‘Birds of Passage’
COLLECTION FOCUS: Fairweather and Jacoulet
Feb 2024 -
Jan 2026
![Paul Jacoulet / France 1896–1960 / Les perles (The pearls), Manchukuo (detail) 1950 / Purchased 2021 with funds from the Airey Family through the QAGOMA Foundation / © Paul Jacoulet/ADAGP/Copyright Agency](/index.php/system/files/styles/wide/private/2024-02/2021.552_001.jpg?itok=cWxng6sw)
Migratory birds travel across the globe; they are known as ‘birds of passage’, an expression that can also be applied to people. For artists Ian Fairweather and Paul Jacoulet, their journeys across Asia and the Pacific influenced both the content of their work and their ways of making.
This display illustrates the influence of travel and cross-cultural experience on their respective works. Fairweather had a deep knowledge of Chinese art, while Jacoulet was committed to the craft of Japanese woodblock printmaking, and these qualities allowed both artists to act as a bridge between cultures.
‘Birds of Passage: Ian Fairweather and Paul Jacoulet’ is on display in QAG’s Galleries 7 and 9 (Philip Bacon Galleries) from 24 February 2024 to 26 January 2026.
‘Birds of Passage’ is a rotating exhibition; not all of the Collection works below will be on display simultaneously. Learn more on the QAGOMA Blog.
Feature image: Paul Jacoulet / France 1896–1960 / Les perles (The pearls), Manchukuo (detail) 1950 / Purchased 2021 with funds from the Airey Family through the QAGOMA Foundation / © Paul Jacoulet/ADAGP/Copyright Agency
Collection artworks featured in ‘Birds of Passage’
![Ian Fairweather/DACS/Copyright Agency Artwork Faces at the window this artwork made of Oil, gouache and pencil on paper on cardboard on composition board, created in 1933-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1-1194_001_0.jpg?itok=_p1C7iQX)
Faces at the window 1933
- FAIRWEATHER, Ian - Creator
![Ian Fairweather/DACS/Copyright Agency Artwork (Dutch canal scene) this artwork made of Oil on cardboard, created in 1918-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1983.071_001_0.jpg?itok=H0NEBiZI)
(Dutch canal scene) 1918
- FAIRWEATHER, Ian - Creator
![Ian Fairweather/DACS/Copyright Agency Artwork Barges near The Hague this artwork made of Watercolour and opaque white over crayon on thick rough wove paper, created in 1918-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1983.093_001_0.jpg?itok=ogT5sF11)
Barges near The Hague 1918
- FAIRWEATHER, Ian - Creator
![Ian Fairweather/DACS/Copyright Agency Artwork Kite flying this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint and gouache on cardboard laid down on composition board, created in 1958-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1985.045_002_0.jpg?itok=Cl1wdzXa)
Kite flying 1958
- FAIRWEATHER, Ian - Creator
![Ian Fairweather/DACS/Copyright Agency Artwork Two nudes this artwork made of Oil on cardboard, created in 1934-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2000.147_002.jpg?itok=8hGUEJze)
Two nudes 1934
- FAIRWEATHER, Ian - Creator
![Ian Fairweather/DACS/Copyright Agency Artwork (Snake charmer) this artwork made of Gouache, ink and watercolour on paper](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2007.166_001_0.jpg?itok=bz4GTc3j)
(Snake charmer) c.1949
- FAIRWEATHER, Ian - Creator
![Ian Fairweather/DACS/Copyright Agency Artwork Coolie this artwork made of Gouache on paper](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2012.170_001_0.jpg?itok=6f86HMLQ)
Coolie c.1949
- FAIRWEATHER, Ian - Creator
![Ian Fairweather/DACS/Copyright Agency Artwork Sea shells this artwork made of Gouache on paper, created in 1950-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2012.172_001_0.jpg?itok=qnPLnGNk)
Sea shells 1950
- FAIRWEATHER, Ian - Creator
![© Ian Fairweather/DACS/Copyright Agency Artwork Musician this artwork made of Gouache on paper laid on board, created in 1951-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/2023-12/2023.056_23-01.jpg?itok=tNDJm-VO)
Musician 1951
- FAIRWEATHER, Ian - Creator
![© Paul Jacoulet/ADAGP/Copyright Agency Artwork Chagrins d'Amour this artwork made of Colour woodcut on Japanese paper, created in 1940-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2021.455_001_0.jpg?itok=CYWRlXEk)
Chagrins d'Amour 1940
- JACOULET, Paul - Creator
![© Paul Jacoulet/ADAGP/Copyright Agency Artwork La chenille verte. Coree this artwork made of Colour woodcut on Japanese paper, created in 1936-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2023.068_23-01_1.jpg?itok=JU5d32sW)
La chenille verte. Coree 1936
- JACOULET, Paul - Creator
![© Paul Jacoulet/ADAGP/Copyright Agency Artwork Les joueurs. Chinois this artwork made of Colour woodcut on Japanese paper, created in 1941-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2023.069_23-01_1.jpg?itok=guQjh4O2)
Les joueurs. Chinois 1941
- JACOULET, Paul - Creator