Exeter’s Fine Art Collection

Exeter’s Fine Art Collection

Event Date: 
23/03/2014 - 10:00am to 05/04/2014 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

This display includes works by major artists of both the 19th and 20th centuries.

Having recently returned from a major touring exhibition, RAMM’s pair of hospital drawings by Barbara Hepworth, Trio and Preparation, will be on display for the first time in several years.

The artist was an enthusiastic supporter of the NHS and was encouraged to visit the Princess Elizabeth Hospital in Exeter by Norman Capener, a surgeon and friend. Trio includes a portrait of Capener (centre), who was himself a painter and sculptor and maintained a long association with RAMM as a member of...