National Library of Australia

Creating a Gothic Paradise: Pugin at the Antipodes

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 Australia—mainly 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.

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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

 

 

 

Chalice
John Hardman Powell, 1854
Made by John Hardman and Company, Birmingham, 1854. Maker’s 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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