Walker Art Gallery
Walker Art Gallery
William Brown Street
Liverpool
Merseyside
L3 8EL
England
Website
National Museums Liverpool
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker
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The Walker Art Gallery was built in the 1870s and houses an internationally important collection of paintings, artefacts and sculpture from the 14th century to the contemporary.
Venue Type:
Gallery
It is especially rich in European Old Masters, Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite pictures and modern British works. Outstanding works include Simone Martini's Christ Discovered in the Temple and masterpieces by Rubens, Rembrandt, Poussin, Gainsborough and Hogarth. There is an exciting exhibition programme, including Britain's premier painting biennial, the John Moores exhibition.
Collection details
Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art, Music
Key artists and exhibits
- Pre-Raphaelites; Sculpture; Victorians; Renaissance; Italian; Impressionists; 20th century; Simone Martini; Poussin; Turner; Henry Moore; Millais; Rossetti; Leighton; And When Did You Last See Your Father?; Gainsborough; Stubbs; Burne-Jones; Waterhouse; Cezanne; Sickert; Rodin; Lowry; Lucian Freud; David Hockney;
Mrs Tinne’s Wardrobe A Liverpool Lady’s Clothes, 1910-1940
'Mrs Tinne's Wardrobe' is a must for fans of vintage gowns and stunning costume from the early 20th century.
This display from the Tinne collection features 14 outfits, 10 of which have never been on public display before.
Whole wardrobes of clothes, as worn by one family over many years, are very rare. The Tinne collection of clothes, worn by a Liverpool doctor’s wife, Emily Tinne, and her children, is probably unique.
There are more than 700 items in the collection and Emily's huge wardrobe provides an insight into a long-vanished part of Liverpool’s past, between about 1910 and 1940.
Highlights from the display include a chic velvet and diamanté evening dress, a velvet evening coat with a dramatic fur collar and a rare maternity dress from about 1920.
17 November 2012 - end date to be confirmed****
Suitable for
- 18+
Website
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/exhibitions/tinne/
Parent and Baby Afternoons
Join us in Big Art for a chance to meet other parents and babies and take part in specially designed activities.
Drop in, no booking required.
Suitable for
- Family friendly
When
1-2:15pm
Admission
Free
Parent and Baby Morning
Join us in Big Art for a chance to meet other parents and babies and take part in specially designed activities.
Drop in, no booking required.
Suitable for
- Family friendly
When
10-11:15am
Admission
Free
Parent and Baby Morning
Join us in Big Art for a chance to meet other parents and babies and take part in specially designed activities.
Drop in, no booking required.
Suitable for
- Family friendly
When
10-11:15am
Admission
Free
Parent and Baby Morning
Join us in Big Art for a chance to meet other parents and babies and take part in specially designed activities.
Drop in, no booking required.
Suitable for
- Family friendly
When
10-11:15am
Admission
Free
Parent and Baby Afternoons
Join us in Big Art for a chance to meet other parents and babies and take part in specially designed activities.
Drop in, no booking required.
Suitable for
- Family friendly
When
1-2:15pm
Admission
Free
Parent and Baby Morning
Join us in Big Art for a chance to meet other parents and babies and take part in specially designed activities.
Drop in, no booking required.
Suitable for
- Family friendly
When
10-11:15am
Admission
Free
Kaleidescape
Singer songwriter Tony Kehoe hosts an open floor of music, poetry and performance. Performers can sign up from 12.30pm on the day.
Drop in, no booking required.
Suitable for
- Family friendly
When
1-4pm
Admission
Free
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