BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2521@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20170916 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20180422 DTSTAMP:20170720T132909Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/warrington-museum-art-gallery-wa rrington-art-treasures/ SUMMARY:Warrington Museum & Art Gallery: Warrington Museum & Art Gallery: W arrington Art Treasures DESCRIPTION:Warrington Art Treasures\n\nThis is the first of three special exhibitions celebrating special events in the history of Warrington Museum and especially the opening of main Art Gallery in October 1877.\n\nFrom i ts creation in 1848 Warrington Museum has amassed significant collections including works by prominent local Victorian artists who acquired a nation al reputation as regular exhibitors at the Royal Academy.\n\nFrom late 201 7 through 2018 Warrington Art Treasures are showcased in a series of exhib itions marking a joint celebration of RA 250 and landmarks in the creation of the oldest public museum in the North-West of England which was also h ome to the Warrington School of Art from 1857. Sir Samuel Luke Fildes\, it s most famous pupil\, progressed from illustrating for Dickens and the Gra phic Magazine\, to leading social-realist artist\, confidant of Millais an d Lord Leighton\, to society portrait painter and respected Royal Academic ian. His brother-in-law\, Henry Woods’ Venetian genre paintings were a r egular highlight of Royal Academy exhibitions and also feature in many pub lic collections. Meanwhile local sculptor John Warrington Wood was a promi nent member of the Roman arts scene and was honoured by the creation of th e Museum’s Art Gallery in 1877 to house a specially commissioned work.\n \nAlso featured are works by local artists Edward Frederick Brewtnall\, al ongside works by other Royal Academy exhibitors\, including Walter Langley and Frank Brangwyn.\n\nImage: Sir Luke Fildes\, Fair Quiet and Sweet Rest © Warrington Museum &\; Art Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2017/07/Fildes-CHE_WAGA_1911_258-sm.jpg LOCATION:Warrington Museum & Art Gallery\, Bold Street\, Warrington\, WA1 1 DR\, Warrington\, United Kingdom GEO:53.38857;-2.596091 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Bold Street\, Warrington\, WA1 1DR\, Warrington\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Warringto n Museum & Art Gallery:geo:53.38857,-2.596091 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20170326T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20171029T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180325T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR