This is additional information kindly provided by the gallery.
Lady Lever Art Gallery
Lower Road, Port Sunlight Village , Wirral CH62 4EQ
Information desk 0151 478 4136
www.ladyleverartgallery.org.uk
Open daily 10am to 5pm
Admission Free
Housing the collection of soap magnate William Hesketh Lever, the first Lord Leverhulme. The gallery is famous for its Pre-Raphaelite paintings, 18th century furniture and Wedgwood collection. Named in memory of Lever's wife, the gallery forms the centrepiece of the garden village Lever built for his workforce.
Exhibitions
Beside the Seaside – British Impressionist Painting
14 May to 4 September 2005
A small exhibition of late 19 th and early 20 th century paintings celebrating and recording fun and leisure by the sea. Including work by British artists inspired by the French Impressionists such as Walter Sickert, Philip Wilson Steer and Dame Laura Knight.
This display is part of Sea Liverpool 2005 and the national Sea Britain celebrations.
Related activities:
Special activities inspired by our Beside the Seaside exhibition including picture trails, jigsaws, dressing up and colouring in. Every weekend during term time and every day during the school holidays.
Punch and Judy shows :
Sunday 24 July 2005
Sunday 28 August 2005
Exhibition talk
A guided tour of the highlights of Beside the Seaside.
Sunday 17 July,
Wednesday 27 July (BSL interpreted) &
Sunday 14 August 2005
2- 2.30pm
Picasso ‘Woman Seated in an Armchair, 1909’
28 May to 4 September 2005
A spotlight display of Picasso’s ‘Woman Seated in an Armchair’, 1909. Don’t miss the opportunity to see this important work by Picasso, on a special loan to the Lady Lever Art Gallery .
Related activities:
‘A Kaleidoscopic Conundrum’: The bemused reception of Cubism in Britain
A lecture by Dr Paul O’Keeffe to complement the Berlin masterpiece loan of Picasso’s Woman Seated in an Armchair.
Lady Lever Art Gallery , Room 13
Free tickets available from the Walker shop and Lady Lever Art Gallery shop*
Tuesday 5 July 1-2pm
Saturday 9 July 2-3pm
Picasso Gallery Talk
Highlighting the Berlin masterpiece loan of Picasso’s Woman Seated in an Armchair
Drop in
Thursday 7 July 2005
1- 2pm
Events & Activities
Weekend and Holiday Fun
Free arty activities for children of all ages are available from the Artbase, including an animal picture trail around the gallery, jigsaws and colouring in fun.
Available downstairs in the Leverhulme Gallery every weekend during term time and every day during the Summer holidays.
July picture of the Month at the Lady Lever Art Gallery
Knucklebones by Philip Wilson Steer .
A free information sheet is available in the gallery every day during July, plus you can join in free lunchtime talks in front of the painting on the following dates.
Sunday 17 July &
Tuesday 26 July 2005
1-1.30pm
August Object of the Month at the Lady Lever Art Gallery
Cinerarium (ash chest, Roman, c70 – 100AD )
A free information sheet is available in the gallery every day during August, plus you can join in free lunchtime talks in front of the object on the following dates.
Tuesday 9 and
Thursday 25 August 2005
1-1.30pm
September Painting of the Month at the Lady Lever Art Gallery
Lord Leverhulme , 1920 by Augustus John
A free information sheet is available in the gallery every day during, plus you can join in free lunchtime talks in front of the fireplaces on the following dates.
Tuesday 6 and
Tuesday 20 September 2005
1-1.30pm
*If you take tickets for an event but find you cannot attend, please call 0151 478 4178 and let us know.