EXHIBITIONS
Some very interesting exhibitions coming up this year, all with a slightly different twist so all highly recommended.
Drawn to Danger, Charnwood Museum, Loughborough, 12 February - 23 March 2014 and the Library and Museum, Market Harborough, early August - October 2014.
A highly relevant exhibition featuring Brangwyn's posters alongside the work of contemporary artists 'embedded' with troops in Afghanistan and elsewhere.
Brangwyn's War: Posters of the First World War, The Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, 17 May 2014 - 18 January 2015.
A history of the Great War featuring some of Brangwyn's best known posters together with sketches, studies, photographs and books illustrated by the artist.
Libby Horner will be giving a talk about Brangwyn's War at the Gallery on Thursday 29 May at 2pm.
Help is Better than Sympathy, William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow, 24 May - 14 September 2014.
The title taken from Brangwyn's poster for Belgian refugees, the exhibition deals with the lives of said refugees through Brangwyn's paintings and illustrations.
Libby Horner will be giving a talk about Brangwyn's War at the Gallery on Thursday 21 August (evening).
The Great War. As Recorded Through the Fine and Popular Arts, Liss Fine Art, Morley Gallery, London, 5 September - 2 October 2014 and Strand Gallery, London, 10-15 November 2014 (includes some very rare and unusual Brangwyn work!)
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Libby will also be lecturing to NADFAS groups about Brangwyn's war posters and related murals:
Englemere DFAS, 10 June 2014 (evening); Sherborne DFAS, 1 October 2014 (afternoon and evening)