Exhibition curator Timothy Wilcox reflects on the pre-eminent English watercolourist and draughtsman of architecture - and on the impact of Normandy on his work. Laurence Binyon, poet, curator and author of the first book on […]
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Titian Collaboration
El Greco: the man who shaped Picasso`s aspirations
So close yet so far away: Rockwell meets the old masters of Dulwich
Dragons, Wilderness and Magic in Dulwich Picture Gallery
Dear DOV readers,
If you have not had the chance to make it yet, I would like to invite you to our current exhibition of mythical creatures, fearsome dragons, classical heroes… by Salvator Rosa, and offer you a FREE iGuided tour by my digital self.
Another Exquisite Display at Dulwich Picture Gallery
Two newly restored paintings originally from Strawberry Hill comprise an exquisite display at Dulwich Picture Gallery.
James Ford describes the fascinating research behind the project.
Sir Peter Lely’s A boy as a Shepherd (c.1658) and Charles Jervas’s Dorothy, Viscountess Townshend (c.1720) were part of Horace Walpole’s important collection housed in his pioneering Gothic Revival villa on the banks of the Thames at Twickenham. Walpole died in 1797 and the contents of Strawberry Hill was sold at auction in 1842. The two paintings were then given to Dulwich Picture Gallery in 1911 by Charles Fairfax Murray.
Horace Walpole at Dulwich Picture Gallery
Two gorgeous paintings, originally belonging to Sir Horace Walpole and hanging at Strawberry Hill, but given to Dulwich Picture Gallery a hundred years ago, form a new fascinating display - as if the Paul Nash exhibition isn’t enough.
Andrea Soldi’s Portraits of Roubiliac - a mini display at DPG
Dulwich Picture Gallery does not only put on major exhibitions, there are often fascinating small displays in the main galleries that are easy to overlook. Sarah Moulden, assistant curator, talks about one of these, comprising of only 2 paintings that opens today.
