Get inspired...at the Walker
What sort of paintings inspire you? Those with flame-haired Pre-Raphaelite muses or striking 20th century works?
To celebrate National Poetry Day we're running a poetry competition throughout October! Get inspired by a painting at the Walker Art Gallery, write a poem about it and send it to us. We'll publish a selection of them on the website and pick one winning poem. The winner can choose one poetry book from this selection:
The theme for this year's National Poetry Day is 'heroes and heroines', so we have put together a selection of paintings that we think fit in with this idea.
‘Dante's Dream’
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
‘Hercules seated on a grassy bank'
Baccio Bandinelli
'Martyr of Solway’
John Everett Millais
'Perseus and Andromeda'
Frederick Leighton
'Pin Up 1963 - For Francis Bacon’
Sam Walsh
‘Queen Elizabeth I - The Pelican Portrait’
Attributed to Nicholas Hilliard
‘Samson'
Solomon J Solomon
‘'The Finding of Aesculapius'
Giovanni Tognolli
‘The funeral of Shelley’
Louis Edouard Fournier