Giorgio Morandi. Lines of Poetry

The first exhibition of Giorgio Morandi's work in England was organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain in 1954, but the most important one in terms of raising the artist's profile in Britain was undoubtedly in 1970 with a large show encompassing Morandi's entire career.
Afterwards, in addition to exhibitions in public museums (in 1989, 1991 and 2006), in recent years there have been myriad smaller exhibitions concerning the artist, and shows including works by him, in several British commercial galleries. These have demonstrated the growth of a market for Morandi's work, as well as for Italian art of the twentieth century more generally.
The Estorick's large collection of etchings and drawings by Morandi has consistently proved to be among the bestloved works owned by the museum.
The technical dexterity of Morandi's graphic work, specifically, is also a source of great admiration - even more so when it emerges that Morandi taught himself the technique of etching and personally produced many of his prints.
This catalogue is a career-spanning selection of 80 meditative landscapes and intimate still lifes by the master of poetic understatement.
Morandi's beloved Grizzana landscape will also be explored in an accompanying exhibition of stunning reworked Polaroid photographs by Nino Migliori.