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Description: | Alan Halliday studied at the Courtauld Institute of Art, and is well known as a painter of theatrical subjects, having worked with famous theatre, dance and opera companies such as the Bolshoi and Kirov ballets in Russia, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and the Royal Shakespeare Company. He is also known for his scenes of disaster, including the destruction in Kew Gardens caused by the 1987 hurricane, the aftermath of the fire at Windsor Castle which was commissioned by the Keeper of the Queen's Pictures, and the devastation caused by the I.R.A. bombing of the Baltic Exchange in the City of London. During his residency with the Royal Shakespeare Company while on tour in Newcastle in 1995, Alan Halliday painted this unusual view of the city, which has now been obscured by new offices. The artist generously presented the picture to the Laing Art Gallery in 1995. | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Temporal: | Production date: unknown | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Creator: | Alan Halliday | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/artonline/se... | Go to resource |
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