A Building of Love
May 25, 2022 5:05 pm Comments Off on A Building of LoveIn the mid 19th century John Bowes was a dapper gentleman in France with considerable wealth, owning a prime location
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A unique dress
February 2, 2022 1:04 pm Comments Off on A unique dressIn The Bowes Museum dress collection there is an evening gown designed by Paquin in 1911. Inside the bodice is
The Bowes Museum of Japanese Art – in Liverpool?!
July 23, 2021 1:55 am Comments Off on The Bowes Museum of Japanese Art – in Liverpool?!The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham [let’s get our geographical bearings right, right from the start] contains the most
The Horse Whisperer
June 18, 2021 11:40 pm Comments Off on The Horse WhispererToday, the 19th of June, is John Bowes’ birthday, He was born 210 years ago in London, where his father,
Mice in a museum?
June 18, 2021 10:33 pm Comments Off on Mice in a museum?The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle has many unusual items that are not found in other museums in Britain, let
St George
April 23, 2021 9:14 am Comments Off on St GeorgeThe painting Today we celebrate St George’s Day by looking at a superbly preserved 17th century painting of England’s Patron
Young Curators Blog: Sophie & Blake
March 10, 2021 6:56 pm Comments Off on Young Curators Blog: Sophie & BlakeBlake My name is Blake and I joined the Young Curator program at The Bowes Museum because I wanted to
The Three Graces
March 8, 2021 11:08 am Comments Off on The Three GracesJohn Bowes may have been the businessman who purchased the land and financed the creation of The Bowes Museum but
Holy cow
February 12, 2021 11:12 am Comments Off on Holy cowThe Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year or Spring Festival, begins today. This year it is symbolised
Auckland Youth Community Centre Workshop
December 11, 2020 12:12 am Comments Off on Auckland Youth Community Centre WorkshopHello, we’re Sarah Elwen and Rachel McGivern. Over the past three weeks we’ve enjoyed working with the Auckland Youth Community
Inspired by The Bowes Museum
November 10, 2020 10:08 am Comments Off on Inspired by The Bowes MuseumMeraki – [Greek] What happens when you leave a piece of yourself (your soul, creativity, or love) in your work.
Pre-Raphaelite Knights in Shining Armour
November 5, 2020 7:00 pm Comments Off on Pre-Raphaelite Knights in Shining ArmourWhat should a medieval or mythical knight look like? In the days when suits of armour were already relics of
The mirror that John and Joséphine Missed.
October 9, 2020 10:01 am Comments Off on The mirror that John and Joséphine Missed.When walking through the galleries you may have noticed a spectacular mirror. It was modelled by the great sculptor Carrier Belleuse, master of the now more famous Auguste Rodin, and cast in the foundry of Auguste Barbedienne. Regarded as one of greatest achievements of Carrier-Belleuse, the bevelled mirror glass is set in an elaborate gilt-bronze and silvered frame comprising scrolling cartouches and cast foliate decoration with satyrs’ heads at the sides, draped nymphs at the top and corners and a lion’s mask at the base. The mirror is inscribed ANNO 1867 and is signed Barbedienne. First displayed at the Paris International Exhibition of 1867 it was purchased by William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley, for display at Witley Court in Worcestershire or his London home, Dudley House on Park Lane. William Ward was not the only prospective buyer at the Paris Exhibition of 1867. He may well have rubbed shoulders with John and Joséphine Bowes. Indeed it was there that they first saw the famous Silver Swan, which they would later acquire. Following Dudley’s purchase, the mirror then disappeared until 1991 when it came up at auction in England. It was bought by an international museum, but was considered to be of such importance that the export licence was stopped to give a British museum time to raise the funds to buy it and save it
Can you teach an old artist new tricks?
October 1, 2020 3:56 pm Comments Off on Can you teach an old artist new tricks?Well it seems you can. Until Lockdown I hadn’t really delivered much work online and I had never done a
Brief Encounter
October 1, 2020 3:47 pm Comments Off on Brief EncounterLook! There’s a crocodile in the Canaletto! Yes, one of the two enormous paintings depicting events on the Grand Canal
