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Portraits and the Human Figure
Drawn from Sheffield鈥檚 collections, this recently refreshed display explores artists鈥� enduring fascination with depicting people.
Portraits are complex. They have power and go far beyond a record of someone鈥檚 physical appearance 鈥� they offer insights into a sitter鈥檚 identity and status, as well as revealing the power dynamic between sitter and artist. They can flatter their subject, be grounded in the reality of the lives of the people they show, or be reminders of our own mortality. The advent of photography further changed the nature of portraiture - not only through its speed and accuracy, but in being a cheaper medium, allowing greater representation of the working classes and everyday society.
The display brings together over 80 paintings, photographs and works on paper to explore the breadth of portraiture and images of the figure. See work by Edward Burne-Jones, Albrecht D眉rer, Lucian Freud, Goya, David Hockney, Claudette Johnson, K盲the Kollwitz, Thomas Lawrence, Marc Quinn, Lesley Sanderson, Stanley Spencer and more.
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Drawn from Sheffield鈥檚 collections, this recently refreshed display explores artists鈥� enduring fascination with depicting people.
Portraits are complex. They have power and go far beyond a record of someone鈥檚 physical appearance 鈥� they offer insights into a sitter鈥檚 identity and status, as well as revealing the power dynamic between sitter and artist. They can flatter their subject, be grounded in the reality of the lives of the people they show, or be reminders of our own mortality. The advent of photography further changed the nature of portraiture - not only through its speed and accuracy, but in being a cheaper medium, allowing greater representation of the working classes and everyday society.
The display brings together over 80 paintings, photographs and works on paper to explore the breadth of portraiture and images of the figure. See work by Edward Burne-Jones, Albrecht D眉rer, Lucian Freud, Goya, David Hockney, Claudette Johnson, K盲the Kollwitz, Thomas Lawrence, Marc Quinn, Lesley Sanderson, Stanley Spencer and more.
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