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Description: | Throughout its history the Fitzwilliam has attempted to acquire recently published prints. Lord Fitzwilliam himself stuck newly-made prints of the early nineteenth century into his albums. In 1918 the Museum received one of the portfolios of lithographs commissioned by the Ministry of Information from War Artists such as C. R. W. Nevinson. The Director Sydney Cockerell, famous for his appearances at collectorsÃ' deathbeds over the first few decades of the twentieth century, solicited important gifts of prints from contemporary printmakers, notably those of the British School. In the late 1960s and early 1970s the Sainsbury Family gave a fund specifically for the acquisition of contemporary prints, which resulted in a large number of acquisitions of British prints of this period. The policy of acquiring contemporary British prints is still pursued, albeit more sparingly with relatively smaller funds. Purchases and donations over the past few years have included prints by Frank Auerbach, Tracey Emin, Lucian Freud, Richard Hamilton, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Howard Hodgkin, Christopher LeBrun, Richard Long, Ian McKeever, Hughie OÃ'Donoghue, Therese Oulton and Marc Quinn. | Subjects: | Prints | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | 01223 332 923 | Telephone: | 01223 332 900 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:8369 | Go to resource |
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