Renoir's 'The Umbrellas' at the Leicester Museum & Art Gallery
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Leicester Museum & Art Gallery is a world of discovery with collections and displays spanning the natural and cultural world.
A family-friendly day out, the galleries include Ancient Egypt, Dinosaurs, Wild Space, Leicester Stories Gallery, the Victorian Art Gallery, Arts and Crafts Gallery, Picasso Ceramics: The Attenborough Collection, and Leicester's internationally renowned German Expressionism collection.
Renoir’s 'The Umbrellas' will be the centrepiece of an in-focus gallery, alongside a digital installation using sound and animation to bring the artwork to life.
The installation will take the viewer on a visual journey through the bustling streets of 1880s Paris, exploring sound and movement.
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Audio description of Renoir's 'The Umbrellas'
Curator's introduction to Renoir's 'The Umbrellas'
Stop 1, Renoir in Leicester.
In this first audio guide, we’re introduced to The Umbrellas, by Mark Simmons, the Audience Development and Engagement Manager for Leicester Museums and Galleries.Stop 2, Renoir in Leicester.
In this second guide, Mark Simmonds places us in the intimate gallery space where they are displaying the masterpiece; a place for visitors to have a moment of calm. Mark describes the street scene depicted, and considers how Leicester, a city known for its textiles manufacturing, may have been around the time The Umbrellas was being painted.Stop 3, Renoir in Leicester.
In this third guide Mark Simmonds talks about the decision at Leicester to interpret the painting in the form of an animation. He considers the use of photography by Renoir in the 1880s, his ability to focus in on and also change certain details of the main subjects, and how we can still learn from Renoir when being creative today.Stop 4, Renoir in Leicester.
In this final guide, Jack from Leicester based Kino Bino animation studio talks about the intention to create an animation which appeals to young people and families. He also shares some behind the scenes creative insight into their approach to interpreting the Renoir masterpiece in animation form.