The Oxford Guide - Differences between Version 84 and Version 83 of Christ Church Picture Gallery
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'Salvador Dali's illustrations for Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland’' 27 June - 22 October |
'Prints by Peter Rhodes - a Retrospective': closes 24 June 2012. This exhibition shows rarely-seen works by the Oxfordshire-based artist Peter Rhoades. His artistic interest is intensely focused on the varied forms of printmaking, a subject that he also taught and explored during his time as a lecturer at the Ruskin School of Drawing, the University of Oxford's faculty of fine art. |
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Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' (published in 1865) is probably the best-known piece of literary nonsense ever written and Salvador Dali (1904 – 1989) is probably the best-known surrealist artist. It is not surprising, therefore, that Dali set out to illustrate Carroll's book. He worked on the project on and off for two years, and the water-colours which are the basis of the printed illustrations, were painted at his home in Cadaques in northern Spain. The finished work was published in 1969 by Maecenas Press Random House, New York. |
June Monday, Wednesday - Saturday, 10.30am - 5.pm (closed Tuesdays) Sunday, 2 - 5pm |
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The project brought together two of the most famous explorers of dreams and imagination in Western culture and culminated in 13 new illustrations for Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' which are now on display at the Gallery. July, August, September (open every day) |
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October - May (closed Tuesdays) Monday, Wednesday - Saturday, 10.30am - 1pm & 2 - 4.30pm |
October - May Monday, Wednesday - Saturday, 10.30am - 1pm & 2 - 4.30pm (closed Tuesdays) |
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June (closed Tuesdays) Monday, Wednesday - Saturday, 10.30am - 5.pm Sunday, 2 - 5pm |
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hours_text='July, August, September (open every day) Monday - Saturday: 10.30am - 5pm Sunday: 2 - 5pm. Open all year please refer to website for further details.' |
hours_text='October - May: Monday, Wednesday - Saturday, 10.30am - 1pm & 2 - 4.30pm Sunday, 2 - 4.30pm. Please note that the Gallery is closed Tuesdays. Further details are below.' |
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opening_hours_text='July, August, September (open every day) Monday - Saturday: 10.30am - 5pm Sunday: 2 - 5pm. Open all year please refer to website for further details.' |
opening_hours_text='October - May: Monday, Wednesday - Saturday, 10.30am - 1pm & 2 - 4.30pm Sunday, 2 - 4.30pm. Please note that the Gallery is closed Tuesdays. Further details are below.' |
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.
Current Exhibitions:
'Heroic Nakedness': 13 June – 15 October. This exhibition celebrates the human body as seen by Renaissance and Baroque artists. The show makes a tribute to the Olympic ideals and demonstrates, with over 30 drawings from Christ Church permanent collection, how artists explore the physical beauty of the human form.
'Prints by Peter Rhodes - a Retrospective': closes 24 June 2012. This exhibition shows rarely-seen works by the Oxfordshire-based artist Peter Rhoades. His artistic interest is intensely focused on the varied forms of printmaking, a subject that he also taught and explored during his time as a lecturer at the Ruskin School of Drawing, the University of Oxford's faculty of fine art.
June Monday, Wednesday - Saturday, 10.30am - 5.pm (closed Tuesdays) Sunday, 2 - 5pm
July, August, September Monday- Saturday, 10.30am - 5.pm Sunday, 2- 5pm
October - May Monday, Wednesday - Saturday, 10.30am - 1pm & 2 - 4.30pm (closed Tuesdays) Sunday, 2 - 4.30pm;
Admission: £3/£2. Free to those who have Bod cards and ArtFund members.
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