, known as ‘painting rooms’\, rather than professional artists’ studios. Inspired by this practice\, and of Thomas Gainsborough’s own studio\, this exhibition examines the ‘painting rooms’ of today’s Royal Academicians and what it reveals about the creative process of contemporary artists. \nThis exhibition includes around 30 black and white portraits of contemporary artists\, in their homes and studios taken over a period of more than 25 years. \nAnne describes the process of capturing artists in their studios as being akin to collecting butterflies. \nPortraits include David Nash\, Sir Peter Blake and Cornelia Parker.
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/artists-in-their-studio-anne-purkiss/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Featured
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150223
DTSTAMP:20150214T150711Z
CREATED:20150108T125735Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150214T150711Z
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SUMMARY:Samuel William Fores
DESCRIPTION:Samuel William Fores (1761-1838) was a printseller and publisher of satire and caricature who flourished from the late eighteenth through to the early nineteenth century\, when revolt in France led to the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. London was the centre of production of singly-issued satirical prints which were disseminated around the globe. It is a period considered a ‘golden age’ of caricature and satire\, where the works of James Gillray\, Thomas Rowlandson and Isaac and George Cruikshank took graphic satire to a new level. At the heart of all these images were the printsellers and publishers who commissioned\, printed and distributed these images of political\, social and personal satire. \nAlthough there are numerous studies of the individual artists\, there has not been a monograph of one of the producers\, yet these were the figures who often pulled the strings and steers the course of satire and determined its content. It was also the printsellers who ran the business\, played to the crowd and patrons\, had their own political agendas and chose which artists to patronise. Of all the printsellers of this period\, Samuel Fores was probably the most prolific and certainly his business has the greatest longevity\, surviving to this day\, adapting to the market for over two hundred years. \nThrough Fores\, we are able to discover not only the mechanics of satire production\, but its impact and use in this seminal period.Seeing from the perspective of the entrepreneur we see a more complete picture of graphic satire in its heyday.
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/samuel-william-fores/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Featured
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140607
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150112
DTSTAMP:20150108T154934Z
CREATED:20150108T154934Z
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SUMMARY:William Woollett 'The Death of General Wolfe'
DESCRIPTION:The Death of General Wolfe by Benjamin West\, depicts Major-General James Wolfe’s death in 1759 at the moment when Britain announced victory against the French in Quebec. The painting was so popular that William Woollett produced an engraving of it. \nLoyd Grossman\, owner of plate\, has generously allowed Gainsborough’s House to print a limited edition of 50 prints in aid of Gainsborough’s House. These prints are exclusive to Gainsborough’s House and are for sale at £300 and a special price of £250 for Friends and Patrons.
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/william-woollett-the-death-of-general-wolfe/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140607
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151102
DTSTAMP:20150818T111745Z
CREATED:20150108T123148Z
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SUMMARY:Karl Friedrich Abel (1723 - 1787) composer & concert impresario
DESCRIPTION:Abel is best remembered as a practitioner and composer of the viola de gamba (a bowed instrument similar to a cello). He was such a talented performer that after his death in 1787 The Morning Post reflected that the viola de gamba would ‘probably die with him.’ Through portraits\, drawings and caricatures this exhibition explores the life and career of Abel and his close relationship with Thomas Gainsborough. \nCentral to the exhibition is the great portrait of Abel painted by Thomas Gainsborough\, on loan from the National Portrait Gallery. Gainsborough was a great friend of Abel and he exchanged paintings and sketches with him\, in return for music and instruments. \n\nAdults: £0\nChildren/Students: £0\nConcessions: £0
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/karl-friedrich-abel-1723-1787-composer-concert-impresario/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Featured
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