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Gustave Courbet once said: ‘Fine art is knowledge made visible.’
Courbet uses a palette knife and a loaded brush for the rugged cliffs and contrasts this with the smoother texture of the grass and the sky.🌊

See this artwork in the Blue Gallery.

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2020-01-18

Tomorrow's Tuesday Talk is about the latest addition to our collection: Ruysdael's 'A Cavalry Travelling through a Wooded Landscape'. 🌲

Join Robert Wenley, our Head of Collections, to learn more about this piece.

Free, no booking required. 11.30am & 1.15pm

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2019-06-10

Gustave Courbet was born 200 years ago.

Courbet gives us a taste of the seaside with this painting, ‘The Sea-arch at Etreat’.

Where do you want to explore this summer? ☀️ Besides the Barber of course 😍

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2019-06-10

We are very excited to add this atmospheric painting, ‘A Cavalry traveling through a wooded landscape’, by Salomon Van Ruysdael to our collection 😍

It has never been publicly displayed before, so come and let us know what you think!

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2019-05-28

Artist Eugène Delacroix was born in 1798.

This lithograph from our collection captures the beauty and power of the wild horse.

Delacroix was inspired by the many horses painted by George Stubbs - who inspires you to get creative? 🐴

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2019-04-26

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Look at this stylish brother and sister duo at the Barber!

Joshua Reynolds was paid £300 to paint this portrait by Sir Sampson Gideon, an MP and father of Maria and William, who are pictured.

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2019-04-10

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Here in Birmingham, we can boast of a fine canal network. But at the Barber we can offer you lakes, rivers and beyond!

From Turner to Dahl (below!), let our pictures transport you to tranquil seas. 💧💦💦

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2019-03-22

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It's Friday, the weekend is in sight! Hopefully you have a couple of relaxed days ahead so you can be as well-rested as these two ladies from Whistler’s ‘Symphony in White, No. III’.

What are your weekend plans?

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2019-03-16

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We have several very loyal and inquisitive dogs featured in our paintings. From Reynolds (see below!) to Cuyp, come and see our best in show at the Barber!

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2019-02-20

All good things must come to an end - and closes in 4 days! Come and see these beautiful drawings from the Royal Collection this weekend before they return home to Windsor Castle.

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2018-09-19

Portrait of Lady Barber in a Landscape, James Jebusa Shannon (1912)

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2017-03-21