{"id":35440,"date":"2010-03-03T12:12:01","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T17:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=35440"},"modified":"2010-03-03T23:07:06","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T04:07:06","slug":"tolkien-paintings-on-exhibit-at-oxfords-bodleian-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/03\/03\/35440-tolkien-paintings-on-exhibit-at-oxfords-bodleian-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Tolkien Paintings On Exhibit at Oxford’s Bodleian Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a><\/a>Tolkien devotees will be making their way to Oxford\u2019s Bodleian Library on World Book Day\u00a0for a fleeting glimpse of some of the revered author\u2019s original artworks.<\/p>\n

The Bodleian is mounting a one-day only exhibition of J.R.R. Tolkien\u2019s original iconic artwork for The Hobbit, together with a manuscript of Hobbit doodles and a rare first edition of the book.<\/p>\n

The free-of-charge display will take place in the Bodleian\u2019s Divinity School on Thursday March 4 and will focus on Tolkien\u2019s own manuscript of The Hobbit, which was illustrated throughout with monochrome drawings and maps. The drawings also appeared in the British first edition of the middle earth classic.<\/p>\n

At the suggestion of his American publishers who wanted to include colour plates in their edition, Tolkien then painted five watercolours between mid-July and mid-August 1937.<\/p>\n

\u201cTolkien\u2019s abilities as an artist are perhaps less well known than his great talent as a writer,\u201d explains Dr Chris Fletcher, the Bodleian\u2019s Head of Western manuscripts.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, as our display shows, his splendid watercolours and drawings – generously given to the Bodleian by the Tolkien trustees in 1979 – formed an essential part of his creative conception of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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