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== Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery == | == Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery == | ||
− | Birmingham's museum | + | '''''Birmingham's museum''''' (BM&AG) is the main [[museum]] in the area, with major pieces from leading artists, including [[Rubens]], [[Turner]], [[Picasso]], [[Degas]], [[Pissaro]], [[Renoir]], [[Botticelli]], [[Canaletto]] and [[Murillo]]. |
− | A favourite piece from this museum is ''The Archangel Lucifer'' from Epstein, a Bronze sculpture whose face is modelled after a (not-pretty) female and the body is that of a (not-pretty) male. It also hosts a good collection of works from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Raphaelite_Brotherhood pre-Raphaelites]. | + | A favourite piece from this museum is ''The Archangel Lucifer'' from [[Epstein]], a Bronze sculpture whose face is modelled after a (not-pretty) female and the body is that of a (not-pretty) male. It also hosts a good collection of works from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Raphaelite_Brotherhood pre-Raphaelites]. |
{{I}} visited the site on {{thisday|5|March|2018}}. | {{I}} visited the site on {{thisday|5|March|2018}}. | ||
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File:Birmingham-gallery-Mar18-8.jpg|A room of the museum, showing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_of_Bethlehem_(painting) The Start of Bethlehem], the largest watercolour of the 19th century. | File:Birmingham-gallery-Mar18-8.jpg|A room of the museum, showing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_of_Bethlehem_(painting) The Start of Bethlehem], the largest watercolour of the 19th century. | ||
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+ | == Birmingham Museums Trust == | ||
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+ | Beside (BM&AG), Birmingham also hosts the largest independent museums trust in the [[United Kingdom]], to which we became members on {{thisday|31|August|2019}} when visiting [[Aston]]. | ||
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Birmingham is the largest and most populous British city outside London, with population well over a million. It is our neighbour from Wolverhampton and we use its airport quite a lot.
Birmingham's museum (BM&AG) is the main museum in the area, with major pieces from leading artists, including Rubens, Turner, Picasso, Degas, Pissaro, Renoir, Botticelli, Canaletto and Murillo.
A favourite piece from this museum is The Archangel Lucifer from Epstein, a Bronze sculpture whose face is modelled after a (not-pretty) female and the body is that of a (not-pretty) male. It also hosts a good collection of works from the pre-Raphaelites.
I visited the site on 5 March (2018).
The ass of the devil in the round gallery.
How the Llyn Idwal looked to a local artist (Samuel Lines).
Detail from another favourite of the museum: The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple, by the pre-Raphaelite William Hunt.
A room of the museum, showing The Start of Bethlehem, the largest watercolour of the 19th century.
Beside (BM&AG), Birmingham also hosts the largest independent museums trust in the United Kingdom, to which we became members on 31 August (2019) when visiting Aston.
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