Exhibition of Works by Local Artists (Nottingham Castle Museum), 1951
Start Date: 7 December 1951
End Date: 30 December 1951
Type: Annual exhibition
Description: The 'Foreword' in the exhibition catalogue described the exhibition as follows: 'This is the first occasion since the war on which a representative exhibition of painting and sculpture by artists living in Birmingham (and the five West Midlands counties) has been held in the Birmingham Art Gallery' [summary].
The exhibition included 115 works of painting and 3 sculptures.
Organizing Institution or Venue
Organized by Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
7 December 1951 - 30 December 1951
Participants
Exhibitors included Margaret Merchant
7 December 1951 - 30 December 1951
Exhibited 'Sleeping Duck' (sandstone) and 'Jean Didier' (plaster). The works are not dated in the catalogue, p. 8 (113, 115).
Exhibitors included Pauline Tipton
7 December 1951 - 30 December 1951
Exhibited 'Toto' (wood, gesso and tempera) [summary]. The work is not dated in the catalogue, p. 8 (114).
Citing this record
'Exhibition of Works by Local Artists (Nottingham Castle Museum), 1951', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/event.php?id=msib4_1236612300, accessed 30 May 2023]
