Artists' love of the Lakes over 200 years
AN exhibition showing the Lake District through the eyes of the first artists to paint its varied landscapes will be held at the Wordsworth Museum and Art Gallery in Grasmere until June 22.
The exhibition – 'In the Line of Beauty' looks at the importance of amateur artists to the art world of 200 years ago.
The majority of artists featured were local amateurs who painted for pleasure rather than financial gain.
They were driven by the same urge that inspired Wordsworth and the Lake poets: to capture for posterity the natural beauty of the Lake District.
Visitors to the Wordsworth Museum and Art Gallery will be able to see the now-familiar landscapes through a variety of different eyes.
Explored in detail are the works of the individual artists Captain John Bernard Gilpin, Lady Mary Lowther, Thomas Sunderland and Sir George Beaumont, who first came to the Lakes in 1777 with two professional artists Joseph Farrington and Thomas Hearne, whose work features in the exhibition.
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29 April 2008 10:12 AM
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