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passamezzo.bsky.social
Passamezzo #AdventCalendar: Day 6
Something for #StNicholasDay
#Illuminated letter m showing #StNicholas rescuing three young boys.
Detail from the Baltimore #Antiphonary, c1370s
#WalkerArtGallery

#earlymusic
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
redlucy54.bsky.social
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekVforVibrant #TheWorldReimagined #WonderUnder is inspired by the ancient sea life of Africa & was created by #CatherineChinatree
#WalkerArtGallery #Liverpool
November 25, 2024 at 7:52 PM
emzienic.bsky.social
Another Arty post some of the fantastic victorian painting some recently re hung at the fabulous Walker Art gallery. I adore the #WalkerArtGallery #Art #GFWatts #Leighton #WHHunt #PRB #followers #gallery #painting #oilpainting
November 18, 2024 at 2:05 PM
leshall.bsky.social
Loved this #walkerartgallery #Queen #magnushastings
August 25, 2024 at 6:18 PM
trevvie.bsky.social
The Fever Van by #LsLowry / Lost portrait of #HenryVIII by #HansHolbein / Maisons blanches by #GeorgesSeurat and the wonderful #KimCattrall by #SamiraAddo ~ there’s something for everyone at the splendid #WalkerArtGallery in fabulous #liverpool @exploreliverpool.bsky.social #Arthistory #Artoftheday
April 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
mdstamper.bsky.social
"Das Austernmädchen (The Oyster Girl)" by Karl Gussow (German) - Oil on beveled wood panel / 1882 - Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool, UK) #WomenInArt #art #artText #artwork #KarlGussow #Gussow #WalkerArtGallery #PortraitofaGirl #Naturalism #arte #WorkingWomen #GermanArt #GermanArtist #oysters #kunst
Painted in Berlin, Germany in 1882, this oil painting turns a potentially fleeting act of service into a portrait with the gravity usually reserved for the socially elevated. The title frames her identity through labor, yet German artist Karl Gussow’s handling insists on personhood first through careful modeling of her face with tender translucence of skin, and a firm, capable hold on a heavy bowl of oysters. A young woman with fair, peach-toned skin is shown from the waist up, turned in profile and looking to our right. Her auburn-brown hair is swept back under a deep black headscarf dotted with tiny sprigs, the fabric tied into a broad knot behind her head. She wears a smoky cream blouse with puffed sleeves and a row of dark buttons down the front, softened by a sheer lavender-rose shawl that falls across her shoulders and chest. Her lips are painted a warm coral, and her expression is a mix of calm, poise, and intent. In both hands, she supports a wide blue-and-white ceramic bowl filled with pale oyster shells cradling glossy oysters, and a yellow lemon. The background is an uncluttered, warm beige, pushing attention toward her face, hands, and the offered food. Oysters, often considered a delicacy, desire, or luxury become a symbol of an economy where pleasure is carried by someone else’s steady arms. Meanwhile, the lemon suggests sharpness, appetite, and the ritual of preparation. By setting her against a bare backdrop, Gussow removes anecdote and spectacle, leaving an encounter. She is a young woman mid-exchange, dignified, self-contained, and momentarily monumental. At the Berlin Academy, Gussow was considered a superb teacher as the ‘Regenerator of Painting’. His most famous pupil was the German artist Max Klinger who became celebrated for his surreal series of a sinisterly animated "Glove." After Gussow left the Academy in 1880, he became a sought after Berlin-society portrait painter.
January 29, 2026 at 7:00 PM
clairepartington.bsky.social
Claire Partington: Historical Fiction is back in stock @walkerartgallery shop. Thanks to all who bought it! 🩷

Published in 2022 by @kochxbos Amsterdam, it's a delve into ten years worth of work from 2011-2021.

www.clairepartington.co.uk/book
September 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
leannetonkin.bsky.social
Quick visit to the Vivienne Westwood: Designer in Focus exhibition @liverpoolmuseums @walkerartgallery A small exhibition snapshotting the early 1980s to early 1990s work of the late VW. #viviennewestwood #fashion #fashionhistory #liverpool #punk
July 26, 2025 at 8:44 AM
queerarthub.bsky.social
📣In Conversation Event 📣 Friday 18th July, 11:00am at @bluecoatdisplaycentre

Chris Turrell @christurrellceramics will be sharing more about his work with Nicola Scott, Decorative Arts Curator @walkerartgallery and Assistant Director, Kate Moult.
July 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
tamisar.bsky.social
For anyone in/visiting the🇬🇧, especially if you live near or may be visiting Liverpool there’s currently an #ArtExhibition of Turner’s #paintings at the #WalkerArtGallery which runs until 22 Feb 2026:
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/walk...
Turner: Always Contemporary
This exhibition will mark 250 years since the birth of JMW Turner, exploring both the artist’s own work and his enduring impact on later generations of artists. Turner: Always Contemporary will includ...
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 AM
squareeyedgeek.bsky.social
…🖼️ A visit to the Walker Art Gallery…

#WalkerArtGallery
April 18, 2026 at 10:52 AM
shivaunsay.bsky.social
Hello Pre-Raphaelite Art! 🎨♥️ @walkerartgallery #preraphaelite #liverpool
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 AM
subtleinternal.bsky.social
“Intergalactic Dub Frequencies and Massive Basslines” by Antonio Jose Guzman and Iva Jankovic at the #WalkerArtGallery was brilliant. Did not expect to be part of a magical dub invocation at half 10 on a saturday morning but I am all the better for it.
June 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM
jayhinton.bsky.social
Ben Johnson’s remarkable picture “The Space Between Revisited”, in the John Moores Painting Prize show at Liverpool’s Walker Gallery #ILoveLiverpool #jm2018 @benjohnsonart @walkerartgallery
December 31, 2024 at 11:37 AM
marybaillie.bsky.social
'Conversations', an exhibition showcasing work by black artists was interesting. Some very lovely large-scale paintings on display.
#WalkerArtGallery #Liverpool #art #paintings
November 30, 2024 at 11:05 AM
damianrainford.bsky.social
Great days out. Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.

Lowry didn't just paint his native Manchester. As well as a Salford, there are 3 Liverpool scenes below, with descriptions attached. #lowry #art #liverpoolmuseums #walkerartgallery #visitliverpool #outdoors #citybreaks #thebeatles
The Fever Van, Salford, 1935 The Liver Buildings, Liverpool, 1950. The Royal Iris, Liverpool, 1963. There was a fish n' chip shop on board and a stage. The Beatles and Gerry & The Pacemakers played on board. The Waterloo Dock, Liverpool, 1962.
December 1, 2024 at 9:17 PM
furtho.bsky.social
Catalogue from Ford Madox Brown exhibition at the Walker, Liverpool, in 1964. Beautiful simple cover and, within, an astonishing painting #SecondhandBookshopFinds #FordMadoxBrown #WalkerArtGallery
The Last Of England (1855), inspired by emigration to Australia Cover on gorgeous heavy textured paper
May 26, 2025 at 7:14 AM
alisonlittle.bsky.social
🖼️ Hockney in NYC🗽
From Bradford to California, David Hockney changed the way we see art—and ourselves.🤓
👉 alisonlittle.blog/20...
#DavidHockney #DavidHockneyDeath #BritishArtists #WalkerArtGallery
September 29, 2026 at 4:00 PM
drcemjarvis.bsky.social
Other highlights from yesterday’s visit to the
#walkerartgallery #liverpool

Lucian Freud // Interior At Paddington (A Snippet From)1951

Ceri Richards // Mother And Child 1938

David Hockney // Peter Getting About Of Nick’s Pool 1966
November 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
sucomer.bsky.social
app.smartify.org/objects/spri... seen at #walkerartgallery #Liverpool
Smartify | Spring in St. John's Wood
This is the view from Knight's studio at Langford Place in north London. The painting ...
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April 16, 2025 at 10:21 AM
ia-adventures.bsky.social
Although associated primarily with Salford, LS Lowry painted industrial scenes elsewhere. Here is his depiction of the Pierhead in Liverpool featuring the well known Liver Building #industrialarchaeology #walkerartgallery
June 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
figroly.bsky.social
Some of my favourites from the John Moores Painting Prize this year

1. Play - What we need right now by Abby Cocovini

2. Agnes’ Hanky by Christina Niederberger

3. Trailblazing by Samantha Fellows

4. Evening Light by Caroline Gorick

@walkerartgallery #JohnMooresPaintingPrize
October 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
subtleinternal.bsky.social
Anyone got a spare ticket for Intergalactic Dub Frequencies and Massive Basslines at the #WalkerArtGallery for #LiverpoolBiennial this morning?
June 7, 2025 at 8:12 AM
oldportraiture.bsky.social
Jean #Clouet (1480-1541)
Portrait of #MargueriteofAngoulême (1492-1549), Queen of Navarre, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1527
#WalkerArtGallery
April 11, 2025 at 11:43 AM
shivaunsay.bsky.social
The Vivienne Westwood exhibition at the Walker is small but I loved this ensemble… @walkerartgallery #liverpool #viviennewestwood
November 25, 2025 at 4:55 AM