Spent a nice morning alone at the Lady Lever Art Gallery 🎨 ✨️ #ladyleverartgallery #morningtrip #art
Pan by an unknown sculptor of the French School about 1700-1800 Pan, the Greek god of wild nature, was part man, part goat. His legendary birthplace was Arcadia, a remote wooded area of southern Greece. The inscription on the sculpture means 'Eat, play, drink. Pan, god of Arcadia'. Bought by Lord Leverhulme 1919 from the collection of the 15th Duke of Norfolk. LL 147 (Information taken from signs inside the gallery) #frenchschool #frenchsculpture #sculpture #arthistory #art #classical #classicalstudies #classicalcivilisation #classicalhistory #classics #greek #roman #artgallery #gallery #sculpturegallery #ladyleverartgallery #marble #ancientgreece #ancientgreek #ancientrome #history #greekgods #mythology #myths #myth #pan #arcadia #museum
Lose yourself in art on a visit round our galleries. Your new favourite painting could be just around the corner! Image description: a young couple look up at a painting of a soldier embracing a woman in a long dress on a gallery wall. 📷 © @robinclewleyphotography #LadyLeverArtGallery #Millais
FREDERIC LEIGHTON (1830-1896) The Daphnephoria (1874-6) The Daphnephoria was a festival held in ancient Thebes in honour of Apollo, the god of the sun and of music. Leighton has conceived it as a carefully ordered procession advancing slowly across the painting. The figures are carefully varied in attitude, gesture, dress, size and direction, in order to form a balanced and satisfying composition, but each is also a perfectly formed, ideal specimen of its type; every pose suggests that idyllic serenity which Leighton sought in classical Greece. The dark massive grove of trees, the bright marble elevated platform and the clear sharp Mediterranean light add to the solemnity and timelessness of the occasion. In this painting we see the culmination of the classical revival in high Victorian art. LL 3632 (Info taken from signs in gallery) #daphnephoria #apollo #goddess #gods #ancientgreece #ancientgreek #mythology #myths #myth #arthistory #classicalstudies #classicalcivilisation #classicalhistory #classics #classical #ancient #ancienthistory #history #art #classicalart #antiquity #greekmythology #museum #gallery #artgallery #ladyleverartgallery #greek #greece #classicalgreece #victorian
Aurora Abducting Cephalus by John Flaxman (1755 - 1826) 1789-92 Aurora, Roman goddess of the dawn, fell in love with the mortal Cephalus. She carried him away to live with her on Mount Olympus, home of the gods. The story was told by the Roman writer Ovid in Metamorphoses, written in the early Ist century AD. Bought by Lord Leverhulme 1917 from the Hope Collection LL 713 (Info taken from signs in the gallery) #aurora #cephalus #johnflaxman #flaxman #sculpture #art #artgallery #roman #goddess #romanmythology #rome #mythology #eos #greekmythology #greekmyth #greek #greekmyths #classicalcivilisation #classicalstudies #arthistory #classics #classical #classicalhistory #history #gallery #ladyleverartgallery #godsandgoddesses #olympus #statue #classicalart
After LORENZO BARTOLINI (1777-1850) Venus (about 1830) Marble Bartolini was the leading Italian neoclassical sculptor of the generation after Canova. He based the Venus on a painting by Titian, the famous Venus of Urbino of 1538 which his friend J.A.D. Ingres copied for him from the original in the Uffizi at Florence. The best version of the sculpture is now at Montpellier in France; this copy came from the soap-makers A. and F. Pears Ltd., who may have used it to publicize their product or to decorate their offices. LL 176 (Information taken from signs in the gallery) #ladyleverartgallery #artgallery #gallery #museum #art #sculpture #statue #marble #marblesculpture #roman #greek #goddess #mythology #venus #aphrodite #myth #ancient #ancienthistory #classics #classicalhistory #classical #classicalstudies #classicalstudies #neoclassical #titian #bartolini #liverpool #italian #galleryart #ancient #goddessoflove #goddess #arthistory
Fatidica was a Roman goddess notable for her prophetic powers, which she exercised on behalf of women. In Leighton's painting of her she has a distant expression which suggests she is pondering the future and what battles with the patriarchy lie ahead. Image description: woman wearing long white robes, slouching in a chair with a bemused expression on her face. #Fatidica #Leighton #LadyLeverArtGallery
EDWARD ONSLOW FORD (1852-1901) Echo (1895) Onslow Ford specialized in ideal figures of thin and graceful adolescent girls, often possessing a delicate and melancholy charm. Here Echo personifies the reflected sound, and is supposed to have a life as transitory and hollow as the echo itself. As the sound fades away, so she will die, giving up her merely borrowed life. The poetry is conveyed by the fragile, insecure pose and gestures, by the insubstantial, wavering body and by the distant, distracted gaze of the dying figure. The sculptor is not concerned with the facts of the story of Echo and Narcissus, but rather with the beauty of death. (Info taken from signs in the gallery) #echo #nymph #echoandnarcissus #narcissus #myths #mythology #greekmythology #greekmyths #myth #greek #ancientgreece #ancientgreek #greece #classicalstudies #classicalcivilisation #classics #arthistory #classical #art #sculpture #statue #artgallery #gallery #ancienthistory #history #classicalart #ancient #ladyleverartgallery #liverpool #museum
The flamboyant gilded furniture and formal arrangement of our William and Mary room reflect the wealth of the powerful families who lived in English great houses of the late 17th and 18th centuries. It includes a bed that is literally fit for a queen. The furniture in this room is from the 18th century and was made for state apartments. These are grand rooms in aristocratic houses designed for use by members of the royal family or government. The mahogany bed came from the mansion of the Dukes of Buckingham at Stowe. It was designed by the Italian architect Giovanni Battista Borra (1712-1786) for the visit of Frederick, Prince of Wales in 1737. Later in 1845 it was re-gilded and varnished for the visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Image description: Room with two framed paintings hanging above dark oak panelling, which covers most of the lower sections of twith decorative woodwork and fringed curtains hanging around each side. 📷 © @petecarrphoto #InteriorDesign #Interiors ofInstagram #QueenVictoria #LadyLeverArtGallery
📍 Location: Lady Lever Art Gallery Psamathe is an oil painting by Frederic Leighton, first exhibited in 1880. Artist: Frederic Leighton Year: 1879–80 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 85 cm × 66.5 cm (33 in × 26.2 in) The Sister's Kiss, The Light of the Harem, Iostephane, Psamathe, and The Nymph of the Dargle were Leighton's principal pictures in 1880. Psamathe is a purely classical composition. The subject is the Greek maiden, Psamathe, who was one of the Nereides. The artist has painted her sitting alone by the seashore, gazing over the Aegean, with her back turned to the spectator. Analysis: Ernest Rhys writes, "Filmy garments, which have slipped from her shoulders on to the sand; arms folded about her knees; every detail of the picture carries out the effect of dreamy loveliness that pervades Psamathe and her surroundings." Edgcumbe Staley writes, "She appears to be gazing fixedly over the blue waves. Her thin Grecian draperies reveal her exquisite figure, as she crouches, arms over knees, in a state of dreamy loveliness." (Information taken from Wikipedia) #psmanthe #greekmythology #maiden #ancientgreece #ancientgreekmythology #ancientgreek #mythology #greekmythology #myths #greek #greece #painting #artgallery #art #classicalart #fineart #oilpainting #galleryart #gallerywall #gallerypainting #arthistory #history #antiquity #antique #classics #classical #classicalstudies #classicalcivilisation #history #ladyleverartgallery #nereid #aegean
Statue of a young woman Roman, about 50 BC - 50 AD The style of the statue imitates Greek sculptures made 500 years earlier. It may have been a copy of a statue of the Roman goddess Diana with both arms stretched out. The lower arms were lost in the past and were later replaced with the mirror and jug seen today. Bought by Lord Leverhulme 1917 from the Hope Collection LL 19 #sculpture #sculptures #sculptureart #sculpturelovers #statue #statueart #classical #classicalcivilisation #art #sculpturegallery #arthistory #artgallery #ancientrome #ancientroman #roman #archaicstyle #archaic #greek #greeksculpture #classicalstudies #romancopy #gallery #ladyleverartgallery #history #ancienthistory #artlover #diana #goddess #liverpool #museum
Antinous 130 AD - 138 AD LL 208 Information: This is an ancient Roman statue of Antinous (Ant/IN/oh/us), a youth of renowned beauty and the lover of the Emperor Hadrian. Antinous drowned in the river Nile and Hadrian was devastated. He found consolation by surrounding himself with portraits of his beloved. He also founded a city on the banks of the Nile in honour of Antinous, which he called Antinoopolis and which had a temple to Antinous. A festival was also founded to honour his memory. If you look closely at the left knee of the sculpture, you'll see that there's a join, and beneath it, the surface of the marble is smoother. At some point, the ancient statue had lost its lower left leg and half the right arm, and the new pieces were carved in the eighteenth century to complete it. At the time people did not like their ancient sculptures to look damaged, whereas nowadays, it's considered essential to leave them as they are, with the marks of the passage of time. (Taken from website) #antinous #hadrian #roman #rome #romanempire #art #artgallery #artgram #sculpture #statue #nile #egypt #classicalstudies #ancienthistory #classics #beauty #emperorhadrian #emperor #romanemperor #arthistory #history #gallery #ladyleverartgallery #classicalcivilisation #classicalart #classicalhistory #classicalstudies #classical #ancientrome #marble #love
"...with eyelashes a yard long, a coquette beyond measure and as artful as Cleopatra". This is how Horace Walpole described Anne, Duchess of Cumberland, the subject of this Gainsborough portrait. Anne caused controversy when she became the wife of the King's brother in 1771, as she was a previously married commoner. 😲 Gainsborough painted her on several occasions, always sympathetically. There is real intimacy and tenderness in this portrait, which is a fine example of Gainsborough's later style. Lever bought the painting believing it was a portrait of Princess Augusta, daughter of George III. However she would only have been a girl when Gainsborough painted the rest of the royal family and the sitter's features strongly resemble Anne Duchess of Cumberland. Thomas Gainsborough was born on this day in 1727. Image description: formal portrait of a woman with a high grey wig and dress decorated with pearls. #Gainsborough #Portrait #LadyLeverArtGallery #OnThisDay #OTD
📍 Location: Lady Lever Art Gallery Psamathe is an oil painting by Frederic Leighton, first exhibited in 1880. Artist: Frederic Leighton Year: 1879–80 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 85 cm × 66.5 cm (33 in × 26.2 in) The Sister's Kiss, The Light of the Harem, Iostephane, Psamathe, and The Nymph of the Dargle were Leighton's principal pictures in 1880. Psamathe is a purely classical composition. The subject is the Greek maiden, Psamathe, who was one of the Nereides. The artist has painted her sitting alone by the seashore, gazing over the Aegean, with her back turned to the spectator. Analysis: Ernest Rhys writes, "Filmy garments, which have slipped from her shoulders on to the sand; arms folded about her knees; every detail of the picture carries out the effect of dreamy loveliness that pervades Psamathe and her surroundings." Edgcumbe Staley writes, "She appears to be gazing fixedly over the blue waves. Her thin Grecian draperies reveal her exquisite figure, as she crouches, arms over knees, in a state of dreamy loveliness." (Information taken from Wikipedia) #psmanthe #greekmythology #maiden #ancientgreece #ancientgreekmythology #ancientgreek #mythology #greekmythology #myths #greek #greece #painting #artgallery #art #classicalart #fineart #oilpainting #galleryart #gallerywall #gallerypainting #arthistory #history #antiquity #antique #classics #classical #classicalstudies #classicalcivilisation #history #ladyleverartgallery #nereid #aegean
Views of the Memorial to William Hesketh first Viscount Lever Hulme found of Lever Brothers and Port Sunlight & the Diamond Jubilee Sundial. Port sunlight is a beautiful village on the Wirral, Merseyside and was created by William Lever for the workers at his Sunlight Soap factory. It’s a great place to go for a walk around and feels like you've stepped back in time.
Rossetti painted 'Sibylla Palmifera' for his patron George Rae, a Birkenhead banker, and a very patient man. Rae paid 400 guineas for the painting in January 1866. Two and a half years later he was still waiting for it. In a letter, which is now in the Walker Art Gallery's collection, Rossetti apologised for the delay in finishing the painting, blaming his "constant diarrhea" for the lack of progress. It seems that this was just one of many excuses which tried Rae's patience over almost five years, until it was eventually finished. Rossetti was born on this day in 1828. Image description: Woman with long red hair and a red dress, holding a palm leaf. THere are sculptural relief details and flowers on the wall behind her and two butterflies behind her shoulder. #Rossetti #PreRaphaelite #excuses #LadyLeverArtGallery
Statue of a young woman Roman, about 50 BC - 50 AD The style of the statue imitates Greek sculptures made 500 years earlier. It may have been a copy of a statue of the Roman goddess Diana with both arms stretched out. The lower arms were lost in the past and were later replaced with the mirror and jug seen today. Bought by Lord Leverhulme 1917 from the Hope Collection LL 19 #sculpture #sculptures #sculptureart #sculpturelovers #statue #statueart #classical #classicalcivilisation #art #sculpturegallery #arthistory #artgallery #ancientrome #ancientroman #roman #archaicstyle #archaic #greek #greeksculpture #classicalstudies #romancopy #gallery #ladyleverartgallery #history #ancienthistory #artlover #diana #goddess #liverpool #museum
Port Sunlight. Liverpool. A place to live.. #lever #portsunlight #liverpool # #ladyleverartgallery #amazing
Superb painting by Winifred Nicholson called Campari and Pomegranate seen at the new exhibition at the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, Merseyside. “Another View: Landscapes by Women Artists.” #winifrednicholson #modernbritishart #modernbritishart #20thcenturybritishart #landscapepainting #ladyleverartgallery #portsunlight
This Wedgwood teapot is from a tea set decorated with designs by Lady Elizabeth Templetown. A baroness and one of the ladies of the Queen's Bed Chamber, she was one of the well-connected women artists who supplied drawings to Josiah Wedgwood. He used links to these noble women to boost sales. #WedgwoodWednesday #Wedgwood #LadyLeverArtGallery
Another View, Lady Lever Art Gallery. . . #anotherview #art #artgallery #gallery #ladyleverartgallery #portsunlight #liverpoolmuseum #museum #femaleartist
Another View, Lady Lever Art Gallery. . . #anotherview #art #artgallery #gallery #ladyleverartgallery #portsunlight #liverpoolmuseum #museum #femaleartist
FREDERIC LEIGHTON (1830-1896) The Daphnephoria (1874-6) The Daphnephoria was a festival held in ancient Thebes in honour of Apollo, the god of the sun and of music. Leighton has conceived it as a carefully ordered procession advancing slowly across the painting. The figures are carefully varied in attitude, gesture, dress, size and direction, in order to form a balanced and satisfying composition, but each is also a perfectly formed, ideal specimen of its type; every pose suggests that idyllic serenity which Leighton sought in classical Greece. The dark massive grove of trees, the bright marble elevated platform and the clear sharp Mediterranean light add to the solemnity and timelessness of the occasion. In this painting we see the culmination of the classical revival in high Victorian art. LL 3632 (Info taken from signs in gallery) #daphnephoria #apollo #goddess #gods #ancientgreece #ancientgreek #mythology #myths #myth #arthistory #classicalstudies #classicalcivilisation #classicalhistory #classics #classical #ancient #ancienthistory #history #art #classicalart #antiquity #greekmythology #museum #gallery #artgallery #ladyleverartgallery #greek #greece #classicalgreece #victorian
Liverpool trip to see Life of Pi at @liverpool_empire 🐅 followed by an artsy day in Port Sunlight 🌞 #ladyleverartgallery #portsunlight #thedell #lifeofpi #liverpoolempire
Un musée totalement improbable mais magnifique #ladyleverartgallery
"...for ingenuity of painting, and for the power to convey the illusion of sunlight on snow... this landscape is a tour de force. Mr Farquharson's vision of nature is always interesting, and he is one of the few members of the Academy who resist the shackles of conventionalism." Excerpt from a review of 'The Shortening Winter's Day is Near a Close' by Joseph Farquharson, in Academy, 9 May 1903. Farquharson was born on this day in 1846. Image description: a low setting sun in a golden sky sends long shadows of trees across a snowy field. A flock of sheep in the field are looking at a shepherd carrying hay towards them. #LadyLeverArtGallery #OnThisDay #OTD
Lady lever art gallery with little miss ❤️ #ladyleverartgallery #history #portsunlight
It's National Gardening Week, a great time to get outdoors and get planting! Of course if you need some inspiration before you step outside into the bracing spring air then you can find lots of beautiful flowers in our paintings. Do you recognise these flowers from our paintings? And could you identify the flowers themselves? We invited Andrew Turner from @worldmuseum_'s Clore Natural History Centre to take a closer look at the flowers in artworks around the gallery. Find out what he discovered in our flowers trail, via the link in our profile. We hope this inspires you to take a closer look at the floral delights on display all around the gallery when you next visit - and maybe even grow some yourself! Image descriptions: details of a range of flowers from paintings. #NationalGardeningWeek #Flowers #LadyLeverArtGallery #KnowledgeIsFlower #Gardening
We enjoyed a gorgeous sunny Sunday visiting the Lady Lever art gallery in Port Sunlight and then a little walk around the village. Steeped in history and the most beautiful buildings. It's definitely worth a visit. There is lots to do including a museum which tells you the history of the village and why it was built. We will be back to visit soon! #1000hoursoutside #getthekidsoutside #portsunlight #ladyleverartgallery #adventuretime #familytime
Aurora Abducting Cephalus by John Flaxman (1755 - 1826) 1789-92 Aurora, Roman goddess of the dawn, fell in love with the mortal Cephalus. She carried him away to live with her on Mount Olympus, home of the gods. The story was told by the Roman writer Ovid in Metamorphoses, written in the early Ist century AD. Bought by Lord Leverhulme 1917 from the Hope Collection LL 713 (Info taken from signs in the gallery) #aurora #cephalus #johnflaxman #flaxman #sculpture #art #artgallery #roman #goddess #romanmythology #rome #mythology #eos #greekmythology #greekmyth #greek #greekmyths #classicalcivilisation #classicalstudies #arthistory #classics #classical #classicalhistory #history #gallery #ladyleverartgallery #godsandgoddesses #olympus #statue #classicalart
EDWARD ONSLOW FORD (1852-1901) Echo (1895) Onslow Ford specialized in ideal figures of thin and graceful adolescent girls, often possessing a delicate and melancholy charm. Here Echo personifies the reflected sound, and is supposed to have a life as transitory and hollow as the echo itself. As the sound fades away, so she will die, giving up her merely borrowed life. The poetry is conveyed by the fragile, insecure pose and gestures, by the insubstantial, wavering body and by the distant, distracted gaze of the dying figure. The sculptor is not concerned with the facts of the story of Echo and Narcissus, but rather with the beauty of death. (Info taken from signs in the gallery) #echo #nymph #echoandnarcissus #narcissus #myths #mythology #greekmythology #greekmyths #myth #greek #ancientgreece #ancientgreek #greece #classicalstudies #classicalcivilisation #classics #arthistory #classical #art #sculpture #statue #artgallery #gallery #ancienthistory #history #classicalart #ancient #ladyleverartgallery #liverpool #museum
Delighted to be included in this article on 5 female landscape artists linked to the current exhibition @leverartgallery ‘Another View’. https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/stories/landscapes-women-artists-wirral @janinepinion @jlawrenceart @stephaldwinckleart @sylviahikins #ladyleverartgallery #wirralartist #irishartist #contemporarylandscapepainting #womeninart #womenartists #womenpainters #womenlandscapepainters #oils #landscape #artcollectors
Had an enjoyable visit this weekend with @arthavadin to the @leverartgallery in Port Sunlight. #ladyleverartgallery #ladylever #ladyleverartgalleryportsunlight #portsunlight #artgallery
📍 Location: Lady Lever Art Gallery Psamathe is an oil painting by Frederic Leighton, first exhibited in 1880. Artist: Frederic Leighton Year: 1879–80 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 85 cm × 66.5 cm (33 in × 26.2 in) The Sister's Kiss, The Light of the Harem, Iostephane, Psamathe, and The Nymph of the Dargle were Leighton's principal pictures in 1880. Psamathe is a purely classical composition. The subject is the Greek maiden, Psamathe, who was one of the Nereides. The artist has painted her sitting alone by the seashore, gazing over the Aegean, with her back turned to the spectator. Analysis: Ernest Rhys writes, "Filmy garments, which have slipped from her shoulders on to the sand; arms folded about her knees; every detail of the picture carries out the effect of dreamy loveliness that pervades Psamathe and her surroundings." Edgcumbe Staley writes, "She appears to be gazing fixedly over the blue waves. Her thin Grecian draperies reveal her exquisite figure, as she crouches, arms over knees, in a state of dreamy loveliness." (Information taken from Wikipedia) #psmanthe #greekmythology #maiden #ancientgreece #ancientgreekmythology #ancientgreek #mythology #greekmythology #myths #greek #greece #painting #artgallery #art #classicalart #fineart #oilpainting #galleryart #gallerywall #gallerypainting #arthistory #history #antiquity #antique #classics #classical #classicalstudies #classicalcivilisation #history #ladyleverartgallery #nereid #aegean
Statue of a young woman Roman, about 50 BC - 50 AD The style of the statue imitates Greek sculptures made 500 years earlier. It may have been a copy of a statue of the Roman goddess Diana with both arms stretched out. The lower arms were lost in the past and were later replaced with the mirror and jug seen today. Bought by Lord Leverhulme 1917 from the Hope Collection LL 19 #sculpture #sculptures #sculptureart #sculpturelovers #statue #statueart #classical #classicalcivilisation #art #sculpturegallery #arthistory #artgallery #ancientrome #ancientroman #roman #archaicstyle #archaic #greek #greeksculpture #classicalstudies #romancopy #gallery #ladyleverartgallery #history #ancienthistory #artlover #diana #goddess #liverpool #museum
Lady Lever, Port Sunlight… good to be back #ladylever #ladyleverartgallery #portsunlight #lordlever #wirral #burnejones #siredwardcoleyburnejones #edwardburnejones #rossetti #dantegabrielrossetti #millais #johneverettmillais #johnmillais #holmanhunt #williamholmanhunt #preraphaelite #preraphaeliteart
If you're missing the incredible drama of @worldmuseum_'s Return of the Gods exhibition, did you know that you can find many of the gods featured on display right here? Why not go in search of Apollo - there's a handy guide to where you can find him on our website, check the link in our bio. Image description: people looking at a huge painting of a celebration parade in ancient Greece, hanging in the Lady Lever Art Gallery's main hall #Apollo #GreekGods #LadyLeverArtGallery 📷 © @petecarrphoto
Lovely to get to deliver a workshop today for our excellent tribe of cousins @earthmovesprojects where we explored ideas around nature in art and translated that into quick but meditative drawings - thanks to our artists who came along and to Paula, Peter and Tara for organising and to @starrursula for the photo record - watch this space for more workshops at Earth Moves . #nature #drawing #drawforfun #drawforearth #earthmoves #thingstodoinwirral #bebbington #ladyleverartgallery #portsunlight
Lady Lever Art Gallery in port sunlight has some truly beautiful pieces to see. When strolling around the picturesque Lever Estate, make sure you visit here. #ladyleverartgallery #portsunlightvillage #portsunlight #wirralhistory #Wirral #daysoutuk #picturesquevillage #flowers #wirralpeninsula #museums #artgallery #photography #springflowers #potd #photooftheday #visit #visitwirral #ukhistory
Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante, probably painted in 1792 Elizabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1755- 1842) Oil paint on canvas Emma Hamilton was born Amy Lyon, in Ness, in Wirral. Her father was a blacksmith and her mother was a servant. Raised by her grandmother in the Welsh countryside, she later moved to London. In 1791 she married Sir William Hamilton, the British envoy to Naples. She became famous as the mistress to the naval hero Admiral Horatio Nelson, with whom she had two daughters. Emma is dressed as a bacchante, a follower of Bacchus, the roman god or wine. She wears vine leaves in her half and a silk gown. She is performing one of her ‘attitudes’, a series of dance and mime acts based on classical poses. She often performed these to entertain friends in Naples. Mount Vesuvius in the background symbolizes both the place and her famed sensuality. (Info taken from visitor information cards in the gallery) #nelson #naples #liverpool #ladyleverartgallery #art #arthistory #classics #classical #ancientrome #roman #mythology #bacchus #bacchante #classicalstudies #history #painting #gallery #artgallery #roman #oilpainting #drapery #ancienthistory #mountvesuvius #classicalcivilisation #antiquity #antique
One of my favourite spots in one of my favourite places. Antinous at the Lady Lever Art Gallery. #Wirral #WirralLife #LadyLeverArtGallery #PortSunlight #Antinous #sculpture #classical #lookup
Who needs bridges when there's a gallant knight in golden armour to carry you safely across the river? Millais's painting A Dream of the Past: Sir Isumbras at the Ford shows some classic medieval chivalry, with a beautiful twilight glow. Image description: An old knight in armour, with his helmet and sword hanging at his side, riding a huge black horse with his arms around a barefoot young girl sitting in front of him and a small barefoot boy sitting behind, clinging to his waist, with a bundle of sticks strapped to his back. In the background is a wide river with grass and trees on the far bank. #Millais #PreRaphaelite #LadyLeverArtGallery
Pan by an unknown sculptor of the French School about 1700-1800 Pan, the Greek god of wild nature, was part man, part goat. His legendary birthplace was Arcadia, a remote wooded area of southern Greece. The inscription on the sculpture means 'Eat, play, drink. Pan, god of Arcadia'. Bought by Lord Leverhulme 1919 from the collection of the 15th Duke of Norfolk. LL 147 (Information taken from signs inside the gallery) #frenchschool #frenchsculpture #sculpture #arthistory #art #classical #classicalstudies #classicalcivilisation #classicalhistory #classics #greek #roman #artgallery #gallery #sculpturegallery #ladyleverartgallery #marble #ancientgreece #ancientgreek #ancientrome #history #greekgods #mythology #myths #myth #pan #arcadia #museum
National Pet Day is a time to celebrate our much-loved furry companions. This Chinese ceramic cat from our collection seems to be based on a cat who was quite a character and possibly quite cuddly, judging from his confident gaze. Do they remind you of a cat you know? Image description: ceramic cat with a very direct stare, decorated with splodges of green, yellow, brown and cream paint. #NationalPetDay #CatsOfInstagram #cat #ChineseCeramics #LadyLeverArtGallery
Cottage at East Bergholt by John Constable is prized as one of the artist's finest late works - a tour-de-force of palette knife painting and an image of brooding, almost mystical power. Image description: small cottage with a field of crops in the foreground, under a dark stormy sky with a rainbow coming into view from the right hand side. #Constable #landscape #rainbow #LadyLeverArtGallery
Port Sunlight Post Office Finally finished the colour version after a very busy week in school...no rest for us Caretakers during the school holidays! #portsunlightvillage #wirralartist #mixedmedia #smallbusiness #commissions #bebington #ladyleverartgallery #wirralbased #artistsoninstagramuk #blackandwhitedrawing #windsorandnewton #wirral #independentartist #giftideas #giftsforhim #giftsforher #bespoke
The Decameron shows a group of friends telling stories to pass the time while they are staying in the countryside to avoid the plague in 14th century Florence. Definitely more wholesome than binging The Tiger King on Netflix during lockdown, which would be the 2020 equivalent. The artist John William Waterhouse was born on this day in 1849. Image description; a group of women in long flowing dresses look enthralled as they sit on the grass listening to a man wearing striped trousers, a matching tunic and red hat, holding a lute in one hand while he gestures with his other hand. Behind them is a marble bird bath and orchard, with trwo people walking through and possibly listening in. #Waterhouse #OTD #OnThisDay #LadyLeverArtGallery
At the weekend in Port Sunlight #wirral #portsunlight #sunnyafternoon #ladyleverartgallery
After LORENZO BARTOLINI (1777-1850) Venus (about 1830) Marble Bartolini was the leading Italian neoclassical sculptor of the generation after Canova. He based the Venus on a painting by Titian, the famous Venus of Urbino of 1538 which his friend J.A.D. Ingres copied for him from the original in the Uffizi at Florence. The best version of the sculpture is now at Montpellier in France; this copy came from the soap-makers A. and F. Pears Ltd., who may have used it to publicize their product or to decorate their offices. LL 176 (Information taken from signs in the gallery) #ladyleverartgallery #artgallery #gallery #museum #art #sculpture #statue #marble #marblesculpture #roman #greek #goddess #mythology #venus #aphrodite #myth #ancient #ancienthistory #classics #classicalhistory #classical #classicalstudies #classicalstudies #neoclassical #titian #bartolini #liverpool #italian #galleryart #ancient #goddessoflove #goddess #arthistory
5 fun facts about me 😃 my favourite artist is van gogh, I love visiting the lady lever art museum ♥️ I enjoy walking around national trust properties and looking at all the paintings and designs of the rooms, my favourite is the mirror room in Erddig. I love being outside in nature and the countryside. Views of mountains and hills ❤️ I am obsessed with vintage decor and clothes 😍 . . . . #funfacts #fivefactsaboutme #artist #art #gettoknowme #nature #countryside #ladyleverartgallery #ladylever #erddig #nationaltrust #vangogh #vintage
Great day out with the lads #ladyleverartgallery #portsunlightvillagetrust #portsunlightvillage #wirral #canonshooter #photoshoot #photography #myphotography #mycanon
#ladyleverartgallery with @todawoda and @midwichcuckoo2020
No. 6 An Ancient Greek Krater* in the @leverartgallery 🏺*for mixing wine & water ✏️Orange paint stick, blue felt tip and pencil. . . . . . . . #ancientgreece #greekkrater #drawinginmuseums #ancientartifacts #ladyleverartgallery #goodshipillustration
A Ming Pottery Figure of Guanyin by Liu Zhen Dated 1484. A related figure, but unsigned, also dated 1484 is in the Victoria and Albert Museum. See previous post. …………………………………………………. Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village, Wirral, United Kingdom CH62 5EQ …………………………………………………. The Lady Lever Art Gallery is a museum founded and built by the industrialist and philanthropist William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme and opened in 1922. The Lady Lever Art Gallery is set in the garden village of Port Sunlight, on the Wirral and one of the National Museums Liverpool. #mingceramics #chinesepottery #earlychineseceramics #mingsculpture #mingpottery #chinesesculpture #chineseceramicmuseum #chinesepottery #chineseearthenware #chineseart #ladyleverartgallery #robertmcphersonantiques #chineseporcelain #chineseceramics
#OnThisDay King George V and Queen Mary laid the foundation stone to Lady Lever Art Gallery 110 years ago. Under the foundation stone is a bottle containing a parchment with the words: "Lady Lever cut the first sod on the site of the Port Sunlight Factories of Lever Brothers Limited on March 3rd, 1888, and from that day until her death she was intimately associated with the progress of the Works and Village, and deeply interested in all the social institutions. She died on July 24th, 1913, to the great sorrow of all the inhabitants. Her resting place adjoins Christ Church, near the centre of the village with which her life was so closely associated, and by whose people she was so greatly beloved." This ceremony was performed from Hulme Hall using a replica of the village and an electric button. As the button was pressed a model of the stone being lowered could be seen on the replica village and simultaneously the actual stone was lowered, a wire from the model setting the crane into motion. Swipe to see plans for the Gallery and a photograph of their Majesties and William Lever. @leverartgallery #UARM #UnileverArchives #FromTheArchives #PortSunlight #Wirral #LadyLeverArtGallery #archives #artgalleryuk
Marble Echoes #ladyleverartgallery #portsunlight #sculpture
A Ming Pottery Figure of Guanyin by Liu Zhen Dated 1484. A related figure, but unsigned, also dated 1484 is in the Victoria and Albert Museum. See previous post. …………………………………………………. Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village, Wirral, United Kingdom CH62 5EQ …………………………………………………. The Lady Lever Art Gallery is a museum founded and built by the industrialist and philanthropist William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme and opened in 1922. The Lady Lever Art Gallery is set in the garden village of Port Sunlight, on the Wirral and one of the National Museums Liverpool. #mingceramics #chinesepottery #earlychineseceramics #mingsculpture #mingpottery #chinesesculpture #chineseceramicmuseum #chinesepottery #chineseearthenware #chineseart #ladyleverartgallery #robertmcphersonantiques #chineseporcelain #chineseceramics
Us, chilling out on World Poetry Day. Lawrence Alma-Tadema's painting, 'Favourite Poet' shows two women enjoying quite a lengthy verse, judging from the roll of parchment that one is reading from. Image description: a woman reclines on a huge cushion on a marble step, while her friend sitting on the step below her reads from a long roll of parchment. #WorldPoetryDay #Poetry #AlmaTadema #LadyLeverArtGallery
Antinous 130 AD - 138 AD LL 208 Information: This is an ancient Roman statue of Antinous (Ant/IN/oh/us), a youth of renowned beauty and the lover of the Emperor Hadrian. Antinous drowned in the river Nile and Hadrian was devastated. He found consolation by surrounding himself with portraits of his beloved. He also founded a city on the banks of the Nile in honour of Antinous, which he called Antinoopolis and which had a temple to Antinous. A festival was also founded to honour his memory. If you look closely at the left knee of the sculpture, you'll see that there's a join, and beneath it, the surface of the marble is smoother. At some point, the ancient statue had lost its lower left leg and half the right arm, and the new pieces were carved in the eighteenth century to complete it. At the time people did not like their ancient sculptures to look damaged, whereas nowadays, it's considered essential to leave them as they are, with the marks of the passage of time. (Taken from website) #antinous #hadrian #roman #rome #romanempire #art #artgallery #artgram #sculpture #statue #nile #egypt #classicalstudies #ancienthistory #classics #beauty #emperorhadrian #emperor #romanemperor #arthistory #history #gallery #ladyleverartgallery #classicalcivilisation #classicalart #classicalhistory #classicalstudies #classical #ancientrome #marble #love
‘When life’s alive in everything, Before new nestlings sing, Before cleft swallows speed their journey back Along the trackless track, – God guides their wing, He spreads their table that they nothing lack, – Before the daisy grows a common flower, Before the sun has power To scorch the world up in his noontide hour.’ Extract from Spring by Christina Rossetti Happy first day of spring, Spring Equinox, to everyone in the Northern Hemisphere. 🖼️ ‘A Spring Revel’, Robert Anning Bell, 1916, @leverartgallery. #preraphaelite #preraphaeliteart #victorianart #victorian #arthistory #artdailydose #artoftheday #artgallery #artappreciation #traintravel #artsociety #preraphaelitebrotherhood #preraphaelitism #prb #preraphaeliteart #preraphaelites #preraphaelitesociety #preraphaelitepainting #spring #springequinox #christinarossetti #ladyleverartgallery #robertanningbell
Today is the first day of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere. Hopefully this means that we'll soon all be enjoying picnics in warmer weather, like this group of friends in Millais's painting Spring (Apple Blossoms). While the scene appears idyllic and carefree at first glance, the scythe appearing on the right reveals a darker message about the transience of youth, the changing seasons and the inevitability of death. So enjoy the spring weather and your youth while you can! Image description; women enjoying a picnic, with an orchard of trees covered in blossom in the background. The woman in a yellow dress lying on the grass on the right looks directly out at the viewer, while the blade of a scythe hovers above her. #SpringEquinox #Spring #PreRaphaelites #Millais #CarpeDiem #LadyLeverArtGallery