Page 6 - Barnsley Museums What's On Guide Summer and Autumn 2018

Exhibitions @ Cannon Hall
A Dutch
Golden Age:
Painters, Places and People in the 17th Century
Until Sunday 16 September
Enjoy a wealth of maste rpieces in one captivating exhibition this summer at
Cannon Hall Museum . Alongside Barnsley 's own wonde rful fine art collection, we are delighted to welcome paintings from York Art Galle ry, Museums Sheffield , and two special works by Rembrandt van Rijn and Jan Steen from The National Gallery, London .
In the 17th century the Dutch Republic had a booming economy , new political and religious independence and a flourishing art market . Seascapes , portraits, landscapes, domestic scenes, urban views and still lifes - all were produced and purchased in vast numbe rs.
The nature and volume of this body of
artwork has often been called a window onto Dutch society, with its depictions of family members , churches , houses, leisure activities and the ever-present views of seas and rive rs . This exhibition and our p rog ramme of events and activities is a chance to delve into a wide variety of paintings, find out about the artists who produced them, the places they saw,
and the times they lived in.
Free admission
This exhibition was made possible with
a grant from the Weston Loan Programme with Art Fund .
Garfield Weston
FOUNDATION