One for the diary. Private view for 'The Sadler Gift', the ex VC of Leeds University considered an 'art visonary in the North of England' Tuesday 6th Sept. 6pm. All Welcome. 'The Sadler Gift' 100 years ago this September, Sir Michael Sadler came to the University of Leeds as its new Vice Chancellor. Sadler, a visionary educationalist and major collector of British modernist art, stayed at Leeds until 1923. He was pivotal in shaping the artistic world in Leeds during his time there, by his involvement in the Leeds Art Club, the Leeds Art Gallery and in helping found the Leeds Art Collections Fund. Upon leaving in 1923, he left the University a substantial gift of paintings, drawings, prints and textiles. 100 years later, the Sadler Gift still represents the core of the University Art Collection. Certainly, Sadler's collection set the direction for the University Art Collection, with its focus on British modernism. To mark the centenary of Sadler's a...
Both the 'AS' Painting exhibition catalogue and 'Painting at the edge of the World' are important for the period, both exhibitions were held in the US.(2003) The 'Painting Present'. (Tate ) series has pod casts of both exhibition curators, Stephen Melvile and Douglas Fogule. (Fogule talks about the exhibition in 'Curating Painting,' Useful as a way in. Both important in consideration of alternative strands to Modernism. Worth taking the time to read.
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