Laura Knight, 'Ruby Loftus screwing a Breeching-ring', 1943.
Imperial War Museum © Crown.

BSL

BSL introduction to this exhibition »

Work, Rest & Play

Bristol's City Museum and Art Gallery
27 January - 15 April 2007

Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
28 April - 15 July 2007

National Gallery, London
26 July - 14 October 2007
Sunley Room Admission free

Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Northern Rock Foundation, the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and in London by The Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation.

Artists have always been interested in the ways that we live. This exhibition explored the themes of work, rest and play as they have been depicted in art.

Bringing together exhibits dating from the 16th century to the present, it traced changing ideas about work and leisure, and looked at how artists responded to major shifts in working patterns, from industrialisation to contemporary office culture.

This exhibition included major works from the National Gallery, together with important historical and contemporary loans from other collections. It featured works by Moroni, Canaletto, Gainsborough, Manet, Monet, Gauguin and Lowry.

This is one of a series of exhibitions organised in partnership with Bristol's Museums Galleries & Archives Service and the Tyne and Wear Museums.

The National Gallery Touring Partnership (2006-2008) is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Northern Rock Foundation and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.

Back to Past Exhibitions

Back to Touring Exhibitions