The Oxford Guide - Differences between Version 125 and Version 124 of Christ Church Picture Gallery
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Admission: £4/£2. Free to members of the University and Art Fund members. |
Admission: £4/£2. Free to those who have Bod cards and Art Fund members. |
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CURRENT Exhibitions: |
CURRENT Exhibition: 'Raphael's Legacy: Italian Design in the 16th Century' |
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'Undisputed Masterpieces: General John Guise's Swans - Leonardo, Michelangelo, Titian' |
Exhibition runs 12th February - 25th May 2015 |
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Exhibition runs through 5 October 2015 |
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael, was one of the most celebrated and influential artists. Despite his early death in 1520, at the age of only 37, his pupils and followers continued to develop their master’s tradition – the two best known are probably Giulio Romano and Marcantonio Raimondi. Their designs for prints, silver and gold vessels, paintings and tapestries dominated the artistic language of the time. This exhibition gives a glimpse into that splendour. |
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In 1765 General John Guise, a soldier and art collector, died. His wife and son had pre-deceased him and so he decided to leave his art collection to his former Oxford college, Christ Church. This extraordinary bequest is now celebrating its 250th anniversary. While the whole Picture Gallery is testimony to his benefaction, this exhibition wants to draw renewed attention to his collection of drawings. They include some of the most important Old Master drawings in this country, with sheets by Leonardo, Michelangelo, Bellini, Titian and many more. |
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'250 Reasons for 250 Years' |
FORTHCOMING Exhibitions: |
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Exhibition runs through 12 October 2015 |
11th March - 1st June 2015: 'Up close and personal - a portrait of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey' |
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2015 marks 250 years since General John Guise bequeathed his collection of over 200 paintings and almost 2000 drawings to Christ Church. In addition to our exhibition Undisputed Masterpieces (3 June - 5 October 2015), we are celebrating the anniversary in an exciting collaborative format: an installation of 250 cards displayed in the Picture Gallery. |
3rd June - 5th October 2015: 'Undisputed Masterpieces: General John Guise's Swans - Leonardo, Michelangelo, Bellini, Titian' |
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Blank cards were sent to members of the Christ Church community -- to artists, scholars, students, and others -- with the request that they write down their thoughts about why art matters, why we should celebrate art benefactors like Guise, and why those who preserve, research, present, and create art still matter today. We have begun installing these cards in the Picture Gallery, one for each year since the Guise bequest. Join in this project and have your thoughts displayed in the Picture Gallery! Call or email the gallery (01865 276172 or picturegallery@chch.ox.ac.uk) and we will send you a blank postcard to fill in and return to us. You can also drop by the Picture Gallery during open hours to pick up a card. FORTHCOMING Exhibitions: 15 October 2015 - 25 January 2016 'A View of Venice' |
Christ Church is unique among the Oxford and Cambridge colleges in possessing an important collection of Old Master paintings and drawings, housed in a purpose-built Gallery of considerable architectural interest in itself. The collection consists of some 300 paintings and almost 2000 drawings and is strongest in Italian art from the 14th to the 18th century.
The internationally renowned drawings collection in the Picture Gallery at Christ Church is regarded as one of the most important private collections of Old Master drawings in the country. These small in-house exhibitions are changed about every three months to enable the public to see a varied selection from this part of the collection.
Admission: £4/£2. Free to those who have Bod cards and Art Fund members.
CURRENT Exhibition: 'Raphael's Legacy: Italian Design in the 16th Century'
Exhibition runs 12th February - 25th May 2015
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael, was one of the most celebrated and influential artists. Despite his early death in 1520, at the age of only 37, his pupils and followers continued to develop their master’s tradition – the two best known are probably Giulio Romano and Marcantonio Raimondi. Their designs for prints, silver and gold vessels, paintings and tapestries dominated the artistic language of the time. This exhibition gives a glimpse into that splendour.
FORTHCOMING Exhibitions:
11th March - 1st June 2015: 'Up close and personal - a portrait of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey'
3rd June - 5th October 2015: 'Undisputed Masterpieces: General John Guise's Swans - Leonardo, Michelangelo, Bellini, Titian'
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