George Armfield: Victorian Era Dog Painter Celebrated for Detailed Animal Art
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George Armfield: Victorian Era Dog Painter Celebrated for Detailed Animal Art
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ποΈ Bridging Worlds in Tile and Paint β How Frederic Leighton transformed his house-studio into a canvas for reflection and creativity.
This is more than a building. It is a conversation across centuries about art, power and belonging.
π Dr Melanie Gibson β Historian and author of The Arab Hall: Frederic Leighton, Traveller and Collector. Leighton's genuine engagement with the Arab world and the challenge of translating and contextualising the Quranic inscriptions.
π¨ Ramzi Mallat β #LebaneseArtist whose installation Atlas of An Entangled Gaze reshuffled the power dynamics of the Arab Hall. He also shares practical advice for artists navigating the art world.
π¬ #SoudadeKaadan β Award-winning Syrian filmmaker. Her short film When The Tiles Spoke gives voice to the Damascene tiles. She also shares practical wisdom for independent filmmakers.
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In this card, Gabrielle Ray is holding a whip. This endlessly innocent actress appears to have spent her career posing for postcards, usually with less compromising props
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Victorian-era British artist John Atkinson Grimshaw
Blackman Street, London, 1885
Riviere's Sympathy, 1877: a white bull terrier leaning its head against a girl's shoulder while she stares off into space, chin in hand. Neither one needs words. For anyone whose dog reads their mood better than the people around them do. #art #VictorianArt #DogLovers #BritonRiviere #meisterdrucke
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ποΈ Bridging Worlds in Tile and Paint β How Leighton's house-studio became more than just a building, but a space for conversations about art, power, and belonging spanning centuries. #TheBardAndTheRawi, #VictorianArt, #ArabArt
π Dr Melanie Gibson @melgib1 β Author of The Arab Hall: Frederic Leighton, Traveller and Collector. She explores the complexities of the Victorian artist's home, and the history of the Arab Hall. #TheBardAndTheRawi, #VictorianArt, #ArabArt
π¨ @ramzimallatstudio β The Lebanese artist whose installation, Atlas of An Entangled Gaze, reshuffled the power dynamics of the Arab Hall. He discusses his work, the concept of the evil eye, and the importance of crafting authenticity.
#TheBardAndTheRawi, #VictorianArt, #ArabArt
π¬ @soudade_kaadan β Award-winning Syrian filmmaker. Her short film When The Tiles Spoke gives voice to the Damascene tiles that adorn the Arab Hall. A meditation on displacement, belonging, and reclaiming story. #TheBardAndTheRawi, #VictorianArt, #ArabArt #SyrianFilms
Spotlight: #LeightonHouse & The #ArabHall
Since its completion in 1881, the Arab Hall has been a place of discovery and debate.
Our Spotlight series explores the Arab artists and thinkers who are reclaiming this Victorian narrative.
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of what makes his paintings so haunting: behind those beautiful moonlit streets was a man who knew that beauty and darkness could exist side by side. #AtkinsonGrimshaw #VictorianArt #NocturnePainting #MoonlightArt #LeedsArtist
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