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6/9/2002

Old Master Drawings

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

from the Albertina, Vienna

opens on Saturday 7 September 2002

The Art Gallery of New South Wales is delighted to exhibit a glorious pageant of 100 spectacular drawings reflecting the breadth and quality of the original collection of Albert, Duke of Saxe-Teschen (1738-1822).

These drawings are now part of the renowned collection of the Albertina in Vienna - named after Duke Albert. The Albertina museum, currently undergoing extensive restoration, is regarded as one of the world's largest and most valuable repositories of works on paper.

The exhibition tells the unfolding story of the art of drawing in Europe across three centuries, from the Italian High Renaissance to the French Rococo. Artists include Raphael, Fra Bartolommeo, Durer, the Carracci, Rubens, Goltzius, Boucher, Fragonard and Rembrandt.

"Encountering Old Master drawings such as these we can feel, sense and experience with an extraordinary immediacy the touch and vision of the artist. A drawing is, after all, the birth of a creative idea expressed with all the spontaneity of the artist's genius," said Edmund Capon, Director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

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EVENTS

Guided Tours
Daily at 12pm

Lectures - Fridays at 1pm
Free of charge
20 September Raphael and 16th century Italian Old Master Drawings - Louise Marshall
27 September The Mysteries of Old Master Drawings - Lou Klepac
18 October Rubens and 17th century Old Master Drawings - Craig Judd

Exhibition Talks - Tuesdays at 3pm
Free with exhibition admission charge
10 September - Peter Raissis, exhibition curator
1 October - Robin Norling, artist
8 October - Wendy Sharpe, artist
15 October - Rose Peel, conservator, Works on Paper
22 October - Alan Oldfield, artist
29 October - Peter Raissis, exhibition curator

Films
Drawing: Old and New
Free of charge
25 September to 20 October, Wednesdays and Sundays at 2.30pm
Domain Theatre, Lower Level 3
Exploring the art of drawing, including selected documentaries on major European draughtsmen such as Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, Rubens and Delacroix

Chamber Music
Saturdays 2 to 3pm
Free with exhibition entry
Enjoy classical music from the 16th to 18th centuries. Performed within the exhibition by string trios from the Australian Institute of Music

Hours Daily 10am to 5pm (closed Christmas Day and Easter Friday)
Admission to Old Master Drawings from the Albertina Vienna
$10 adults / $7 students/concessions

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery Road
The Domain, Sydney 2000
Australia
Telephone 61 2 9225 1744 or recorded information 61 2 9225 1790

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