Gallery Visits 03

(once apologies for any blurry photographs)

Gallery: The Garden Museum

Exhibition: From Garden City to Green City

Content: A series of paintings, photographs, models & design work exploring historic and futuristic gardening in the city.

Tudor Knot Gardens

Temple I, II, and III

Thoughts: I liked the section that dealt with Nature taking over the city; in particular the watercolours by Wieland Payer, Temple I, II and, III. It was nice to view the design work to get a sense of what you could be doing in the years to come.

Gallery: The Garden Museum

Exhibition: Permanent collection

Content: A series of artefacts, paintings and diary entries from a historic point of view

Thoughts: I found the display quite interesting; particularly the display of tools. It’s interesting to see the difference between the ones they used then and the ones we use now. 

Tools

The garden related toy section was really nostalgic for me as The Garden Miniature set is something that I would play with on rainy days at my grandmas.

Miniature Garden Set

Gallery: Guildhall Art Gallery

Ghyll Beck, Barden, Early Spring 1867

Exhibition: Atkinson Grimshaw: Painter of Moonlight

Content: Atkinson Grimshaw’s body of work including items from his work and home life.

Thoughts: I felt his oil painting were a lot stronger than his watercolours; as were his landscapes stronger than his portraits.

What really struck me about his oil paintings were the way he painted plants. In particular his leafless trees were incredible. Also the way he painted moss and ferns was unbelievably lifelike. He also had a fantastic technique of capturing light whether the cool light of winter and moonlight or the orange glow of fire and 19^th Century street lamps. There was a real sense of time and movement captured in his paintings. It’s amazing considering he was a self-taught pre-Raphaelite painter.

In Peril 1879

Knostrop Hall, Early Morning 1870

Wintry Garden 1877-1971