During October, the Library will take part in the ‘Masterpieces in Schools’ scheme; run by the PCF (Public Catalogue Foundation) and the BBC.
Your Paintings: Masterpieces in Schools will take a selection of famous paintings by the likes of Gainsborough, L. S. Lowry, Monet, Spencer and Turner, worth an estimated £14 million, into 27 schools across the nation. This is a Public Catalogue Foundation (PCF) initiative, led by contemporary British artists Bob and Roberta Smith and John Byrne and supported by BBC Learning.
Launched in June, 2011, Your Paintings currently shows over 200,000 oil paintings from 3,200 collection venues across the UK. Around 80% of the nation’s paintings are not on view and the vast majority had not been photographed before the Public Catalogue Foundation started work in 2003. This project has already dramatically improved access to the nation’s publicly owned art.
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