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Exhibition Review
Pre-Raphaelite drawings. Birmingham and Sydney
06/2011 | 1299 | 153
Pages: 423-424
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Reviewer:
Harrison, Colin (Harrison, Colin)
Subjects
artists:
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, Great Britain / Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
places:
Sydney / Birmingham / England / Australia
print:
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
print:
Drawings
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Drawings
subjects:
Pre-Raphaelite
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Poetry of Drawing: Pre-Raphaelite Designs, Studies and Watercolours | institution: Art Gallery of New South Wales , institution: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Illustrations
Attributed works:
62. Dante Gabriel Rossetti, by William Holman Hunt. 1853. Coloured chalks on cream paper, 28.6 by 25.9 cm. (Manchester City Galleries; exh. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery).
Attributed works:
63. Cascade de la folie, Chamonix, by John Ruskin. 1849. Pen, ink, watercolour and bodycolour on paper, 46.1 by 37.3 cm. (Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery).
Attributed works:
64. ‘Oh, wha’s that in the hollow, so pale, I quake to follow?’, by Edward Robert Hughes. 1893. Watercolour with gum and scratching out on paper, 63.2 by 93.3 cm. (Royal Watercolour Society, London; exh. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery).
Exhibition Review
Matthew Boulton. Birmingham
08/2009 | 1277 | 151
Pages: 558-560
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Reviewer:
Fox, Celina (Fox, Celina)
Subjects
artists:
Boulton, Matthew
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Gas Hall, Birmingham, Great Britain / Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham, Great Britain
places:
Birmingham / England
print:
Boulton, Matthew
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Matthew Boulton and the Art of Making Money | institution: Barber Institute of Fine Arts , institution: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
subjects:
Matthew Boulton: Selling What All the World Desires | institution: Gas Hall
Illustrations
Attributed works:
48. Portrait of Matthew Boulton, by Lemuel Francis Abbott. c.1798–1801. Canvas, 73.6 by 61.6 cm. (Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery).
Attributed works:
49. View of Soho Manufactory, Birmingham, engraved by Francis Eginton. From S. Shaw: History and Antiquities of the County of Stafford, London 1798–1801, pl.XVII. Etching and engraving with quatint, 27.7 by 38.2 cm. (plate mark). (Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery).
Attributed works:
50. King’s vase, by Boulton & Fothergill. 1770–71. Blue john and ormolu, with tortoiseshell-veneered base, 56.1 cm. high. (Royal Collection, Windsor Castle; exh. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery).
Attributed works:
51. A ceiling baffle, a vacuum trumpet and decorative plates from a coin press, by John Phillp. 1799. Coloured drawing on paper, 48.3 by 62 cm. (Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery).
Attributed works:
52. Sidereal Clock, by Boulton & Fothergill. 1771–72. Ormolu, silvered dial, 104.1 cm. high. (Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery).
Exhibition Review
David Cox. New Haven and Birmingham
05/2009 | 1274 | 151
Pages: 333-334
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Reviewer:
Green, Richard (Green, Richard)
Subjects
artists:
Cox, David, 1783-1859
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, Great Britain / Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, United States
places:
Birmingham / England / New Haven / United States
print:
Cox, David, 1783-1859
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Sun, Wind, and Rain: The Art of David Cox | institution: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery , institution: Yale Center for British Art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
59. Sun, wind and rain, by David Cox. 1845. Watercolour over traces of graphite and black chalk with scratching-out on wove paper, 46.4 by 60.5 cm. (Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery).
Attributed works:
60. Porte St-Denis, Paris, by David Cox. c.1829. Watercolour over graphite on wove paper, 36.5 by 25.8 cm. (Private collection, courtesy of Andrew Wyld; exh. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery).
Exhibition Review
Ford Madox Brown drawings
11/2008 | 1268 | 150
Pages: 781-782
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Reviewer:
Treuherz, Julian (Treuherz, Julian)
Subjects
artists:
Brown, Ford Madox
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, Great Britain
places:
Birmingham / England
print:
Brown, Ford Madox
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Ford Madox Brown: The Unofficial Pre-Raphaelite | institution: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Illustrations
Attributed works:
73. The prisoner of Chillon: study of a corpse, by Ford Madox Brown. 1856. Pencil on paper, 16.5 by 28 cm. (Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery).
Attributed works:
74. Chaucer at the court of Edward III: study of a man in medieval hood, by Ford Madox Brown. 1847. Black chalk on paper, 20.9 by 17 cm. (Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery).
Exhibition Review
Arts Council collection. London and Birmingham
12/2006 | 1245 | 148
Pages: 864-865
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Reviewer:
Moorhouse, Paul (Moorhouse, Paul)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Hayward Gallery, London, Great Britain / Arts Council / Gas Hall, Birmingham, Great Britain / Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, Great Britain
places:
London / England / Birmingham
print:
Arts Council
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Collections, Public / British painting / British sculpture / Anniversaries
Reviewed Items
subjects:
How to Improve the World, 60 Years of British Art | institution: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery , institution: Hayward Gallery
Illustrations
Attributed works:
65. Wild talents, by Susan Hiller. 1997. Video and laser disk installation, dimensions variable. (Arts Council Collection; exh. Hayward Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
66. Movement in squares, by Bridget Riley. 1961. Tempera on board, 123.2 by 121.3 cm. (Arts Council Collection; exh. Hayward Gallery, London).
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67. Untitled 1995, by Anish Kapoor. Polished stainless steel mirror, 140 by 93 by 85 cm. (Arts Council Collection; exh. Hayward Gallery, London).
Exhibition Review
Black Victorians. Manchester and Birmingham
01/2006 | 1234 | 148
Pages: 51-52
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Reviewer:
Treuherz, Julian (Treuherz, Julian)
Subjects
dates:
1800-1899 / 2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, Great Britain / Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, Great Britain
places:
Manchester / England / Birmingham
print:
Victorian art
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / British painting / Victorian / Africans
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Black Victorians. Black People in British Art, 1800–1900 | institution: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery , institution: Manchester Art Gallery
Illustrations
Attributed works:
70. A meeting of connoisseurs, by John Bourne. 1807. Watercolour on paper, 41.3 by 55.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. Manchester Art Gallery).
Attributed works:
71. Thomas Williams, a sailor, by John Downman. 1815. Black chalk and stump on paper, 31.5 by 28.5 cm. (Tate, London; exh. Manchester Art Gallery).
Attributed works:
72. Slaves waiting for sale, Richmond, Virginia, by Eyre Crowe. 1861. 73.6 by 99 cm. (Collection of Teresa Heinz; exh. Manchester Art Gallery).
Attributed works:
73. The secret of England's greatness, by Thomas Jones Barker. 1863. 167.6 by 213.8 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London; exh. Manchester Art Gallery).
Exhibition Review
Simeon Solomon. Birmingham, Munich and London
12/2005 | 1233 | 147
Pages: 841-843
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Reviewer:
Wilton, Andrew (Wilton, Andrew)
Subjects
artists:
Solomon, Simeon
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, Great Britain / Museum Villa Stück, Munich, Germany / Ben Uri Art Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
Munich / London / England / Birmingham
print:
Solomon, Simeon
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Love Revealed: Simeon Solomon and the Pre-Raphaelites | institution: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Illustrations
Attributed works:
61. Habet!, by Simeon Solomon. 1865. 101.5 by 122 cm. (Private collection, on loan to Bradford Museums, Galleries and Heritage; exh. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery).
Attributed works:
62. A young musician employed in the temple service during the feast of the Tabernacles, by Simeon Solomon. 1861. 59.7 by 45.7 cm. (Private collection; exh. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery).
Attributed works:
63. Love in autumn, by Simeon Solomon. 1866. 84 by 66 cm. (Private collection; exh. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery).
Exhibition Review
Art and the 1960s. London and Birmingham
10/2004 | 1219 | 146
Pages: 700-702
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Reviewer:
Beechey, James (Beechey, James)
Subjects
dates:
1960-1969
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, Great Britain
places:
England / London / Birmingham
print:
1960-1969
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Art & the 60s: This was Tomorrow | institution: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery , institution: Tate Britain
Illustrations
Attributed works:
59. Swing low, by David Annesley, 1964. Painted steel, 128.3 by 175.9 by 36.8 cm. (Tate, London)
Attributed works:
60. Martians, by Nicolas Monro. 1965. Painted fibreglass, 121.9 by 91.4 by 61 cm. (Collection Rupert Power; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
61. Swingeing London 67 (f), by Richard Hamilton. 1968-69. Acrylic, collage and aluminium on canvas, 67.3 by 85.1 cm. (Tate, London).
Attributed works:
62. Man in shower in Beverly Hills, by David Hockney. 1964. Acrylic, 167.3 by 167 cm. (Tate, Britain).
Attributed works:
63. Guard dog on missile base, no. 1, by Colin Self. 1965. Drawing on board, 55.6 by 76.2 cm. (Tate, London).
Exhibition Review
Birmingham: Surrealism in Birmingham 1935-1954
03/2001 | 1176 | 143
Pages: 174-175
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Reviewer:
Watkins, Nicholas (Watkins, Nicholas)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, Great Britain
places:
Birmingham / England
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Surrealism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Surrealism in Birmingham 1935-1954 | institution: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Illustrations
Attributed works:
45. 'The jumping three', by Desmond Morris. 1949. 77.3 by 127.1 cm. (Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery).
Attributed works:
46. 'Onanistic typewriter', by Conroy Maddox. 1940. Mixed media, 25 by 47 by 33 cm. (Private collection, courtesy of Mayor Gallery, London; exh. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery).
Book Review
Notes on the Veitch Collection of Chinese Porcelain in the Birmingham Art Gallery
03/1904 | 12 | 4
Pages: 232-233+235-237+239+241
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Reviewer:
W. (W.)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Veitch, George Thomas
dates:
1900-1909
subjects:
Chinese / Porcelain / Collections, Private
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Veitch Collection of Chinese Porcelain | institution: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Carved Jade Bowl in the Veitch Collection at Present Lent to the Birmingham Art Gallery
Non-western art unattributed:
Chinese Porcelain in the Veitch Collection at Present Lent to the Birmingham Art Gallery
Non-western art unattributed:
Chinese Porcelain in the Veitch Collection at Present Lent to the Birmingham Art Gallery
Non-western art unattributed:
Light Lavender Vase and Sang de Boeuf Vases in the Veitch Collection. W. E. Bond, F. R. P. S.