Over 50 people attended the launch of Broadway Museum and Art Gallery’s latest exhibition, Making an Impression. This features print works by Impressionist artists which have been loaned by the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.
Exhibition curator Katherine Wodehouse joined the guests at the launch who comprised Friends, Benefactors, Volunteers and supporters from the Ashmolean Museum.
Picture features John Noott Trustee Exhibition committee, Katherine Wodehouse the exhibition’s curator, Roger Dudley Trustee Events and Building Committee, Peter Oliver -Trustee Insurance and Events Committee
Katherine was able to provide her insight into artwork on display Manet, Pissarro, Cezanne, Renoir, Morisot and Cassatt, whose works feature in the exhibition, all created prints that provide a fascinating corollary to their famous paintings.
The Impressionists’ characteristic subjects; the modern life of the city, portraits, landscape, and weather are all represented in their prints which exploit and cultivate innovatory techniques and aesthetic effects.
The exhibition also showcases the work of influential printmakers who exhibited with the Impressionists, including Félix Bracquemond (1833–1914), and those who succeeded them, such as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901). These fascinating works are displayed in the context of the development of printmaking techniques, and the blurring of the boundaries between prints and drawings.
The Ashmolean is home to the Pissarro Family Collection, the most significant Impressionist archive outside France. This has been recently supplemented by the Webb Bequests of 2000 and 2003. Many of the works in this exhibition in Broadway are being displayed to the public for the first time.
The exhibition will run until 19 December 2018. The museum and art gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 am until 5 pm (last entry 4.30 pm).
The Broadway Museum and Art Gallery is an independent community museum mainly run by volunteers. If you are interested in supporting the museum by becoming a friend or benefactor please check our website: https://broadwaymuseum.org.uk/friends-and-benefactors/ or call into the museum.
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