Event Item: 00023

Work, Rest & Play

Exhibition: 26th Jul 2007 to 14th Oct 2007

Source: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk

Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Northern Rock Foundation, the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and in London by The Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation.

Artists have always been interested in the ways that we live. This exhibition explores the themes of work, rest and play as they have been depicted in art.

Bringing together exhibits dating from the 16th century to the present, it traces changing ideas about work and leisure, and looks at how artists have responded to major shifts in working patterns, from industrialisation to contemporary office culture.

This exhibition includes major works from the National Gallery, together with important historical and contemporary loans from other collections. It features works by Moroni, Canaletto, Gainsborough, Manet, Monet, Gauguin and Lowry.

This is one of a series of exhibitions organised in partnership with Bristol's Museums Galleries & Archives Service and the Tyne and Wear Museums.

The National Gallery Touring Partnership (2006-2008) is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Northern Rock Foundation and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.

National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London from 26 July to 14 October 2007 in the Sunley Room - admission free.