Swindon Museum and Art Gallery
Swindon Museum and Art Gallery is located in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, in a listed building on the corner of Bath Road and Victoria Road in Swindon's Old Town.[1] The Swindon Art Gallery has a collection of 20th-century British art which was established in 1944 by a local benefactor, H.J.P. Bomford, through a significant donation of artworks.[2]
Swindon Museum and Art Gallery's collection focuses on major artists and movements of 20th and 21st century British art, with several works presented by the Art Fund[3] and the Contemporary Art Society.[4] Artists in the collection include Simon Carter, Amanda Ansell, Ben Nicholson, Henry Moore, Lucian Freud, Graham Sutherland, L S Lowry, Paul Nash, Steven Pippin, Terry Frost, Roger Hilton, Howard Hodgkin, John Hoyland, Richard Hamilton, Gwen John, Augustus John, Maggi Hambling, John Bellany, Tony Bevan, Ivon Hitchens, John Piper, Christopher le Brun, Dennis Creffield, Lisa Milroy, Julie Umerle, David Leach, Lucie Rie, Hans Coper, Gillian Ayres, Linda Ingham, Robert Priseman, Sheila Fell, Eileen Cooper, Grayson Perry and William Turnbull. The media include paintings, photography and studio pottery.[5]
The museum has displays of local archaeology, geology, and history. These present Swindon's geological Jurassic history, its association with the Roman Empire, and the town's social history.[2]
Swindon Museum and Art Gallery is one of the venues for the annual Swindon Festival of Literature.[6]
References
- ^ "Swindon Museum & Art Gallery". UK: Culture24.
- ^ a b "Swindon Museum and Art Gallery". Swindon Borough Council. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Swindon Museum and Art Gallery". Art Fund.
- ^ "Swindon Museum and Art Gallery". Contemporary Art Society.
- ^ "Art UK | Discover Artworks". artuk.org. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Swindon Festival of Literature". Swindon LitFest. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Further reading
- Thamesdown Borough Council, 1991, The Swindon Collection of twentieth century British art, ISBN 1871853028
- Cummings, Sophie, 2016, A guide to the Swindon Collection of modern British art (with a foreword by Robert Hiscox), Swindon Borough Council
- Cummings, Sophie, 2016, From Where I'm Standing, Contemporary Ceramics and the Swindon Collection, Swindon Borough Council. Catalogue of an exhibition supported by Arts Council England where contemporary ceramic artists responded to works from the permanent collection.
External links
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