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AN exhibition of esteemed artist Norman Ackroyd’s work will be staged at the North House gallery next week. The online display will be his 12th biennial solo show at the Manningtree gallery, running from April 17 – May 8. It will feature works such as Reading the Landscape 2019 and Lockdown 2020. Also on show are the small series of Lockdown Rainbow etchings and 20 independent prints from the past two years. Rainbows have often appeared in Norman’s work in the past, but this time they hold a particularly contemporary importance and aim to symbolise hope in dark times. The etchings of ‘Reading the Landscape’, housed in a solander box, are interleaved with translucent paper printed with lines of some of Norman’s favourite poetry and songs from Milton to Dylan. ....
Country Life Trending: February 15, 2021 St Jerome in His Study, about 1475, 18in by 14in, by Antonello da Messina (about 1430–79), National Gallery, London. Credit: Alamy Tim Sainsbury on St Jerome in His Study by Antonello da Messina ‘Antonello da Messina is often credited with introducing painting in oils to Italy and was a pioneer in the use of linear perspective. But it is the exquisite detail evident in every part of the painting that, for me, makes this work so special. You can study it for hours and still spot something new. ‘St Jerome is generally regarded as the most learned of the Four Fathers of the Early Church. His great achievement was translating the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into Latin, thus making the foundation of our Christian faith accessible to all in the early Church.’ ....