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Thursday,
February 13, 2003 - Sunday, May 18, 2003
Exhibition Gallery, National Library of Australia
Augustus Pugin was the most influential designer of the mid 19th
century in Britain and was responsible for creating the interior
and furnishings of the British Houses of Parliament. His work
and his design theories played a key role in the architecture
and decorative arts of 19th and early 20th century Australia.
Apart from Britain and Ireland, his only body of work is in Australiamainly
Tasmania. Curated by Brian Andrews for the Tasmanian
Museum and Art Gallery, this exhibition features 280 items
and will include furniture, embroidered silk textiles, carved
stonework, metalwork, books, paintings and engravings, architectural
drawings and photographs, as well as original Pugin design drawings
alongside the relevant items manufactured from them.
The
development and tour of this exhibition is made possible by Visions
of Australia and supported by the Gordon Darling Foundation, the
Ian Potter Foundation and the John Schaeffer Collection. The Canberra
tour is supported by Novotel Canberra.
The
National Library's Exhibition Gallery and Bookshop are open
9 am 5 pm daily
Daily
guided tours are available between 10.00am and 4.00pm.
View
media release
For
more information on Pugin, visit:
www.tmag.tas.gov.au/Pugin/PuginIntro.html
www.tmag.tas.gov.au/PuginEdKit.html
(education kit)
www.pugin.com
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Chalice
John Hardman Powell, 1854
Made by John Hardman and Company, Birmingham, 1854. Makers
mark of John Hardman & Co.
Chalice: Silver, gilt, decorated with enamel, 25.7 x 17.5 x 17.5
cm
Archdiocese of Hobart
Photograph: Simon Cuthbert, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
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