Senior Collections Officer Julien Parsons explains why RAMM has decided to give the painting formerly known as ‘Portrait of an African’ the new title of ‘Portrait of a Man in a Red Suit’.
Fine Art
This guest blog from Melissa Percival, Associate Dean of Global, and Professor of French, Art History and Visual Culture at the University of Exeter accompanies RAMM’s ‘In Plain Sight’ exhibition.
Guest blog by Julia Neville, of the ‘West Quarter in the 1920s Research Project’. Julia investigates the poor conditions of Exeter’s slums in the twentieth century.
In this guest blog, Dr Andrew Jackson compares Robert Polhill Bevan’s two version of ‘A Devonshire Valley’ at RAMM and Brighton Museum and Art Gallery.
A new book by Martyn Rix includes a chapter of research on RAMM’s collection of Indian botanical art and can be purchased from the RAMM shop.
Black British history is explored through RAMM’s ‘Portrait of an African’.
Research while working from home forges links between William Keble Martin’s best selling book and the drawings and specimens in RAMM’s collection.
Frederick Gordon Tutton (1888-1930) was a pioneer of early colour photography. He worked in Britain and the United States. One of his photographs is part of RAMM’s Fine Art collection.
Blog from RAMM’s Assistant Curator of Photographs. Learn more about the photographs in RAMM’s collections that are part of the latest collections review.
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the death of one of the greatest Elizabethan artists, Nicholas Hilliard (c.1547-1619). The Hilliards were a prominent family in Exeter, renowned for their craftsmanship. Although the name of Hilliard is now more associated with miniature portraits, the family were originally goldsmiths. Several objects linked to the Hilliards are now held in RAMM’s collection. Here we trace the family’s history, beginning with Nicholas’ father Richard.
