Paula Rego's Jane Eyre in Brighton

In the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery and until January 22 you have a new chance to see Paula Rego's lithographs about Jane Eyre that were exhibited last year at the Brontë Parsonage.

Paula Rego: Prints and works on paper
12 November 2005 to 22 January 2006

A retrospective exhibition dedicated to this renowned artist’s printmaking, showing an enormous range of work from her earliest ‘excursions’ in etching in the mid-1950s to her recent highly acclaimed series of lithographs on the subject of Jane Eyre. This is the first time that all Paula Rego’s prints are shown together. The retrospective reinforces her renown as a maker of provocative, challenging and emotionally charged images.

The exhibition spans fifty years; it is a testament to Paula Rego’s amazingly inventive imagination and a tribute to her exceptional achievement in contemporary printmaking. It includes the Nursery Rhyme series, Peter Pan, The Children’s Crusade, the Pendle Witches, and her controversial Abortion series.

Related rare pieces are also exhibited: stage proofs, etching plates, hand-coloured unique proofs, drawings and a small book she made for her grand-daughter which metamorphoses into the Nursery Rhyme series

Categories: Art-Exhibitions, Jane_Eyre, Charlotte_Brontë