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20/10/2006

Matisse to Freud

The Collection, Lincoln

A Critics Choice

Visitors to Lincoln will have the opportunity to experience this fantastic exhibition at the East Midland’s region’s premier traditional and contemporary arts venue, the Usher Gallery.

Matisse to Freud: A Critic's Choice is an exhibition drawn from the art collection of late Alexander Walker (1930 - 2003) bequeathed to the British Museum in 2003. Walker, one of London's most highly regarded film critics, amassed an outstanding collection of over 200 works on paper by some of the best known artists of the twentieth century.The Alexander Walker bequest demonstrates one man's dedication to modern British and North American art.

Lucien Freud, David Hockney and Bridget Riley stand alongside Chuck Close, Jasper Johns and Philip Guston. Many of the most famous movements of the twentieth century are represented: the School of Paris, (Picasso, Matisse, Miro, the English avant-garde (David Bloomberg and Edward Wadsworth) as well as 1960s figuration, geometric, abstraction, minimalism and photo-realism. The Usher Gallery makes up half of The Collection, a brand new, award winning museum for Lincolnshire. The Collection includes a wealth of artefacts from the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages, Roman, Saxon, Viking and Medieval eras as well as fine, decorative and contemporary visual arts. Matisse to Freud will be on display at the Usher Gallery until 10th December 2006. The Usher Gallery, The Collection and all exhibitions are free to enter.

The Collection
Danes Terrace - Lincoln

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