Images of well-known cityscapes are going on display for the first time this week, after leading artists captured cities coming back to life following the deserted streets of the pandemic.
The new Back To The City exhibition is running at Windermere Fine Art Gallery, featuring work by some of the UK’s finest artists. Opening on Friday, April 22, the show will run until May 20.
Artists on show will include the latest prize-winners from the highly-acclaimed annual exhibition of the prestigious Royal Institute of Oil Painters, one of the highest accolades in British art.
They will include award-winning members of the illustrious Northern Boys painting group, such as Michael Ashcroft, as well as leading members of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, which dates back to 1859 and ranks LS Lowry among its former members.
Works will feature from David Curtis, Steven P Smith,Adam Ralston, current winner of the ROI’s Frank Herring Easel Award and recently-made associate member of the ROI Max White, current winner of the ROI’s Emerging Artist Prize Ian Layton; Gerry Halpin, Haidee-Jo Summers, Amanda Coleman, current winner of the ROI’s Alan Gourley Memorial Award; Andrew Farmer, ROI; Norman Long, Chris Slater and David Allen.
Matthew Titherington, who owns Windermere Fine Art Gallery, with his wife, Dawn, said: “The new exhibition follows artists returning to the streets of major towns and cities after the pandemic with renewed vigour and appreciation.
“Their work captures some of the most iconic views, designs and man-made structures, as well as the changing light and atmosphere as people return to the city.”
It will be the first in a series of major exhibitions at the gallery running throughout 2022, as part of a campaign to re-establish the Lake District to being widely-recognised as a northern hub for high quality fine and contemporary art, rivalling the big city galleries.
Matthew and Dawn took over the gallery just over a year ago to start luring more art buyers and London-based collectors back to the Lake District for weekends and short breaks.
