| Exhibitions at St. Barbe Museum & Art Gallery |
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Exhibition programme
The art galleries host an exclusive programme of exhibitions that regularly include works on loan from national and regional collections. Since the St. Barbe Gallery opened in 1998 it has developed a reputation for hosting one of the most exciting exhibition programmes in the south.
In that time there have been single artist exhibitions focusing on Sven Berlin, Richard Eurich, Edward Ardizzone, Eric Gill, Thomas Rowlandson, Heywood Sumner, Evelyn Dunbar, William Gilpin, Lucy Kemp-Welch, John Emms and Richard Dadd. There have also been many exhibitions of work by contemporary artists, photographers and craftsmen plus themed exhibitions on topics such as 18th century British marine painters, New Forest artists, 20th century British printmakers and yachting art.
For more information about an exhibition or about exhibiting, please contact the Museum
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Above: Randolph Schwabe - The Women's Land Army and German Prisoners, 1918, courtesy Imperial War Museum |
2008
Mini-exhibition running until the Autumn:
May 2008: School Life Before St. Barbe Museum &Â Art Gallery
The museum building was originally built in 1836 to house Lymington's first National School and survived as Lymington Infants school until 1991. The story of that school is now the subject of an exhibition created by Bournemouth University Masters students. Click here to find out more
5th July - 9th August
9th Annual St. Barbe Open Exhibition
The Open returns for another showcase of the best in paintings, prints and drawings from the region. The exhibition is flourishing after nine years of steady development and last year's exhibition was the best yet. The exhibition is entirely open with no restrictions on medium or subject and is selected by a panel of professional artists. This is a selling exhibition.
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16th August - 11th October
Kurt Jackson - The Solent Project: Painting the Two Coasts
The gallery is delighted to welcome back Kurt Jackson after the excitement generated by his 2005 exhibition Three Woods. This time Kurt has turned his attention to the coast, following the Solent Way, absorbing "the Solent's salt marshes and shingle beaches, creeks and estuaries. Mud, sand, shingle, trees and sea-water and perhaps a city or two all mixed up with the paint". This is a selling exhibition.
Kurt's gallery talk on Friday 15th August is now fully booked.
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Exhibition sponsored by Brewin Dolphin, Lymington
18th October - 10th January 2009
The Women's Land Army - A Portrait
Building on the success of our 2006 exhibition Evelyn Dunbar: War & Country we are pleased to present a major new exhibition, curated by Dr Gill Clarke MBE, which examines artists' portrayals of the vital work of the Women's Land Army during the two World Wars. It will feature paintings, posters, prints and drawings by a range of artists including Randolph Schwabe, Laura Knight, James Bateman, Ethel Gabain and Evelyn Dunbar. Drawing on interviews with Land Girls the exhibition will also consider how the artists' views compared with the reality of life on the land.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a new book on the subject written by Dr Gill Clarke who will be providing gallery talks on 7th November and 5th December. Tickets £3. Please book in advance.
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