Reflections: The light and life of John Henry Lorimer
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<p>The audioguide for Reflections: The light and life of John Henry Lorimer is presented and produced by the exhibition co-curator, Charlotte Lorimer. It includes the panels of text displayed in the exhibition, as well as dramatised readings of letters written by members of the Lorimer family and twelve poems by Christine de Luca, each inspired by a different painting by John Henry Lorimer. The extracts of letters and memoirs are performed by five actors: Clive Russell, George Lorimer, Edward Wade, Natasha Jobst and Sarah Haynes.</p><p>Reflections: The light and life of John Henry Lorimer runs from 6th November 2020 to 20th November 2022 at the City Art Centre in Edinburgh.</p><p>Cover: The Flight of the Swallows, 1906 (detail), City Art Centre, Museums and Galleries Edinburgh</p>
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November 4, 2021
Reflections
<p>In this first exhibition of John Henry Lorimer (1856-1936), curators Charlotte Lorimer and David Patterson present his reflections of light, identity, family, femininity and home. Each theme introduces an additional focus for the paintings, objects and letters on display, some of which have never been exhibited before. </p><p>For the curators, all five of these themes are represented by The Flight of the Swallows (1906), a beloved painting for many visitors to The City Art Centre. The painting may have been inspired by the departure of the artist’s sister Alice and her children following a summer at Kellie Castle in Fife. Like the swallows, Alice and her family would have faced a September voyage south, away from Scotland and back to Guyana, where her husband lived and worked. The quote from author Victor Hugo, embedded in the frame, is translated as: ‘Oh it is sad to see the swallows flee! They go towards the golden South.’ </p><p>Seven years ago, The Flight of the Swallows sparked a conversation between The City Art Centre and The Lorimer Society, an organisation that preserves and promotes the art of the Lorimer family. It is from this conversation that Reflections: The Light and Life of John Henry Lorimer has developed. The exhibition brings together almost fifty works of art and seeks to tell their stories, bringing the brilliance of John Henry Lorimer to light. </p><p>The audioguide for Reflections: The light and life of John Henry Lorimer is presented and produced by the exhibition co-curator, Charlotte Lorimer. It includes the panels of text displayed in the exhibition, as well as dramatised readings of family letters and memoirs, performed by Clive Russell, George Lorimer, Ed Wade, Natasha Jobst and Sarah Haynes. The audioguide also includes twelve original poems by Christine de Luca. The exhibition runs from 6th November 2021 to 20th March 2022 at The City Art Centre in Edinburgh.</p>
November 4, 2021
Light
<p>Throughout his life, John Henry Lorimer sought to represent the clarity and diversity of light. His first watercolour, painted in 1864 when he was eight years old, pictured Kinghorn Loch. The sketch has since been lost. But his choice to represent a Fife landscape, possibly including an Autumn sky reflected in water, anticipates many of his future works of art. The painting was the first of hundreds inspired by the light and landscape of Fife, a county surrounded by sea on three sides. </p><p>John Henry was almost twenty-one when his family stumbled upon Kellie Castle, empty but for the birds nesting in its crumbling walls and chimney pots. Dandelions and nettles pushed up through the floorboards. Not a pane of glass remained in its tall, elegant windows and many of the tiles on the steep, sloping roof had slipped or cracked, letting in the wind, rain and light of the East Neuk of Fife. The family fell in love with it. </p><p>Kellie, rented and restored by the Lorimers from 1878, became John Henry’s greatest source of inspiration. It was a place of retreat, somewhere to observe and record the changing light of each day and changing seasons of each year. The castle passed to the National Trust for Scotland in 1970. </p><p><br></p><p>The audioguide for Reflections: The light and life of John Henry Lorimer is presented and produced by the exhibition co-curator, Charlotte Lorimer. It includes the panels of text displayed in the exhibition, as well as dramatised readings of family letters and memoirs, performed by Clive Russell, George Lorimer, Ed Wade, Natasha Jobst and Sarah Haynes. The audioguide also includes twelve original poems by Christine de Luca. The exhibition runs from 6th November 2021 to 20th March 2022 at The City Art Centre in Edinburgh.</p>
November 4, 2021
Identity
<p>John Henry Lorimer was born in Edinburgh on 12th August 1856 and died in Fife on 4th November 1936. During his 80 years, he completed nearly 400 oil paintings, including almost 130 portraits. Portraiture became his main source of income, a talent that enabled him to create his beloved landscapes and paintings of everyday family and domestic life. </p><p>As an adolescent, he was tutored by George Paul Chalmers and William McTaggart at The Royal Scottish Academy (RSA), where he first exhibited at 17. In the years that followed, he endeavoured to see and study the galleries of Europe: France, Italy, Spain, Germany and Holland - although he always looked forward to returning home to Scotland. </p><p>John Henry created most of his paintings in his turret studio at Kellie, a space he once compared to the cabin of a ship in a storm. In later life, he worked from his townhouse in Edinburgh or The Gyles, the house in Pittenweem harbour that he restored when he was 74. He also spent time painting in London and Paris, where he studied under the artist Carolus-Duran for two months in 1884. </p><p>Unlike his contemporaries, John Henry never attached himself to a group or movement. He chose to work alone, striving to capture the characters and landscapes around him with accuracy and sensitivity. </p><p><br></p><p>The audioguide for Reflections: The light and life of John Henry Lorimer is presented and produced by the exhibition co-curator, Charlotte Lorimer. It includes the panels of text displayed in the exhibition, as well as dramatised readings of family letters and memoirs, performed by Clive Russell, George Lorimer, Ed Wade, Natasha Jobst and Sarah Haynes. The audioguide also includes twelve original poems by Christine de Luca. The exhibition runs from 6th November 2021 to 20th March 2022 at The City Art Centre in Edinburgh.</p>
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