Joseph Noël Paton - an artist's life
At Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries

Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries welcomes home one of its own with a major exhibition devoted to the life and work of Sir Joseph Noel Paton. Dunfermline-born artist, illustrator, poet, Painter to Queen Victoria and a contemporary of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, was a towering figure in the Victorian art world.

 

The exhibition features important works from various major museums and galleries, such as Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, the National Gallery of Scotland and the Royal Scottish Academy, as well as paintings, engravings and drawings from our museum collections. It also offers a rare opportunity to see paintings, sketches and personal items kindly loaned by the Paton family, many on public display for the first time.

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The Patons of Dunfermline Charity has worked with Fife Cultural Trust to secure many of these rare loans and we give our heartfelt thanks to curator Lesley Lettice for the amount of research and dedication she has shown to this project, to highlight Noël Paton's extraordinary life as well as his art.

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14 September 2024 - 9 February 2025