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A Rogues Gallery: Pirates and other Picturesque Ruffians

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From:Wednesday 13 November 2024
To:Sunday 19 June 2016
Time:10:00am - 04:00pm Wednesday 13 November 2024
Location:Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, 531 Ruthven Street, Toowoomba, QLD 4350 Australia
 

In the 1890s the young brothers Lionel and Norman Lindsay were inspired by John Esquemeling’s The Buccaneers of America and Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island not only to draw and paint pirates, but also to dress as pirates and plan a pirate novel of their own.

One of their friends was horrified: ‘Pirates? What had pirates done for humanity? Scoundrels – criminals – murderers. Were pirates true, beautiful, or good?’ Lionel replied: ‘to hell with your moralities. What has subject to do with the question of any work of art, which justifies itself only if it is well done? The pirate is a figure of Romance’. Norman’s sons Jack, Raymond and Philip continued the family romance with pirates.

This exhibition is a motley crew of Lindsay-family pirates and, to plunder an expression from Lionel, ‘picturesque ruffians’ by other artists.

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Image credits: Raymond LINDSAY  1903-1960 / [Pirate] n.d. / oil on canvas 61.0 x 46.0 cm / Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by John Brown. / Toowoomba City Collection 1909

* Please note the Gallery's opening hours on Sundays are 1pm until 4pm

Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
531 Ruthven Street
Toowoomba
QLD
4350
Australia
 
Entry charges - AdultFree
Entry charges - ChildFree
Entry charges - ConcessionFree
Entry charges - FamilyFree
Entry charges - GroupFree
Contact phone (07) 4688 6652
Booking informationGallery is closed on Monday and Public holidays.
Open Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday 1pm - 4pm
Event websitewww.tr.qld.gov.au/trag
Is food and drink available?No
Are toilets available?Yes
Is there disabled access?Yes

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