Zhongan Online Zhongan News Client On September 22, the “From Turner to Leiden – The Golden Age of British Painting” jointly sponsored by Anhui Museum and the National Museum of Liverpool was launched at Anhui Museum. This exhibition is the first large-scale authentic Western oil painting exhibition in Anhui. From the British national treasure painter Turner to the three leaders of the Pre-Raphaelite movement: Hunt, Millais and Rossetti, and to the representative of the academic school, Lai Dayton, the exhibition includes important British painters of the 19th century. The exhibition includes 66 paintings by 59 masters including Turner, Millais, Leiden, and Alma-Tadema.
The tradition of British paintings collected by the National Museum-Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool can be traced back to the early 17th century. The establishment of the Royal Academy of Painting in the mid-18th century marked the dawn of a new era of British painting. In the 19th century, social changes injected new power into the development of art. The industrial revolution and technological development brought many influences to painters in terms of ideological fields, living environment, painting themes and expression forms, which contributed to the decades-long development of British painting. golden age. During this period, there were many schools of thought in the British painting world and numerous famous artists emerged, which had a huge impact on British local art and even mainstream European painting at the time.
This exhibition begins with Turner and ends with Leiden. The two sections of “Dream and Reality” and “Rebellion and Aestheticism” show the grand scene of the British painting world in the 19th century. The exhibition selects precious collections from the Walker Art Gallery, the Sudley Museum, and the Lady Lever Art Museum under the National Museum of Liverpool, UK, covering various art schools such as Romanticism, Pre-Raphaelite, Aestheticism, Classicism, and Symbolism. The audience You will have the opportunity to appreciate 66 masterpieces by famous artists in the history of Western art such as Turner, Rossetti, Alma-Tadema, and Leiden at close range. Through a painting, you can understand the various aspects of British society in the 19th century and experience The “best of times, the worst of times” described by Dickens. (Li Pengfei, reporter Fu Xiuyun)
“The Golden Age of British Painting” launches today
“The Golden Age of British Painting” launches today
“The Golden Age of British Painting” launches today
Anhui Museum’s “Golden Age of British Painting” launches today
“The Golden Age of British Painting” launches today
“The Golden Age of British Painting” launches today
