Edward Wilson: Artist of the Antarctic Display at Abbot Hall

Event held: 12 Jan 2012 Date end: 21 Apr 2012 Time: Monday to Saturday 10.30am - 4pm (5pm from April 1st) Promoter/Organiser: Abbot Hall Art Gallery Organiser's website: Click to Visit Website Venue: Abbot Hall Art Gallery Town: Kendal County: Cumbria Postcode: LA9 5AL Venue telephone: 01539 722464 Venue email: info@abbothall.org.uk Google map Click here

Description   Edward Wilson: Artist of the Antarctic Display at Abbot Hall Your Guide 2 Events in Kendal   Abbot Hall Art Gallery in Kendal are hosting a display of eight original Edward Wilson Antarctic watercolours and drawings. Edward Wilson (1872-1912) was a physician, naturalist, explorer and artist who accompanied Captain Scott to Antarctica on both The Discovery (1901-4) and Terra Nova (1910-13) expeditions. It is 100 years since Scott, Wilson, Henry Robertson ('Birdie') Bowers, Edgar Evans and Captain Lawrence Oates reached the South Pole only to find that they had been beaten to their goal by the Norwegian Roald Amundsen. All five men died on their return, the last three – Wilson, Scott and Bowers – perishing together just 11 miles from the next depot of supplies. This display of all eight of Abbot Hall's original Edward Wilson Antarctic watercolours and drawings is a modest tribute to a man described by Scott as 'the finest character I ever met'. The main aim is not to tell the gripping story of the expeditions but to focus on the pictures themselves and their ability to reconcile the seemingly contradictory roles of Wilson as creative artist and objective scientist; a great admirer of John Ruskin and JMW Turner, Wilson sought to convey not just the topographical details of the uncharted terrain that he encountered, but also the wonder, hardship and sublime impressions he experienced in exploring hitherto unseen and undocumented, polar landscapes.   Edward Wilson: Artist of the Antarctic takes place from Thursday Jan. 12th to Saturday April 21st 2012   Turner and his Contemporaries is also on show at Abbot Hall Art Gallery during this period Abbot Hall Website   |  Admission: £6.00 (free under 18s)  |  10:30am to 4pm (Mon - Sat) The 'Discovery' and 'Terra Nova' Expeditions Through the Art of Edward A. Wilson A Lecture by Christopher Wilson at Abbot Hall Art Gallery in Kendal On Thursday March 22nd 2012 at 6.30pm there will be a lecture at Abbot Hall in connection with the Edward Wilson: Artist of the Antarctic exhibition. Christopher J. Wilson Dip Eco (Cork), FZS, is the great-nephew of Dr. Edward A. Wilson. He is an accomplished photographer having contributed to numerous wildlife books and his own publications include Edward Wilson's Nature Notebooks (2004) and Edward Wilson's Antarctic Notebooks (2011). This lecture explores his unveiling of the Antarctic continent through remarkable drawings and watercolours that provide a real taste of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration.     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Wilson: Artist of the Antarctic Display at Abbot Hall - Your Events Guide for the Lake District and Cumbria   Submit Your Own Event To Your Guide 2 the Lake District