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Description: | The fine Art includes oil paintings, mainly 19th century and many by artists of local origin but famous on a national scale such as Luke Fildes R.A., Henry Woods R.A. and James Charles. There are also some works by internationally known artists such as the 'Flowers and Fruit'. Oil painting by Jan Van Os and works by Frank Brangwyn and Hamlet Winstanley. The watercolour drawings in the collections (168 works) are mainly 19th century date and include work many well know watercolourists of the period and local artists such as Oswald Garside and George Sheffield.
The collection of 484 prints includes a few original works by regional artists James Fitton and Evelyn Buckton but the majority are 19th century reproductions of old master paintings or topographical scenes and mostly by unknown artists. There are also 62 pieces of sculpture, mainly marble statuary by the local sculptor, John Warrington Wood. | Subjects: | Fine Art | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | 01925 442 399 | Telephone: | 01925 442 392 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:2093 | Go to resource |
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