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Five years of fusing art and architecture
Posted on January 17 2009 at 3:28:56 0 comments
Compton Verney, Warwickshire’s largest art gallery, celebrates its fifth anniversary in March.
The Grade I listed mansion, set in 120 acres of ‘Capability’ Brown landscaped parkland, houses six collections and a programme of changing exhibitions.
In 2009 exhibitions include Fatal Attraction: Diana and Actaeon - The Forbidden Gaze, featuring works by Rembrandt, Picasso and Cézanne; Constable Portraits, offering an opportunity to view rarely-seen paintings; Surrealism and Contemporary Art, including works by Dalí, Magritte and Max Ernst, and The Artist’s Studio, revealing the fascinating and private world of artists such as Francis Bacon, Lucien Freud and JMW Turner.
The grounds reflect the sweeping grassland, ornamental lakes and Cedars of Lebanon for which ‘Capability’ Brown is famous. As part of the celebrations visitors can enjoy recently discovered hidden pathways, now re-built to the original plans.
Compton Verney has been awarded many accolades, including Visitor Attraction of the Year at the annual Enjoy England Awards for Excellence, and the Civic Trust Special Award for culture and regeneration.
Pictured: Maria Bicknell by John Constable (1816) © Tate, London 2008
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