John Piper

Tate Liverpool

Exhibition

until 18 March 2018

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John Piper, Harbour Scene, Newhaven 1936-1937 © The Piper Estate / DACS 2017. Image courtesy: Private Collection.
  • Discover Piper’s contribution to modern art in Britain

    John Piper (1903–1992) is one of the most significant British artists of the twentieth-century. Renowned for his powerful and romantic paintings of his native landscape, he worked across an extraordinary range of disciplines (including designs for stained glass and theatre) influencing the cultural landscape of modern Britain. Piper’s inspiration was drawn from a love and profound knowledge of the British landscape, its buildings, monuments and their heritage.

    This exhibition illuminates the artist’s pivotal role in the development of abstract art in Britain, by placing his work alongside the likes of Alexander Calder and Pablo Picasso, among others. His coastal collages such as Beach with Starfish c.1933–4 harness the influence of cubism while capturing the atmosphere of the English coastline.

    Visitors can also expect to see early, native art forms including medieval stained glass windows and Anglo-Saxon and Romanesque stone carvings admired by Piper.

    Piper had a significant connection to the North West, and Liverpool in particular, designing the magnificent stained glass windows in Liverpool’s Metropolitan Cathedral.

    This exhibition will be paired with Surrealism in Egypt: Art Et Liberté 1938–1948

  • TATE LIVERPOOL

    Albert Dock
    Liverpool Waterfront
    Liverpool L3 4BB
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    DATE

    17 November 2017 – 18 March 2018

    PRICE

    FREE for Members

    Adult £10
    Concession £8
    Student £6

  • SUPPORTED BY

    The John Piper Exhibition Supporters Group

    and Tate Liverpool Members

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