Lionel's Place

Lionel's Place - Lionel Linsay from Maitland Regional Art Gallery Collection

13 December  2021 - 25 Febuary 2022

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Lionel's Place is a Maitland Regional Art Gallery touring exhibtion.

Lionel's Place showcases more than 140 artworks created by Lionel Lindsay, an artist who honed his skills in etching and wood engraving so finely that by 1927 he was hailed as the most internationally successful Australian printmaker of all time. This exhibition showcases the artist's etchings, wood engravings and watercolours, works on paper rich in visual texture, and depicting scenes from abroad and closer to home, exotic and domestic animals and birds, and the lushness opf gardens, floral abundance and portraiture. 


Macaws, 1938, wood engraving, printed in black ink on paper, 13.2 x 12.4cm

Image: Lionel Lindsay, Macaws, 1938, wood engraving, printed in black ink on paper, 13.2 x 12.4cm, donated to the Maitland Regional Art Gallery Collection under the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Max and Nola Tegel in 2016. © the Estate of Lionel Lindsay. By permission of the National Library of Australia.

Programs & Events

Exhibtion Opening

Date: Monday 13 December 2021

Time and Details: TBC

 

Weekend Viewing 

Date: Saturday 18 December 2021, Saturday 15 January 2022

Time: 10am - 12pm