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Ernst & Young is to sponsor Renoir Landscapes 1865 – 1883 at the National Gallery, London, in the first major exhibition of the artist’s landscape paintings. Renoir Landscapes will run from 21st February to 20th May, 2007. It is the thirteenth major exhibition that Ernst & Young has been associated with and the second collaboration with the National Gallery. The first was Vermeer and the Delft School in 2001.
French painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir is arguably one of the most audacious and original landscape artists of his age, whose influence can still be felt today. The show brings together over seventy paintings from across Europe and the USA, with many works from private collections.
Mark Otty, UK Chairman of Ernst & Young, is delighted that the company is involved with the National Gallery again: “This comprehensive exhibition gives significant insight into a remarkable talent, and one that deserves to be showcased to as wide an audience as possible. Ernst & Young has been sponsoring and supporting the arts for almost thirteen years and it has become an integral part of our culture. Renoir Landscapes is a continuation of our ongoing commitment to the arts in the UK, including corporate memberships of galleries and museums and community art initiatives, and we are very proud that our support makes it possible to give the public access to world-class exhibitions.”
“We are also particularly pleased that the National Gallery will be working with us on Art Matters", he says, "our joint arts initiative with leading children’s charity NCH. Art Matters has been running for five years and in that time we have helped over 1,000 young children to get involved in the arts through the programme. This year’s initiative includes a display of the young people’s work alongside those of the great masters in the National Gallery.”
As part of the sponsorship programme, Ernst & Young will be running events for its clients and business contacts as well as its people and their families. There will also be a series of workshops and talks in the workplace. All staff throughout the UK will be given free access to the exhibition to allow them to become actively involved in the exhibition programme.
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