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When Charles Darwin met the art world

By Lucy Dodwell

12 February 2009

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Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds by Martin Johnson Heade (1819-1904)

(Image: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation)

An exhibition called , is being held at the until 3 May 2009, and at the , Cambridge, UK from 16 June – 4 October 2009.

The exhibition features both works of art that inspired Darwin, and the art that Darwin himself inspired – the latter including works by some of the greatest artists of the 19th century, such as Monet and Degas.

The exhibition has been organised by he Fitzwilliam Museum in association with the Yale Center for British Art, as part of the celebrations surrounding Darwin’s bicentennial.

See a gallery of Darwinian art

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