Image: Arthur A Friedenson, Belstone near Okehampton, Oil on Canvas
Bringing together works from across the permanent collection, this exhibition looks at how artists within the collection have been inspired by landscape. The exhibition brings together a variety of techniques and works from the 1800’s to the present day charting the importance of landscape to the collection at the Burton.
The Artist and The Landscape 1st February 7.30pm £5
Friends Event - All Welcome
Talk and tour of the exhibition, Looking at Landscapes, led by Warren Collum, Exhibitions and Collections Officer.
To book your place contact the Burton.
This exhibition is also an opportunity to showcase several new paintings which have been donated to become part of the Burton's Permanent Collection in 2011.
Works include;
Belstone near Okehampton, Oil on Canvas, Arthur A Friedenson
Noli me Tangere, Watercolour, Leslie Worth
Dawn at the Source of the Torridge, Newlands Moor, Watercolour, Shelia Hutchinson
Towards Bideford, Watercolour, Shelia Hutchinson
Taddiport, Torrington Devon, Watercolour, Shelia Hutchinson
The Iron Bridge, Landcross, Bideford, Watercolour, Sheila Hutchinson
Towards Bideford, Watercolour, Hugh Percy Heard
Bridge Pool, Bideford, Watercolour James Paterson
Bideford Bridge, Etching, Frank E Whiting
Bideford Bridge, Etching, C S Hollaway
Morning Haze, Bideford, Mixed Media, Colin Allbrook
Bideford Bridge, Watercolour, Mary Stella Edwards
“Thats Appledore over there”, Watercolour, Hubert Coop
Skern, Watercolour, Sheila Hutchinson
Shipyards, Torridge Estuary, Acrylic, Peter Reid
“Wind westerly, showers developing”, Watercolour, Jack Palmer
Rocks at Abbotsham 1930, Watercolour, Frank E Whiting
Low Tide, Watercolour, Allin Braund
Bideford Bay in Bideford Black, Bideford Black, Paul Lewin
Bucks Mills Devon, Watercolour, James Paterson
Bucks Mills, Oil on Canvas, A.F.W Hayward
East Kiln and the Cabin from the Shore, Watercolour, Mary Stella Edwards
West Kiln from the Slip, Watercolour, Mary Stella Edwards
North Devon Sea and Landscape, Oil on Canvas, Hugh Percy Heard
Afternoon Above the Village, Watercolour, Judith Ackland
North Devon Coast, Mixed Media, Bertam Prance
Image: Mary Stella Edwards, West Kiln from the Slip, Bucks Mills 1943, watercolour
Join us in celebrating the talents of the young artists from our local community, in one of the largest and most colourful exhibitions of the year. Aged from 5 to 18, all participants attend schools in the local area. Once again NADFAS (National Association of Decorative and Fine Art Societies) are generously sponsoring four cash prizes to those schools that exhibit the most creative and original artwork.
Image: John by Connor
And why not?
Pick up your Burton Bag of Brilliance to explore exhibitions and displays or come to the screening of Puss in Boots during the February half term. And don’t forget Crafty Kids for Under 5’s every Monday and Young Friends on the last Saturday of every month.
