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Dulwich Picture Gallery houses one of
the world's most important collections of European old master
paintings of the 1600s and 1700s. The
collection is also one of the oldest in Great Britain. Ian Dejardin,
Director and Xavier Salomon, Curator talk you through some of
the rich paintings and a brief history of the gallery |
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Coming of Age
American Art 1850s to 1950s
From landscapes to abstract paintings over a period of one hundred years from 1850s to the 1950s, this exhibition focuses on the key movements during a period in which American art matured and took its place in the international arena.
14th Mrch - 8 June 2008
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The
Agony and the Ecstasy -
Guido Reni's Saint Sebastians
Xavier Salomon introduces Guido Reni's Saint Sebastians 'The Agony and the Ecstasy'. Xavier compares these six masterpieces discussing how they were executed and how Saint Sebastian has become an icon from the 17th to the 21st Century
5 Feburay - 11 May 2008
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The
Age of Enchantment
Beardsley, Dulac
and their Contemporaries 1890 - 1930
Borrowing
from the past, illustrators such as Aubrey Beardsley,
Edmund Dulac and Kay Nielson had lavish colour plates published in children's books
such as The Arabian Nights, which became the coffee table
books for a new age.
28th November
2007 - 17th February 2008
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The Changing Face of Childhood
British Children's portraits and their influence in Europe.
British portraits of children by artists such as Van Dyck , Gainsborough, Reynolds and Thomas Lawrence inspired their great European counterparts changing the face of childhood forever.
Exhibition held: 1st August - 4 November 2007
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Artists' Self Portraits from the Uffizi
For the first time ever fifty outstanding art works from the Uffizi Gallery are on show in Britain. Ian Dejardin looks in detail at some of the portraits.
Exhibition held: 22 May - 15 July 2007
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Sir
Joshua Reynold's Mona Lisa
Ian Dejardin unfolds the mystery of Sir Joshua's Mona Lisa and who was the woman behind the famous Mona Lisa
Exhibition held:10 October 2006
- 11 February 2007
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