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Paul and Apollos
Purchased 1918
1 Corinthians, chapter 3
actions: postures and motions
adults
agriculture and fishing
agriculture, gardening & fishing
Apollos
architecture
Bible: New Testament
farmland
garden
garden structures
gardening
hill
jar
kneeling
landscape
male
man
natural phenomena
nudes
objects
parable
people
plant
plants and flowers
religion and belief
Saints
St Paul
standing
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
trowel
vessels and containers
wall
water
work and occupations
<p>Poynter was a key figure in the revival of ideal figurative painting during the 1860s. This scene was intended as a trial piece to test the materials used in the fresco scheme for the church of St Stephen in South Dulwich. It represents two early converts to Christianity, the Jewish Paul and the Greek Apollos, and illustrates Paul’s plea for Christian unity: ‘I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase’ (1 <span>Corinthians </span>3: 5-9). The artist exhibited the panel at the Dudley Gallery in 1873 under the more general title of <span>The Gardeners –</span> <span>sketch in fresco.</span></p><p><em>Gallery label, October 2013</em></p>
painting fresco plaster
5 November 2012 – 20 July 2014
2014-07-20
5 November 2012 – 20 July 2014
2014-07-20
2012-11-05
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2012-11-05
Gallery 9
Collection based display
Paul and Apollos
support: 610 × 610 mm
Purchased 1918
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<p>Poynter was a key figure in the revival of ideal figurative painting during the 1860s. This scene was intended as a trial piece to test the materials used in the fresco scheme for the church of St Stephen in South Dulwich. It represents two early converts to Christianity, the Jewish Paul and the Greek Apollos, and illustrates Paul’s plea for Christian unity: ‘I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase’ (1 <i>Corinthians </i>3: 5-9). The artist exhibited the panel at the Dudley Gallery in 1873 under the more general title of <i>The Gardeners –</i> <i>sketch in fresco.</i>
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1 Corinthians, chapter 3 actions: postures and motions adults agriculture and fishing agriculture, gardening & fishing Apollos architecture Bible: New Testament farmland garden gardening garden structures hill jar kneeling landscape male man natural phenomena nudes objects parable people plant plants and flowers religion and belief Saints standing St Paul townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features trowel vessels and containers wall water work and occupations