1965 was the year of the triumph for Luigi Pericle with a 6 museums tourné in England under the direction of Hans Hess :

York City art Gallery :

York Art Gallery

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York Art Gallery
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York Art Gallery and statue of William Etty
Established 1882
Location YorkUnited Kingdom
Coordinates 53.962873°N 1.086278°WCoordinates53.962873°N 1.086278°W
Type Art museum
Key holdings British Studio Pottery, Views of York, William Etty
Collections Western European paintings, British paintings, prints, watercolours, drawings, ceramics
Curator Laura Turner
Owner York Museums Trust
Website yorkartgallery.org.uk

Portrait of Giovanni Battista Agucchiby his friend Domenichino, 1615–1620

York Art Gallery in YorkEngland is a public art gallery with a collection of paintings from 14th-century to contemporary, prints, watercolours, drawings, and ceramics. It closed for major redevelopment in 2013, reopening in summer of 2015. It is managed by York Museums Trust.

History

The gallery was created to provide a permanent building as the core space for the second Yorkshire Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition of 1879, the first in 1866 occupied a temporary chalet in the grounds of Bootham Asylum. Following the 1879 exhibition the renamed Yorkshire Fine Art and Industrial Institution aimed to create a permanent art exhibition. It was given a major boost by the bequest of York collector John Burton (1799–1882) of more than one hundred 19th-century paintings, supplemented by gifts and in the early years two major temporary loan collections. In 1888 the north galleries were leased to York School of Art, which moved there in 1890 from Minster Yard.[1][2]

York City Council purchased the buildings and collection in 1892. Temporary summer exhibitions ceased in 1903 but a major exhibition of the work of York artist William Etty was held in 1911 when his statue by local sculptor George Walker Milburn was erected outside. The period up to the commencement of the Second World War was one of modest growth, the major event being purchase of the Dr W A Evelyn collection of prints, drawings and watercolours of York in 1931. The building was requisitioned for military purposes at the outbreak of the Second World War and closed, suffering bomb damage in an air raid on 29 April 1942.[1][2][3]

The gallery reopened in 1948 with a small temporary exhibition before a major restoration in 1951–52 after which began a major revival of fortune under the direction of Hans Hess. He made important acquisitions with the assistance of the York Art Collection Society founded in 1948 (later Friends of York Art Gallery) and the National Art Collections Fund, and then in 1955 the donation of FD Lycett Green’s collection of more than one hundred continental Old Master paintings. As a result of the systematic build up under Hess and his successors, the gallery has a British collection especially of late-19th-century and early-20th-century works with some French works representative of influential styles.[2][3]

In 1963 the gallery was given Eric Milner-White‘s collection of studio pottery. It was supplemented by other major donations and loans in the 1990s and 2000s, most notably those of WA Ismay and Henry Rothschild (1913–2009).[4]

Gallery

The site for the 1879 exhibition was an area in the grounds of the medieval St Mary’s Abbey known as Bearparks Garden. It is fronted by what became Exhibition Square which was cleared by the demolition of a house and the former Bird in Hand Hotel. Designed by York architect Edward Taylor the art gallery consisted of an entrance hall, central hall, north and south galleries and on the upper floor a Grand Picture Saloon. Its intended grand classical façade decorated with 18 stone figures, a carved tympanum and 14 mosaics was not done for financial reasons and it was decorated instead with two tiled panels representing ‘Leonardo expiring in the arms of Francis I’, and ‘Michaelangelo showing his Moses’, together with four ceramic roundels depicting York artists William Etty (painter), John Carr (architect), John Camidge (musician), and John Flaxman (sculptor). To the rear of the building was a large temporary exhibition hall with machinery annex; the exhibition hall remained in use for meetings, concerts and other functions until 1909 and was not demolished until the Second World War. In 1888 the north wing was leased to York Art School which added a further storey in 1905, and after that wing was vacated by the school it housed the city archives from 1977 to 2012. Major works took place in 1951–2 to repair bomb damage and rebuild the west end, and the main gallery was refurbished in 2005. The building is Grade II listed.[1][5][6]

The 2013–15 restoration cost £8 million and was undertaken to increase display space by some 60%, including reincorporation of the north wing, an upper floor extension to the south wing, and reorganisation of the internal space for exhibition and storage. The development enables the area to the rear of the building to be restored to public use as part of the Museum Gardens. The reopened gallery houses a new centre for British Studio Ceramics on the upper floor.[7][8] The gallery reopened on 1 August 2015 at which point admission charges were introduced. Previously admission had been free.[9]

Collection

Paintings

Two young women in elaborate clothing

Preparing for a Fancy Dress Ball, William Etty, 1835

The gallery has more than 1,000 paintings. Western European paintings include 14th-century Italian altarpieces, 17th-century Dutch morality works, and 19th-century works by French artists who were predecessors and contemporaries of the Impressionists. British paintings date from the 16th-century onward, with 17th and 18th-century portraits and painting of Giambattista Pittoni, Victorian morality works and early 20th-century work by the Camden Town Group associated with Walter Sickert being particularly strong. Amongst York born artists the gallery has the largest collection of works by William Etty and good paintings by Albert MooreHenry Keyworth Raine, the great nephew of William Powell Frith, gifted various works, including a portrait of George Kirby (1845–1937), the First Curator of York Art gallery.[10][3][11]

Studio Pottery

The gallery holds a collection of British studio ceramics with more than 5,000 pieces.[12] They include works by Bernard LeachShoji HamadaWilliam Staite MurrayMichael CardewLucie RieHans Coper, Jim Malone and Michael Casson.[4]

Works on paper

The collection of more than 17,000 drawings, watercolours and prints is particularly strong in views of York with more than 4,000 examples, largely watercolours and drawings, some by local artists such as Henry CaveJohn HarperJohn Browne and Patrick Hall. Watercolour artists represented include Thomas RowlandsonJohn VarleyThomas GirtinJ. M. W. Turner, and 20th century painters Edward BurraJohn Piper and Julian Trevelyan. The gallery holds the William Etty archive.[13][3]

Decorative Arts

There are more than 3,000 decorative objects particularly from Yorkshire potteries from the 16th-century to the early 20th-century, Chinese and Korean pottery from the 18th and 19th-century, and glassware.[14]

Curators and Directors

Awards

  • Visit York Tourism Awards: Visitor Attraction of the Year 2016 (Over 50,000 Visitors category) (winner)[17]
  • Art Fund: Museum of the Year 2016 (finalist)[18]
  • Kids in Museums: Family Friendly Museum Award 2016 (winner)[19]
  • European Museum Forum: European Museum of the Year 2017 (nominated/pending)[20]

References

  1. Jump up to:a b c Ingamells, John (January 1977). “The Elevation of the Masses”. Preview30.
  2. Jump up to:a b c Tillott, P.M., ed. (1961). A History of Yorkshire: The City of York. Dawson for The University of London Institute for Historical Research. pp. 536–7. ISBN 0 7129 1029 8.
  3. Jump up to:a b c d Green, Richard (1991). York City Art Gallery An Illustrated Guide. York City Council.
  4. Jump up to:a b York Art Gallery. “Studio Pottery”. York Museums Trust. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  5. Jump up^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Neave, David (1995). The Buildings of England – Yorkshire: York and the East Riding. Penguin Books. p. 196. ISBN 0140710612.
  6. Jump up^ Historic England“Details from listed building database (1257852)”National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  7. Jump up^ York Art Gallery. “Redevelopment 2015”. York Museums Trust. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  8. Jump up^ “York Art Gallery shortlisted for international award”The Press. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  9. Jump up^ “York Art Gallery Reopens 1 August After £8m Development”. York Museums Trust. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  10. Jump up^ York Art Gallery. “Paintings”. York Museums Trust. Archived from the originalon 17 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  11. Jump up^ “Paintings held by York Museums Trust”. Art UK. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  12. Jump up^ “York Art Gallery”. Art Fund. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  13. Jump up^ York Art Gallery. “Works on Paper”. York Museums Trust. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  14. Jump up^ York Art Gallery. “Decorative Arts”. York Museums Trust. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  15. Jump up^ Worthington, Caroline. “Refurbishment of York Art Gallery”Axis: the online directory for contemporary art. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
  16. Jump up^ “Curator’s corner” (PDF). Friends of York Art Gallery Newsletter. January 2009. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 3 June2009I’ve been now in post for six months
  17. Jump up^ “Winners of the Visit York Tourism Awards 2016”. Visit York. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  18. Jump up^ “Victoria and Albert Museum wins Art Fund Museum of the Year 2016”. Art Fund. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  19. Jump up^ “Awards”. Kids in Museums. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  20. Jump up^ “EMYA 2017 Nominees”. European Museum Forum. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.

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Newcastle Laing Art Gallery : 

Laing Art Gallery

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Laing Art Gallery
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Laing Art Gallery is located in Tyne and Wear

Laing Art Gallery
Red pog.svg Laing Art Gallery shown within Tyne and Wear
OS grid reference  NZ251645
Location Newcastle upon TyneEngland
Coordinates 54.975°N 1.609°W

The Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle upon TyneEngland, is located on New Bridge Street. The gallery was designed in the Baroque style with Art Nouveau elements by architects Cackett and Burns Dick and is now a Grade II listed building.[1]It was opened in 1904 and is now managed by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums and sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. In front of the gallery is the Blue Carpet. The building is Grade II listed.[2]

The gallery collection contains paintings, watercolours and decorative historical objects, including Newcastle silver. In the early 1880s, Newcastle was a major glass producer in the world and enamelled glasses by William Beilby[3] are on view along with ceramics (including Maling pottery), and diverse contemporary works by emerging UK artists. It has a programme of regularly rotating exhibitions and has free entry.

The gallery’s collection of seminal paintings includes John Martin‘s dramatic The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah,[4]as well as important works by Sir Joshua ReynoldsEdward Burne-Jones (Laus Veneris),[5] William Holman Hunt(Isabella and the Pot of Basil),[6] Ben Nicholson[3] and others. Local paintings include pictures by Ralph Hedley.[7] There is also an extensive collection of 18th and 19th-century watercolours and drawings, including work by J. M. W. Turner,[3]John Sell Cotman etc.

References

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Hull, Ferens Art Gallery :

Ferens Art Gallery

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Ferens Art Gallery
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Ferens Art Gallery is located in East Riding of Yorkshire

Ferens Art Gallery
Location within the East Riding of Yorkshire
Established 1927
Location Queen Victoria Square, Hull
Coordinates 53.74337°N 0.33912°WCoordinates53.74337°N 0.33912°W
Website Ferens Art Gallery

The Ferens Art Gallery is an art gallery in the English city of Kingston upon Hull. The site and money for the gallery were donated to the city by Thomas Ferens, after whom it is named. The architects were S. N. Cooke and E. C. Davies.[1]Opened in 1927,[2] it was restored and extended in 1991. The gallery features an extensive array of both permanent collections and roving exhibitions. Among the exhibits is a portrait of an unknown woman by Frans Hals. The building also houses a children’s gallery and a popular cafe. The building is now a Grade II listed building.[1]

In 2009, an exhibition and live performance took place at the venue, to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the opening of The New Adelphi Club, a live music venue less than 2 miles (3 km) north.[3]

In 2013, the gallery acquired a fourteenth-century painting by Pietro Lorenzetti, depicting Christ Between Saints Paul and Peter. The acquisition was jointly funded by the Ferens Endowment Fund, the Heritage Lottery Fund and Art Fund.[4]

In May 2015, it was announced that the gallery would get a £4.5 million makeover to enable it to host the Turner Prize in 2017 as part of the UK City of Culture programme.[5] The gallery reopened on 13 January 2017.[6][7] On 8 February 2017, Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall visited the gallery to view the completed refurbishment.[8]

Art in the Ferens Art Gallery

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