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September, October, November 2021 Rembrandt on Paper Rembrandt at Crawford Art gallery in association with Ashmolean Art Gallery Oxford Contact Mary Mc Carthy Director, Crawford Art Gallery E: director@crawfordartgallery.ie T: 086 387 4988 Widely hailed as the greatest painter of the Dutch Golden Age, Rembrandt was one of the most innovative and experimental printmakers of the seventeenth century.
This exciting exhibition of over 50 works in collaboration with the Ashmolean Museum Oxford will present Rembrandt as an unrivalled storyteller through a selection of fifty prints ranging from 1630 until the late 1650s in Crawford Art Gallery.

A variety of subject areas will be explored including: intense self-portraits, atmospheric landscapes, intimate family portraits, biblical stories and confronting nude studies.
This show will be presented free to the public and is the only Irish showing of the works.

REMBRANDT AS AN OBSERVER OF LIFE Widely hailed as the greatest painter of the Dutch Golden Age, Rembrandt was also one of the most innovative printmakers of the seventeenth century.

INNOVATIVE THEMES All Rembrandt’s printed works are characterised by his talent for storytelling and his keen observational skills.
He treated all his subjects from a psychological viewpoint, steeped in drama, whether they were intense self- portraits, atmospheric views of the Dutch countryside, confronting nude studies or lively Biblical scenes.

Rembrandt was highly original in the subjects he rendered in print revealing his family life through intimate snapshots.
LANDSCAPES PORTRAITURE While Rembrandt imbued his religious scenes with dramatic tension, he was a particularly keen observer of his own surroundings, especially the countryside around Amsterdam.

Besides religious themes and landscapes, Rembrandt’s prints feature many genre subjects, everyday scenes which Rembrandt witnessed in the streets of Leiden and Amsterdam and deemed compelling enough to render into print.

Rembrandt is perhaps best known as a talented portraitist, both of himself as of others.
As a young artist, Rembrandt made dozens of self-portraits – in print, drawing and painting – as he was of course his cheapest and most readily available model.

Looking at Rembrandt’s earliest self- portraits is like watching over his shoulder in the mirror.

These small etchings are mostly studies in facial expression, whether he is smiling, shouting, scowling or pouting.
This exhibition provides Crawford Art Gallery an unprecedented and unique opportunity to present a master artist to audiences in Ireland.

The exhibition will provide an opportunity for audiences to explore themes of environment/ representation and portraiture.
The major exhibition will be accompanied by an innovative and contemporary programme of Talks and workshops to further reveal the artist, his skills and style This exhibition is in association with Ashmolean Oxford The Ashmolean is the University of Oxford’s museum of art and archaeology, founded in 1683.

Their world famous collections range from Egyptian mummies to contemporary art, telling human stories across cultures and across time.
MORE ABOUT CRAWFORD ART GALLERY Located in the heart of Cork city and free to enter, Crawford Art Gallery is a National Cultural Institution.

It is home to a collection of national importance and is a must see for locals and tourists alike.

Welcoming a quarter of a million visitors a year the Gallery is open seven days a week and delights in all visitors young and old.
Crawford Art Gallery, as one of the oldest collecting institutions in Ireland, is committed to presenting and caring for its national collection for this and future generations, and continue to conserve the works in the collection.

Originally built in 1724 as the city’s customs house, when Cork was one of Europe’s most important trading ports.
Crawford Art Gallery is home to an expansive collection featuring works from the 18th century to present which are of key national importance and tell a compelling story of place and history.

It is also home to the famous ‘Canova Casts’, which were gifted to the city of Cork nearly two centuries ago.
Well-known and loved works by 20th century Irish artists such as Seán Keating, Harry Clarke, John Lavery, Jack B. Yeats, Norah McGuinness, Mainie Jellet, Gerard Dillon and Muriel Brandt feature in the gallery’s historic collection, while the modern collection features work by contemporary artists such as Eilis O’Connell, Gerard Byrne, Dorothy Cross, Maud Cotter and Hughie O’Donoghue.

The Gallery hosts numerous temporary exhibitions by local, national and international artists showcasing visual art, film.