This week’s object in focus is Weisse Enten in Wasser (White Ducks in Water) which was painted by German artist, Franz Grassel who was fascinated with painting ducks and geese.
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Join Chantal this Super Saturday for our Go Wild snail race. She'll be explaining how snails move around, pointing out their foot and tentacles. Which one will win the lettuce prize?
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For today's #OnlineArtExchange theme of self-portraits, our gallery assistant Rabia has been inspired by The Whitworth's Lucian Freud self-portrait https://t.co/8dBQFOYqTE
So interesting to see how changing fashions alter the portrayal of gods/godesses through the centuries. In a clockwise direction here is Circe from the 1600s (Grosvenor Museum), 1700s (Waddesdon Manor), 1800s(ours) & 1900s(Glasgow Museums Resource Centre_. #OnlineArtExchange
🔬We’re excited! It’s almost time to launch @GreatSciShare 2020 and Gallery Oldham is joining in the fun. Watch out for the first this Sunday on our Instagram and Facebook pages!
#GreatSciShare #ScienceFromHome #galleryoldham #manchestermums #kidsinmuseums #gmr #explore #learn
Our final one for #OnlineArtExchange is Low Tide by Dorothea Sharpe from Touchstones Rochdale https://t.co/BBT4lP5VBh. We can all look forward to a time when it is safe to be in groups at the seaside with our kids again. Look after yourselves...
Much of our art collection is now digitised and sits on the brilliant @artukdotorg https://t.co/t6n6r7Otfa. Art UK is an amazing resource which allows you to explore art collections across the UK.
(pictured: Circe by J. Waterhouse)
Interesting piece on Art UK, which includes reference to our painting Circe https://t.co/55asmUBNaO. Circe is currently on loan to the Louvre Lens in France but will be back on display here later in the year.
If you want to know more about William Stott of Oldham ahead of our our new exhibition which opens this Saturday, this @artukdotorg article is a good place to start https://t.co/LshYT7EVYQ (image credit @Tate) #oldham #loveoldham
William Stott of Oldham was born #OnThisDay in 1857. See his works here on https://t.co/T2gbvsH0Vf