Pastoral to Pop: 20th-Century Britain on Paper
Prints and drawings from a century of change by England鈥檚 great artists.
This survey of more than 50 British prints and drawings from the 20th century features rarely seen works from the MFA鈥檚 collection as well as recent acquisitions and loans. Ranging from an 1890s drawing of Brittany by Post Impressionist Robert Bevan to a 1999 etching by Lucian Freud鈥攑erhaps the greatest figural artist of his generation鈥攖his selection presents a surprising mixture of subjects and styles. Highlights of the exhibition are streamlined color linocuts made by Grosvenor School artists Cyril Power, Sybil Andrews, and Lill Tschudi, while abstract works on view demonstrate the 鈥淰orticist鈥� style鈥攁 uniquely British variant of Futurism and Cubism. Other sections of the exhibition touch on landscape, architecture, and the music hall; differing depictions of the human figure (including works by Henry Moore and David Hockney); and the British Pop explosion of the 1960s.
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Prints and drawings from a century of change by England鈥檚 great artists.
This survey of more than 50 British prints and drawings from the 20th century features rarely seen works from the MFA鈥檚 collection as well as recent acquisitions and loans. Ranging from an 1890s drawing of Brittany by Post Impressionist Robert Bevan to a 1999 etching by Lucian Freud鈥攑erhaps the greatest figural artist of his generation鈥攖his selection presents a surprising mixture of subjects and styles. Highlights of the exhibition are streamlined color linocuts made by Grosvenor School artists Cyril Power, Sybil Andrews, and Lill Tschudi, while abstract works on view demonstrate the 鈥淰orticist鈥� style鈥攁 uniquely British variant of Futurism and Cubism. Other sections of the exhibition touch on landscape, architecture, and the music hall; differing depictions of the human figure (including works by Henry Moore and David Hockney); and the British Pop explosion of the 1960s.
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