Highlights of the Annual Report - The Ashmolean Museum

Exhibitions / 17
Exhibitions
Modern Chinese Painting from the Khoan
and Michael Sullivan Collection,
Part 2: Works acquired since 1980
21 May 2002 - 5 January 2003
This second exhibition of paintings from the
Sullivan collection showed works painted and
collected at the end of the 20 th century, when
Chinese artists enjoyed greater freedom of
expression and continued to absorb the powerful
influences of the West.
For the Love of Drawing: A Private Collection
European drawings from the Renaissance to
the present day
4 June - 18 August 2002
This small but beautiful exhibition of drawings
from a private collection demonstrated how works
can be collected on a modest scale over fifty years
to form a handsome and coherent collection. The
works ranged from Tiepolo and Boucher to John
Piper and David Hockney.
Artists of Radio Times: A Golden Age of
British Illustration
12 June - 7 September 2002
Study of a Canadian
Solider by Augustus John
c. 1918 included in the
exhibition For the Love of
Drawing and subsequently
presented to the Museum by Mr
and Mrs George Walker
Generously supported by Darbys (Solicitors),
Critchleys (Accountants) and the Chris Beetles
Gallery, London.
This was the main summer exhibition for 2002,
attracting16,500 visitors. The Radio Times was
considered the art house of magazines, enjoying a
circulation of 4 million after the War and carrying a stable of contemporary
artists including Paul Nash and Frank Brangwyn. Over the decades it
provided an artistic as well as social history of the nation – few magazines stir
such nostalgic memories.
Gluttons and Gladiators: New Portraits from Imperial Rome
25 June 2002 - 12 January 2003
This collection of fourteen Roman portraits, displayed against a dramatic
background of black velvet, gave a valuable historical insight into ancient
Roman society over four centuries, from emperors to everyman.