Exhibitions | PUGIN, DÜRER AND THE GOTHIC
PUGIN, DÜRER AND THE GOTHIC
13 January – 24 June
Print Bay, Green Gallery
The great English architect and designer AWN Pugin passionately promoted the Gothic style. He was inspired by, among others, Albrecht Dürer (1471 – 1528), widely recognized as the greatest German Renaissance artist. As part of the Birmingham-wide celebration of the bicentenary of Pugin’s birth, this display will showcase the eight prints and single drawing by Dürer from the Barber’s collection. These are not only exemplary for their skilful execution and detail, but also show Dürer’s innovative approach to religious and secular subjects. The display also includes stained-glass designs by two other 16th-century German artists – Hans Holbein and Abel Stimmer.
The display is complemented by special labels for the other works in the Barber associated with Pugin. These include a fine late medieval Brussels wood carving, which he may have acquired, an Early Netherlandish triptych of the Deposition, which he certainly owned, and a solid oak table with an elaborately carved base, which he designed in about 1835 (on loan from King Edward’s School).
LUNCHTIME LECTURE
Wednesday 29 February
1.10pm
Pugin in Birmingham: Experts Judith Al-Seffar and Alison Wheatley join Head of Collections and Learning, Robert Wenley, for an introduction to Pugin’s connections with Birmingham. Admission Free