LLEWELLYN ALEXANDER (Fine
Paintings) LTD
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Gallery Open 10am to 7:30pm Monday to Saturday:
124 -126 The Cut, Waterloo, London SE1 8LN UK
(Opposite the Old Vic Theatre)
Tel: 020 7620 1322/1324 Fax: 020 7928 9469
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The
Art of the Miniature
There are few opportunities to see such
a large collection of miniature paintings shown together in a London Gallery.
The Llewellyn Alexander Gallery maintains a stock of 350 miniatures throughout
the year and has a glittering annual exhibition of over 700 paintings in oil,
watercolour, acrylic and pastel showing the refinement and precision of the
brushwork required to work on such a small scale.
The Art of
Perfection
The skill of the medieval manuscript
painters and the early Tudor portrait painters, such as Nicholas Hilliard,
continues. Today’s artists have a much wider range of colours and pigments and
benefit from studying the craft and technique of the Old Masters. Miniature
painting is an art form that has an ever-growing interest and has inspired
collectors from all over the world, including His Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales who, in 2003, became a patron of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters
Sculptors and Gravers. The average size of the pictures is 8cms by 6cms but some
can be as small as 2cms in diameter, small enough to be held in the palm of the
hand. Each tiny picture is a collectable in itself and the detail is as accurate
as a painting several times its size
It is a breathtaking sight to see so
many tiny pictures - richly painted still lifes, silhouettes, delicate flowers,
charming animals and birds, portraits, magnificent landscapes and elegant
military gentlemen in uniform – all shown together in one stunning show.
