Exeter's Fine Art

A century ago in 1913, Applehayes Farm at Clayhidon on the Devon-Somerset border belonged to Harold Harrison, a retired rancher from Argentina. Harrison, became friends with the Camden Town Artists Group whilst a London art student and from 1910 onwards he invited the members to visit his farm, amongst them Spencer Gore, Charles Ginner and Robert Bevan. Bevan, in particular, was inspired by the East Devon landscape and returned regularly until 1920. RAMM is commemorating this centenary with a display of its important 1913 paintings by both Bevan and Ginner.

Samuel Palmer was one of the most original and influential artists of the 19th century and is famously associated with Shoreham in Kent. However, in later life he was arguably more inspired by the scenery of Devon than any other. With the help of the V&A Purchase Grant Fund and the Friends of the Museum, RAMM has recently acquired one of Palmer’s important late watercolours, After the Storm, 1861. This large scale exhibition work is an imaginary shipwreck scene based on the coastline around the Valley of the Rocks near Lynmouth and will be on public display in Exeter for the very first time.

The images in this exhibition are available to buy on a range of products. Visit our prints website: http://prints.rammuseum.org.uk.

From time to time the galleries will be closed for special events; please check before travelling, phone: 01392 265858.

Accompanying events
Wednesday 8 May, 1 to 2pm, £4.50 (£3) - Lunchtime art gallery walk and talk with John Madin, RAMM’s Art Curator.
Wednesday 5 June, 1 to 2pm, £4.50 (£3) - Lunchtime lecture - Benjamin Robert Haydon: The Triumphs and the Tragedies with Alan Read, lecturer for NADFAS.

Photo: Robert Bevan (1865-1925) Devonshire Valley No. 1 © 2011 Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery and Exeter City Council