The first will focus on Poussin’s life and career while the second half will explore themes within The Triumph of Pan and Poussin’s legacy. The exhibition will be split into two areas. We are delighted to be able to bring this work to York as part of the National Gallery’s Masterpiece Tour 2019, sponsored by Christies.” “ The Triumph of Pan is one of his most famous paintings which is both beautiful and full of hidden meaning and references which encourage you to look closer. Poussin’s work is inspired by the classical ideals of ancient art and the formal structure and rigour of his compositions still has a profound influence on artists today. Works from York Art Gallery’s collections will complement the painting, exploring the themes within the work and Poussin’s significant influence on generations of other artists.įiona Green, curatorial assistant at York Art Gallery, said: “We are extremely excited to bring this incredible work to York. The work depicts a mythical celebration of nymphs and satyrs revelling before a statue of Pan, Greek god of the wild. Nicolas Poussin’s The Triumph of Pan, one of the National Gallery’s most significant works, will be the centrepiece of a new exhibition at York Art Gallery this summer. Marvellous and Mischievous: Literature’s Young Rebels.York Art Gallery Winter / Spring Leaflet 2023.In August 2015, Finaldi returned to the National Gallery having been appointed its director. At the Prado he oversaw the project to build a new extension in 2007, the creation of the Research Centre, and curated major exhibitions on Ribera (in 2011) and Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (in 2012). In 2002 he was appointed Deputy Director for Collections and Research at the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, Spain. He was responsible for the later Italian paintings in the collection ( Caravaggio to Canaletto) and the Spanish collection ( Bermejo to Goya).
įinaldi was a curator at the National Gallery between 19. Career įinaldi has curated exhibitions in the UK, Spain, Italy and Belgium and has written catalogues and scholarly articles on Velázquez and Zurbarán, on Italian Baroque painting, on religious iconography, and on Picasso. He was educated at Dulwich College before studying art history at The Courtauld Institute of Art where he completed his doctorate in 1995 on the 17th-century Spanish Baroque painter Jusepe de Ribera. Early life and education įinaldi was born in Barnet and raised in Catford in south London, the son of a Neapolitan father and a half-Polish-half-English mother. Since August 2015, he has been director of the National Gallery in London, England. Gabriele Maria Finaldi (born November 1965) is a British art historian and curator. Director of the National Gallery in London
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