Amongst Heroes:
the artist in working Cornwall
26th January 2013- 14th April 2013

Our second exhibition will present the most significant grouping of Cornish artworks to be displayed outside Cornwall in recent decades, and will include the work of many celebrated though often under-appreciated artists. It will reposition the work of Newlyn and St Ives artists in a new and original context, and create a fascinating insight into the imagery in Cornish art.

‘Amongst Heroes: the artist in working Cornwall’ will explore artistic representations of the Cornish figure at work, primarily between 1880 and 1920. These powerful depictions of working Cornish men and women produced by visiting artists to the region played a significant role in the national development and recognition of Cornwall as a centre for the production of a particular kind of realistic, rural art.

It will examine a keen and longstanding artistic interest in the working landscape and the characteristic industrial activity taking place along its coastlines, offering a new insight into Cornish art that focuses on the geography of place as well as the history and narrative of the paintings displayed.

HELD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ROYAL CORNWALL MUSEUM

We are extremely grateful to all those institution and lenders who have helped to put this exhibition together. In particular we would like to thank Penlee House Gallery and Museum and Plymouth City Council Museums and Archives.

Tucking a School of Pilchards - The Tuck Boat. Percy Robert Craft, 1897
Penlee House Gallery and Museum

Amongst Heroes: the artist in working Cornwall

26th January 2013- 14th April 2013

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Winter Exhibition at Two Temple Place

Programming

In 2011 the Bulldog Trust started a project to host annual exhibitions at Two Temple Place.

The exhibition programme’s mission is threefold:

> to showcase and raise awareness of museum and gallery collections around
the UK.

> to promote curatorial excellence by offering up-and-coming curators a chance
for a high profile solo show under the guidance of our Curatorial Advisor.

> to enable the public to enjoy the magnificent late Victorian house, Two Temple Place – free of charge.

We are constantly looking for new and exciting ideas for our annual exhibition programme (exhibitions to be held between January and April each year).We are keen to promote discussion around the content of the programme and would welcome proposals from professional curators, representing individual institutions or groups of institutions.

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