Exhibition

Sculpture Victorious

25 Feb 2015 – 25 May 2015

Regular hours

Wednesday
10:00 – 18:00
Thursday
10:00 – 18:00
Friday
10:00 – 18:00
Saturday
10:00 – 18:00
Sunday
10:00 – 18:00
Monday
10:00 – 18:00
Tuesday
10:00 – 18:00

Cost of entry

Adult £12.00 (without donation £10.90)
Concession £10.50 (without donation £9.50)
Help Tate by including the voluntary donation to enable Gift Aid
No booking fee on this exhibition
Under 12s go free (up to four per parent or guardian). Family tickets available by telephone or in the gallery.

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Powerful, beautiful and inventive, the Victorian era was a golden age for sculpture. Tate Britain’s exhibition Sculpture Victorious celebrates some of the most astonishing and lavish works produced in this groundbreaking period.

Exploring the original techniques and materials developed during this time, the exhibition brings to light the ingenuity and creativity of the Victorian age. In a period of unparalleled innovation across industries, Victorian sculpture profited from ground-breaking new materials and methods that created a thrilling and cutting edge environment for Victorian sculptors.

The exhibition includes many extraordinary objects, from magnificent marble, limewood and ceramic sculpture shown at the Great Exhibitions, to exquisite jewellery and silverwork, and ornate carving of beauty and wonder such as Monti’sVeiled Vestal. Works from the exhibition touch on all aspects of Victorian life, exploring domestic politics, the reach of the empire, and the impact of the scientific and industrial age.

Revered works such as Frederic Leighton’s An Athlete Wrestling with a Python and Hiram Powers’s The Greek Slave are to be enjoyed alongside lesser-known artists such as Mary Watts and William Reynolds-Stephens. As well as offering an opportunity to explore some of the Victorian eras most cherished and groundbreaking works, Sculpture Victorious provides an in-depth exploration of the artistic and historical developments of one of Britain’s most prolific eras and is a feast for the eyes.

Banner image credits: Thomas Longmore and John Hénk Elephant 1889 © Thomas Goode & Co. Ltd., London

Organised by Tate Britain and the Yale Center for British Art

Curated at Tate Britain by Greg Sullivan, Curator of British Art 1750–1830, Hannah Lyons, Assistant Curator 1850–1915, and Caroline Corbeau-Parsons, Assistant Curator 1850-1915. The exhibition was devised by Martina Droth, Jason Edwards and Michael Hatt

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