A new exhibition featuring a display of rare original woodblock prints by Paul Gauguin from our collection, opens at Braintree Museum on Saturday 1 February.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵs: Origins, Innovations & Family, is part of our National Partners project and offers a unique glimpse into the early work of this influential artist who was championed by our founder Samuel Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ.
Whilst The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Gallery is closed for a major transformation project, we have established exhibition and museum partnerships like this, both nationally and internationally, to provide unique opportunities for more audiences to engage with our collection.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵs: Origins, Innovations & Family will also explore the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ family’s extraordinary history – revealing the story of their pioneering development of silks created in their first factory in the heart of Braintree, Essex; the influence of the family and their ongoing local and global legacy.
Visitors can explore artefacts that illuminate the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ family’s history – including a suffragette poster designed by Catherine Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, from the Women’s Library, London; the remains from Augustin Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ’s Arctic flag from the Scott Polar Institute, alongside loans from the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Family’s Private Collection.
Katherine Dunleavy, Regional Programme Coordinator at The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, commented: ‘We’re delighted to have collaborated with Braintree Museum on this exciting exhibition that sheds new light on the lives of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ family and those that worked for them in their textile mills. We are particularly pleased to contribute four prints by Gauguin that were bought by Samuel Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ so that they can be appreciated by new and diverse audiences, as well as showing the importance of Samuel’s art collecting.’
Braintree Museum will be hosting a range of events to coincide with the exhibition including talks and a walking tour.
1 February – 30 May