Art lover aims to catalogue oil paintings
Published on: 15-Oct-2007
An art enthusiast has begun an ambitious bid to catalogue every public oil painting in her region.Gwen Yarker, of Dorset, is hoping to hunt down every oil artwork in her county so they can be logged in her 'audit' system, the Dorset Echo reports.
Commenting on her quest, which has already taken here around some of Dorset's most high-profile buildings, Ms Yarker told the publication: "I'm guesstimating there will be just under 3,000 to get through.
"The whole point of the project is that it's inclusive. There's no judgement about the works - you can have a painting by Mrs Jones alongside a painting by Joshua Reynolds in the catalogue."
Ms Yarker is carrying out the task for the Public Catalogue Foundation, who aim to catalogue every oil painting in the UK.
Explaining the foundation's work, she added: "We want to understand what we have in Dorset and the sheer number of paintings that qualify is huge. All the money from the catalogues sold goes back into the arts and the whole point of it is to allow the public free access to the works they own."
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