A Children's Guide to Towneley Hall's Art Gallery

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M ll a H y le at Towne

Towneley’s Art Gallery

...through the eyes of children!

Towneley art gallery is a fun place and has various paintings. The children in year 5 St John’s RC Primary School visited the gallery and have been working on a project. We have worked together to create a child’s guide to the gallery.

Many of these paintings are old and have been painted with oils. If you look closely at them you will see the story they tell. Next to the painting there will be information about the artist and the painting. We hope you enjoy the gallery as much as we did.

Curator’s note ery at Towneley

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A Venetian Christening Party I like this painting because it looks realistic very detailed is interesting because the painting’s nice and there’s lots of difference about.

This makes me special as a Christian also this is a very detailed painting The name of the artist is Henry Woods. He was born on the 22nd April 1846 and sadly passed away on 27th October 1921 (75 years old). He painted the Venetian painting in 1896 – when he was 50.

He also painted 24 different major paintings that were really famous at the time of his presence.

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this painting makes me feel creative

this painting makes me feel happy

I think it’s like when the gods were famous

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they’re trying to make different models of cats because they liked cats

this painting brightens my day

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Destiny

About the artist

His name was John William Waterhouse He was born in 6th April 1849 The name of the painting is Destiny The picture was made in 1900 Died in London 10th February 1917 He married Esther Kenworthy His parents were William and Isabella Waterhouse His nationality was British He was born in Rome

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What Does the Sea Say? The name of this painting is What Does the Sea Say? Henry Courtney Selous was born in 1803 and died in 1890.

Artist’s initials

someone else has sent a letter to say he’s died I thought the girl’s husband is in the war and he’s written a letter and the postman is bringing a letter

the woman is sad the child is enthusiastic.

She looks like she’s been asking a lot of questions and the mum’s fed up

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this painting makes me feel joyfully

this painting makes me feel creative

the dog is barking

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What can you find in the gallery?

Take a look around the gallery at Towneley, see if you can find all these things.

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Which painting does this dog feature in?

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Which painting does this man feature in?

Can you find the painting which has this fruit?

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Can you find this jewellery box in a painting?

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Can you find the ear?

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Can you find the pigeon?

Where in the gallery is the cat?

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Destiny Art Painting Paintbrush Colours

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Detail Tints Burnley Oilpaint Design

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Scenes Sketch Towneley Hall

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