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Description: | The art collection contains watercolours (2172), prints (1253), paintings (528), drawings (394) and sculpture (75) ranging from the 18th century to contemporary works.
The collection of 18th century paintings is particularly strong in works by leading portrait painter George Romney, who served his apprenticeship locally and has work such as 'The Gower Children' featured in the collection. Local views and landscapes of the 18th century include works such as pair of views of Windermere by P J de Loutherbourg. Another local artist, Daniel Gardner is also featured in the collection together with works by Allan Ramsay and Thomas Lawrence.
The significant collection of watercolours dates mainly to the second half of the 18th and the first half of the 19th centuries and typically includes a number of local topographical views and landscapes including works such as 'The Falls of Lodore' by John Robert Cozens. Other artists represented in the collection include Dayes, Hearne, Cristall, Varley, Copley Fielding, Constable, Frederick Nash, Hills and Severn. British works by Turner also feature in the collection (most notably the Devil's Bridge in the St Gothard Pass, 1804), together with 40 of Ruskin's drawings and watercolours covering natural history, mountains and topography in Britain and northern Europe.
The collection of painting and sculpture from the 20th century collection features three-dimensional works by Hepworth, Jean Arp and Frink and a group of 11 works of national significance by Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948) including 'Flight', 'Mier Bitte', 'Ambleside YMCA Flag' and 'Sculpture on a Bone' - all 1946. Three important works by Ben Nicholson are included in the collection from the St Ives School, together with paintings by Winifred Nicholson. Artists such as Piper, Sutherland, Christopher Wood and Gertler also feature in the collection of works on paper, whilst the print collection includes important works by Picasso, Matisse, Braque, Henry Moore and David Hockney. Recently acquired contemporary British works include those by Bridget Riley, Alison Wilding, Richard Wentworth and Tony Bevan. The gallery is still actively adding to its collection of contemporary British works. | Subjects: | Watercolours Sculpture Paintings Fine Art Drawings Prints Western European | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Abbot Hall
Kendal,
LA9 5AL | FAX: | 01539 722 494 | Telephone: | 01539 722 464 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:1614 | Go to resource |
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