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Ed Ruscha: 50 Years of Painting
Thursday, November 05, 2009 4:10 PM

14 Oct 2009 - 10 Jan 2010 Daily Hayward Gallery , Southbank Centre, London. SE1 8XX (0)20 7921 0887 The Hayward Gallery unveils a major new exhibition celebrating five decades of work by Ed Ruscha, one of the world’s most influential artists still at work today. The Los Angeles-born painter, born in 1937, is known for his witty and experimental work in a variety... Read More...

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Filed under: london, annie, landscapes, media, los angeles, hayward gallery, american culture, standard station, phrases, 50 years on painting, canvas, pop art, emblems, trademark with eight spotlights, words, ed ruscha

Kuniyoshi
Thursday, March 12, 2009 5:01 PM

21 Mar - 07 Jun 2009 Mon - Thu, Sat, Sun 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM; Fri 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, W1J 0BD 020 7300 8000 Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) was one of the great masters of the "floating world" or Ukiyo-e school of art that dominated 19th-century printmaking in Japan. Kuniyoshi's skilled use of colour, line and... Read More...

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Filed under: colour, landscapes, women, royal academy of arts, katsushika hokusai, utagawa kunisada, mythical best, erotica, ukiyo-e school of art, chinese warriors, line, graphics, comic themes, print making, utagawa hiroshige, triptych, japan, utagawa kuniyoshi, floating worlds

Constable Portraits: The Painter and His Circle
Monday, March 02, 2009 1:35 PM

05 Mar - 14 Jun 2009 Mon - Wed, Sat, Sun 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM; Thu, Fri 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM National Portrait Gallery St Martin's Place, WC2H 0HE Tel: 020 7306 0055 Seventeenth century artist John Constable is renowned for his landscapes but, as this exhibition shows, he was also a skilled portrait painter. Constable's paintings of himself, his wife and... Read More...

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Filed under: national portrait gallery, london, england, landscapes, watercolours, john constable, sketches, the painter and his circle, wife, family, himself, seventeenth century, oil, constable portraits, portrait painter, upper midle class, jane austen era, 50 works

Julian Trevelyan’s - Worktown
Wednesday, November 05, 2008 5:08 PM

Bolton Museum Saturday 25th October 2008 to Saturday 14th February 2009 Julian Trevelyan joined the Bolton Worktown observation team in 1937. He was one of a number of artists and poets invited by Tom Harrisson to record what it felt like to be in Bolton, in the form of paintings, collages and photographs. Trevelyan’s experiences in Worktown had an enduring impact... Read More...

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Filed under: art, artists, photographs, paintings, poets, julian trevelyan's, worktown, landscapes, collages, 1937, observation team, bolton museum, tom harrisson, bolton mills and streets, watercolour, industrial wasteland, local street life, exhibit