A print by one of the 20th Century’s most influential artists has become available for loan as part of a gallery’s lending scheme.<\/p>\n
Henri Matisse’s The Dancer (1949) is one of 24 lithographs produced by the artist in the 1940s.<\/p>\n
It is among more than 100 artworks added to Leeds Art Gallery’s Picture Library lending scheme, which offers people the chance to display works in their own homes.<\/p>\n
The gallery’s principal keeper Jane Bhoyroo said the scheme was open to residents across Yorkshire.<\/p>\n
She said: “The Picture Library is a much-loved part of Leeds Art Gallery’s programme. <\/p>\n
“This season we’re excited to introduce several new works to the lending scheme, from those by young artists in the city, to historic prints.”<\/p>\n
The lithograph is among 140 pieces available from a range of artists that can be viewed and selected from the gallery until Sunday.<\/p>\n
French artist Matisse was born in 1869 and died in 1954. In his later years he became bed bound and focused on creating cut paper collages.<\/p>\n
The Dancer features similar cut out shapes, although it is a lithograph print.<\/p>\n
Leeds City Council’s executive member for adult social care, active lifestyles and culture, Salma Arif said the lending scheme allowed art to be “accessible and available to everyone”.<\/p>\n
She said: “Bringing these beautiful artworks into our communities gives those people taking part the chance to experience and appreciate art in a completely new and individual way and to put culture at the heart of our homes and families.”<\/p>\n
The Picture Library was established in 1961 and includes oil paintings, watercolours, drawings, photographs and a variety of prints.<\/p>\n
Membership allows residents to loan one artwork for up to one year or swap four artworks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A print by one of the 20th Century’s most influential artists has become available for loan as part…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,460,134],"class_list":{"0":"post-316108","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-au","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}