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- The Penlee House Gallery and Museum Shows Walter Langley and the Birmingham Boys
- VMFA Opens British Sporting Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection
- The Morris Museum Opens The Art Quilts of Fiber Revolution
- National Portrait Gallery Unveils New Portrait Photograph of the Queen & Prince Philip
- The Zee Stone Gallery Shows Le Thong's Beautiful Women Oil Paintings
- The National Gallery in London Presents Swiss and Norwegian Landscapes
- Fabien Fryns Fine Art Presents Lu Xinjian's Aerial City Views
- Installation of Paul McCarthy's Work "Henry Moore Bound to Fail" in Vienna
- Compton Verney Presents Sir Stanley Spencer and the English Garden
- Colombian Museum Hosts Largest Exhibition Ever in Latin America of Andy Warhol's Works
- The Little Known Barnes Foundation Museum
- The Magnificent Bergen Art Museum In Norway Is Toured By Our Editor
- The Heckscher Museum of Art 90th Anniversary Exhibits ~ Then and Now
- Boston College McMullen Museum of Art Hosts Premier Belgian Art
- "The Subject is Women" at the Nassau County Museum of Art
- 7th Annual Affordable Art Fair to Open in New York City
- Survey of Anish Kapoor's Career Opens at the Royal Academy of Arts in London
- Data Sets: An Exhibit by Daniel Kohn at The Broad Institute
- Zee Stone Gallery Celebrates Hong Kong Satire With "Homage: Collages by Hemlock"
- This Week in Review in Art Knowledge News
The Penlee House Gallery and Museum Shows Walter Langley and the Birmingham Boys Posted: 23 Jun 2011 08:31 PM PDT Penzance, UK.- In the late 19th Century, one of Britain's foremost art movements centred around the tiny fishing village of Newlyn, on Cornwall's far western shores. According to the Magazine of Art in 1898, "It was Birmingham that first discovered Newlyn", and the acknowledged pioneer of the 'Newlyn School' was the Birmingham born and trained artist Walter Langley, who first visited in 1881. Langley was just one of many West Midlands artists who were to spend time in Newlyn, and this summer, Penlee House Gallery & Museum in Penzance is mounting the first ever survey of their contribution to this important artists' colony. "Walter Langley and the Birmingham Boys" brings together a large selection of work by Langley with examples of works by some of his fellow Birmingham Newlyners. The show includes much-loved works from public collections across the UK, together with virtually unknown works from private collections. As with many of the exhibitions at Penlee House Gallery, the show will give a rare opportunity for paintings that have seldom been on public display to be seen 'back home' in Cornwall, in the context of the landscape and community which inspired them. The exhibition is on view at the museum until September 10th. Walter Langley may not be a household name today, but in his day, he was greatly acclaimed. He was the only British artist of his generation invited to contribute a self-portrait to the Uffizi's famous collection of portraits of great artists, where it hangs alongside those of Raphael, Rubens and Rembrandt. Proving that he appealed across the board, he was also singled out by Leo Tolstoy in his 1897 publication 'What is Art?' for producing works of art that were 'beautiful and true'. Born in Birmingham in 1852, Langley initially trained at Birmingham School of Design before winning a scholarship to study at the South Kensington Schools, London. By 1879, he had become a professional artist and travelled to Newlyn in 1880 in search of artistic inspiration, which he found aplenty – a later arrival, Henry Scott Tuke, described it as "simply reeking with subjects". Still known today as a vibrant fishing port, Newlyn at that time was full of picturesque charm, with the fishing and farming communities living their lives in the same way as their forebears, barely touched by the industrial revolution which had so radically changed Langley's hometown. 1880 saw terrible storms along the Cornish coast, and many fishermen lost their lives. The worst incident involved the fishing lugger 'Jane' from the Newlyn's neighbouring village of Mousehole, which was lost with all hands within sight of the village. As with the Penlee Lifeboat disaster in 1981, this not only devastated the local community, but also moved people across the country, and a national campaign to aid fishermen was launched. In 1881, Langley received a commission from a wealthy Birmingham patron – perhaps stirred by the 'Jane' disaster – to spend a whole year in Newlyn, documenting the difficult lives of the fisherfolk. Coming from a very poor, working class background himself, Langley was particularly touched by the hardship faced by the fishing community. His paintings are filled with tales of tragedy and loss, painted with an astonishingly accomplished watercolour technique, capturing the full emotion of his subjects as well as their physicality. For much of the early 1880s, Langley divided his time between Birmingham and Newlyn, returning to exhibit his works at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists and continuing to play a leading role in the city's artistic life. Artist friends and acquaintances soon learned of Newlyn's charms and fellow members of the Birmingham Art Circle (which Langley co-founded in 1880) started to make the trek to the far south west. Close friend Edwin Harris had accompanied Langley on one of his earliest Newlyn trips, and others including William Wainwright, William Banks Fortescue, William Breakspeare and Frank Richards followed on to become recognised members of the School. Founded in 1839, the Penlee museum collections cover 6000 years of history in west Cornwall, from Penwith's awe-inspiring archaeological sites to the area's more recent social history. The recently refurbished social history gallery houses a wealth of artefacts covering the area's fascinating and often quirky heritage. Built in 1865 as a gracious Victorian home, Penlee House has been converted to create a first class gallery and museum set within an attractive park. It specialises in showing the area's unique, rich cultural heritage incorporating the historic collections of Penzance Town Council, Penwith District Council (now incorporated into Cornwall Council) and Newlyn Art Gallery. A programme of changing exhibitions celebrates the skill and craftsmanship of painting in west Cornwall in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, usually including the world famous 'Newlyn School' and Lamorna Group artists, such as Stanhope and Elizabeth Forbes, Walter Langley, Harold Harvey, Lamorna Birch and Laura Knight. Penlee House has a permanent collection of paintings which is actively being developed. Some of the best known works include "The Rain it Raineth Every Day" by Norman Garstin, "School is Out" by Elizabeth Forbes, "Among the Missing" by Walter Langley and "On Paul Hill" by Stanhope Forbes. Visit the museum's website at ... http://www.penleehouse.org.uk/ |
VMFA Opens British Sporting Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection Posted: 23 Jun 2011 07:59 PM PDT RICHMOND, VA.- Taking its title from a series of drawings and prints by Henry Alken depicting sketches of country life, Scraps: British Sporting Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection features drawings and watercolors that showcase the passing moments of observation that comprise the rich world of British Sporting Art. The exhibition is on view from June 18th through September 18th, at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA). Works in the exhibition range from pencil sketches which record the artist's direct observation of animal subjects to more highly finished works which present a more fully developed vision of sport and country life. |
The Morris Museum Opens The Art Quilts of Fiber Revolution Posted: 23 Jun 2011 07:58 PM PDT Morristown, NJ.- The Morris Museum is pleased to announce "Visual Thoughts: The Art Quilts of Fiber Revolution", which presents nineteen works by nineteen textile artists and is on view from June 23rd through October 16th. The opening reception for the exhibition takes place on June 29, from 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. Fiber Revolution is a network of professional textile artists whose collective goal is to provide greater visibility of their art while educating the public about fiber art as an exciting art form. Although the art is constructed from fabric, it is not meant to lie at the foot of the bed, but rather to hang on the wall like an oil or watercolor painting. |
National Portrait Gallery Unveils New Portrait Photograph of the Queen & Prince Philip Posted: 23 Jun 2011 07:44 PM PDT LONDON.- A major new portrait photograph of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh has been commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery, London, and unveiled as part of its touring exhibition The Queen: Art & Image, which opens on Saturday 25 June at the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh. The large-scale portrait shows The Queen and Prince Philip seated together in the Green Drawing Room at Windsor Castle. Commissioned to mark The Queen's forthcoming Diamond Jubilee and in the year of the Duke's ninetieth birthday, the photograph by the German artist Thomas Struth was taken on 7 April 2. |
The Zee Stone Gallery Shows Le Thong's Beautiful Women Oil Paintings Posted: 23 Jun 2011 07:31 PM PDT Hong Kong.- The Zee Stone Gallery is proud to present "Bitter Sweet Symphony", an exhibition of Oil paintings by Le Thong until July 15th. Le Thong is a talented Hanoi-based artist, whose paintings feature refined and graceful women who seem to exist in a world between dream and reality. This impression is heightened by a half-realistic, half-abstract style, in which the delicate faces and slender hands are drawn in minute detail, while the figures are half hidden behind a textured surface. The figures are fragile and seemingly out of reach, they have a beguiling air of mystery, and a bittersweet sense of loss. Le Thong was born in1961; he is a lecturer at the Hanoi Fine Art Academy. |
The National Gallery in London Presents Swiss and Norwegian Landscapes Posted: 23 Jun 2011 07:20 PM PDT London.- The National Gallery in London is pleased to present "Forests, Rocks, Torrents: Norwegian and Swiss Landscapes from the Lunde Collection", on show until September 18th. This landmark exhibition will display what is arguably one of the most complete collections of 19th-century Norwegian and Swiss landscape paintings outside their respective nations. The exhibition introduces a British audience, familiar with great artists of the tradition of John Constable and J. M. W. Turner, to skilled and innovative practitioners of landscape who enjoyed great reputations elsewhere in Europe. |
Fabien Fryns Fine Art Presents Lu Xinjian's Aerial City Views Posted: 23 Jun 2011 07:19 PM PDT Los Angeles, CA.- Fabien Fryns Fine Art, Los Angeles, is pleased to announce "Lu Xinjian: City DNA III", the artist's first solo exhibition in the US, from June 25th through August 27th. In Lu's obsessively meticulous paintings of aerial views of cities on Google Earth, including San Diego, Los Angeles, Palm Springs, Napa Valley and Monterey, among other places in California, Lu reconfigures architecture, landscape, human activities and infrastructure to short yet exclamatory lines, circles and squares, that are woven into continuous and colossal networks. |
Installation of Paul McCarthy's Work "Henry Moore Bound to Fail" in Vienna Posted: 23 Jun 2011 06:52 PM PDT VIENNA.- The American artist Paul McCarthy's work Henry Moore Bound to Fail presented by KÖR on public space karlsplatz relates to Henry Moore not only formally, but also topographically: it is positioned in a place that guarantees visual contact with the British sculptor's Hill Arches in front of St. Charles's Church. Paul McCarthy's bronze holds a special position within the artist's oeuvre in terms of design and material. McCarthy quite often develops his motifs over long periods of time; this sculpture's origin is a miniature figure from 1960/61 which did not explicitly relate to Henry Moore at that time. Only when the artist took up the form again in 2003/2004, he emphasized the similarities to the Englishman's sculptures and included his name in the title of the work. |
Compton Verney Presents Sir Stanley Spencer and the English Garden Posted: 23 Jun 2011 06:50 PM PDT Kineton, Warwickshire, UK.- Compton Verney's unique blend of art expertise, Georgian architecture and breathtaking historic landscape makes it the ideal setting for an important new exhibition on one of Britain's best-loved artists: the eccentric, quintessentially English genius Sir Stanley Spencer (1891-1959). "Stanley Spencer and the English Garden", will focus on Spencer's gorgeous garden views and landscapes of the 1920s, 30s and 40s. The exhibition will be on view from June 25th through October 2nd. Spencer's luscious garden pictures, which have often been overlooked by critics in favour of his more visionary subjects, are not just beautiful oils. Spencer's virtuoso treatment of this highly accessible and enormously attractive subject demonstrates the artist's immense feeling for, and understanding of, the way the English landscape and the traditional English garden were changing during the twentieth century, and how contemporary building development was redefining or even eradicating familiar environments. They also chart his personal vision of the garden as 'private heaven'. Spencer was born and spent much of his life in Cookham in Berkshire. His father, William Spencer, was a music teacher. His younger brother, Gilbert Spencer (1892–1979), was a talented painter of landscapes. From 1908 to 1912, Spencer studied at the Slade School of Art at University College, London under Henry Tonks and others. His contemporaries at the Slade included Dora Carrington, Mark Gertler, Paul Nash, Edward Wadsworth, Isaac Rosenberg and David Bomberg. So profound was his attachment to the village of his birth that most days he would take the train back home in time for tea. It even became his nickname: his fellow student C.R.W. Nevinson dubbed him Cookham, a name which Spencer himself took to using for a time. After a long period of agonising whether or not to join up, in 1915 Spencer volunteered with the Royal Army Medical Corps and worked as an orderly at the Beaufort War Hospital. In 1916, the 24-year-old Spencer volunteered for service with the RAMC in Macedonia, and served with the 68th Field Ambulance unit. He subsequently volunteered to be transferred to the Berkshire Regiment. His survival of the devastation and torment that killed so many of his fellows indelibly marked Spencer's attitude to life and death. Such preoccupations come through time and again in his religious works. Towards the end of the war he was commissioned by the War Artists Advisory Committee to paint what became "Travoys Arriving with Wounded at a Dressing Station at Smol, Macedonia, September 1916" (now in the Imperial War Museum). It was visibly the consequence of Spencer's experience in the medical corps. A further major commission was to paint murals for the Sandham Memorial Chapel in Burghclere dedicated to the war dead. The altarpiece depicts the Resurrection of the Soldiers. Spencer's work as a war artist in the Second World War included his epic depiction of shipbuilding workers and their families at Port Glasgow on the Clyde. When the war ended he again took up, as did certain other British neo-romantic artists of the time, his visionary preoccupations — in Spencer's case with a sometimes apocalyptic tinge. Until the early twentieth century Compton Verney was home to the Verney or Willoughby de Broke family for almost 500 years. It has now been transformed from a derelict eighteenth-century mansion into a gallery of international standing, offering a combination of high quality attractions and facilities. The project took ten years to complete and over twenty gallery spaces have been created. Compton Verney is unique in that it is a place where art, architecture, landscape and learning fuse, to offer the visitor an experience that is completely integrated and accessible. The Georgian mansion and adjacent service buildings have been conserved and extended in a contemporary idiom, a transformation executed by two architectural practices: Stanton Williams and Leamington-based Rodney Melville & Partners. The sensitive combination of restored Grade I-listed buildings and new spaces has been realised in construction and craftsmanship of outstanding quality. Attention to detail in the use of appropriate materials, natural lighting and works of art on open display complement the collections and the site itself. The qualities of the materials chosen - handmade bricks, hand-tooled stone, glass and steel - reflect the spirit of the original buildings, while bringing a new dynamic to the architectural composition. The buildings are linked from a single point of entry and the family of service buildings have been developed to incorporate a Learning Centre and offices. The historic importance of the site meant extensive consultations with English Heritage, Stratford District Council and the local Parish Council were required, resulting in a careful restoration of the core fabric of the building, with the contemporary extension providing an added dimension and focus. Inside the mansion, restored eighteenth-century rooms on the ground floor lead to progressively more abstract and flexible spaces on the upper floors, where new galleries have been created within the existing shell of the historic building. The galleries at Compton Verney are of an international standard enabling the hosting of loaned works of art from all over the world. Compton Verney houses six permanent collections, focusing on areas currently under-represented in British museums and galleries, including paintings and objects from Naples during the 'Golden Age' of Baroque Art (1600-1800), exquisitely carved sculptures by artists such as Tilman Riemenschneider seen alongside panel paintings by Lucas Cranach and Martin Schongauer in the collection of Northern European art from 1450-1650, the British Portraits collection which features portraits of well-known Tudor Royals and important figures from the Georgian period. It also includes a portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds and two views of London by Venetian artist Canaletto who worked in Britain in the mid 1700s, bronzes and pottery in the Chinese collection, dating from between the Neolithic period (about 4500-2000 BC) and Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the UK's largest collection of British Folk Art objects and paintings, made as everyday objects by everyday people and objects of inspiration and original textile designs by Enid Marx in the Marx-Lambert collection. Visit the museum's website at ... http://www.comptonverney.org.uk |
Colombian Museum Hosts Largest Exhibition Ever in Latin America of Andy Warhol's Works Posted: 23 Jun 2011 06:31 PM PDT BOGOTA, COLUMBIA - The exhibition, organized by Museo de Arte del Banco de la República in conjunction with the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh and curated by Philip Larratt-Smith, offers a complete panorama of the work of this fertile artist and it is the largest exhibition ever organized in a Latin American museum. The list of works of art comprises 26 paintings, 57 silk screens, 39 photographs and 2 installations ('Silver Clouds' and 'Cow wallpaper'). Fourteen of his films will also be screened at the Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño. Andy Warhol, "Mr. America" explores all aspects and periods from this multi-facetic production from this artist, with a particular emphasis in the period between 1961 and 1968. On exhibition 18 June through 21 September, 2009. |
The Little Known Barnes Foundation Museum Posted: 23 Jun 2011 06:30 PM PDT Merion, PA - Dr. Albert Barnes established the Barnes Foundation in 1922 to "promote the advancement of education and the appreciation of the fine arts" and horticulture. The Foundation carries out its mission through teaching, research, and other programs related to its Art Department and Arboretum, as well as through public access to the Gallery which houses its main collection of paintings, sculpture, and other works of art. The Barnes Foundation was established by Albert C. Barnes in 1922 to "promote the advancement of education and the appreciation of the fine arts." Located in a twelve-acre arboretum, the Foundation is home to one of the world's largest collections of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and early Modern paintings. |
The Magnificent Bergen Art Museum In Norway Is Toured By Our Editor Posted: 23 Jun 2011 06:29 PM PDT Bergen Art Museum (Bergen Kunstmuseum) was founded in 1825 by Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie. In its early years, the museum contained numerous art collections, including several works by the painter Johan Christian Dahl, cultural artifacts, and craftwork items. In 1931, the museum moved from its location in the Seminarium Fredericianum building near Bergen katedralskole, to a new building south-west of Lille Lungegårdsvann. This was the first dedicated museum building in Norway. The current natural history building was finished in 1865, and Bergen Museum moved in during 1866. The botanical garden was laid out between 1897 and 1899, and the cultural history department got its own building in 1927. The increasing research activity at the museum from the late 19th century and onwards led directly to the founding of the University of Bergen in 1948. Bergen Art Museum's permanent exhibitions are in Lysverket and Rasmus Meyer collection. These exhibits show art from the museum's own collections and are on view long periods of time. Basic exhibitions in Lysverket is a traditional historical-chronological review of the art history of early Renaissance to the present day. The presentation is supported by important works in the museum's collections, and thus focus on Norwegian art history. Works from the Stenersen collection are included in exhibitions in Lysverket. The Rasmus Meyer Collection is a special collection of the Bergen Art Museum, shown in a building constructed for this purpose in 1924. A visitor can experience the historic original interiors, and the golden age of Norwegian painting, with works by Edvard Munch, Christian Krogh and Harriet Backer among the highlights. |
The Heckscher Museum of Art 90th Anniversary Exhibits ~ Then and Now Posted: 23 Jun 2011 06:28 PM PDT HUNTINGTON, NY.- As part of its 90th anniversary celebration, The Heckscher Museum of Art presents The Heckscher at 90: Then and Now, featuring favorite works from the Permanent Collection and new acquisitions. From its founding in 1920, with a gift of more than a hundred works from the industrialist and real estate magnate August Heckscher, the Museum's collections have grown to more than 2,200 objects. This exhibition opens with a selection of Old Master works, including portraiture and sculpture, and a broad range of 19th century American and European paintings that reflect the romantic sensibility of August Heckscher's collecting aesthetic. |
Boston College McMullen Museum of Art Hosts Premier Belgian Art Posted: 23 Jun 2011 06:27 PM PDT CHESTNUT HILL, MA – The McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College presents A New Key : Modern Belgian Art from the Simon Collection. The exhibition is on view through July 22, 2007, and comprises 53 works of art, most in their first North American display. This is also the first time that this selection of works has been displayed together as a group. |
"The Subject is Women" at the Nassau County Museum of Art Posted: 23 Jun 2011 06:26 PM PDT ROSLYN HARBOR, NY.- "The Subject is Women: Impressionism and Post-Impressionism" offers a lavish viewing of works by women and works depicting women. This sumptuous exhibition will demonstrate how artists of these movements and eras depict women — and how women artists depict themselves. The works of the show, many of them vibrant oils, include renowned masters such as Cassatt, Degas, Pissarro, Renoir as well as others. Degas is represented by "Danseuse" (buste), 1900; Pissarro by "La Marché des Gisors, rue Cappeville", 1894-95; Renoir by "Jeunes filles aux lilas", c. 1890 and "Femme nue aux coussins verts", 1909 and Alfred Stevens by "Le Masque japonais", c. 1877. |
7th Annual Affordable Art Fair to Open in New York City Posted: 23 Jun 2011 06:25 PM PDT NEW YORK CITY - Developed to appeal to younger art buyers and emerging collectors, the seventh annual Affordable Art Fair New York (AAF NYC) will again feature contemporary art from $100 - $10,000. Over 75 percent of the art will be priced between $100 - $5,000 and the balance for under $10,000. More than 75 galleries from 12 countries will be exhibiting original contemporary painting, sculpture, photography and prints at The Altman Building & The Metropolitan Pavilion (135 West 18th Street) in New York City from June 12-15, 2008. |
Survey of Anish Kapoor's Career Opens at the Royal Academy of Arts in London Posted: 23 Jun 2011 06:24 PM PDT LONDON.- The Royal Academy of Arts will hold a major solo exhibition of the internationally acclaimed artist and 1991 Turner Prize winner Anish Kapoor. Kapoor is regarded as one of the most influential and pioneering sculptors of his generation and is celebrated for works which enter into a profound spiritual engagement with the viewer such as the early pigment sculptures; 1000 Names (1979-80), Marsyas (2002) part of the Unilever Series at the Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, and Sky Mirror, installed at the Rockefeller Centre, New York in 2006. Anish Kapoor solo exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, opens to the public on Sept. 26 and surveys the career of the Turner Prize winning sculptor, showcasing a number of new and previously unseen works. |
Data Sets: An Exhibit by Daniel Kohn at The Broad Institute Posted: 23 Jun 2011 06:23 PM PDT CAMBRIDGE, MA.- Data Sets comes out of a six-year exchange between painter Daniel Kohn and scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Through a series of conversations and residencies at the Broad, Kohn explored the conceptual framework surrounding genomics. As a result, his own visual language and artistic method transformed as he was exposed to the methods, challenges, and technologies of genome-based research. On view through 15 August. The Broad Institute evolved from a decade of informal and successful research collaborations among young scientists in the MIT and Harvard communities. |
Zee Stone Gallery Celebrates Hong Kong Satire With "Homage: Collages by Hemlock" Posted: 23 Jun 2011 06:22 PM PDT Hong Kong.- The Zee Stone Gallery is proud to present "Homage", an exhibition of collages by Hemlock from 13 May until 13 June 2011. "Homage" pays tribute to the men and women who ruled Hong Kong in the first decade of the 21st Century. The works, presented in the form of limited edition prints, are collages largely composed of 'found' material, especially photographs, mainly drawn from mass media. Viewers looking for influences may initially see Gilbert and George or Andy Warhol. Structurally, the compositions tend to employ tools of heraldry or religious iconography, such as symmetry and repetition in support of a central figure of veneration. |
This Week in Review in Art Knowledge News Posted: 23 Jun 2011 06:21 PM PDT This is a new feature for the subscribers and visitors to Art Knowledge News (AKN), that will enable you to see "thumbnail descriptions" of the last ninety (90) articles and art images that we published. This will allow you to visit any article that you may have missed ; or re-visit any article or image of particular interest. Every day the article "thumbnail images" will change. For you to see the entire last ninety images just click : here . |
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