Brighton Museum and Art Gallery has a broad range of artworks from the 20th Century, including by artists associated with the Camden Town Group (it was the first UK art collection to acquire a painting by Robert Bevan), a strong collection of paintings and sculptures by Glyn Philpot, naturally many artists with strong Sussex connections, such as Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, as well as a group of American artworks from the Heyer bequest.

Artists featured in this Curation: Adrian Paul Allinson (1890–1959), Eileen Aldridge (1917–1989), Dorothy Annan (1908–1983), James Bateman (1893–1959), Vanessa Bell (1879–1961), Robert Polhill Bevan (1865–1925), Adrian Berg (1929–2011), Samuel John Lamorna Birch (1869–1955), Jacques-Emile Blanche (1861–1942), Elizabeth V. Blackadder (1931–2021), and 80 more
90 artworks
Winter Magic
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Winter Magic

Adrian Paul Allinson (1890–1959)

Oil on canvas

H 67 x W 91 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

The Downs near Brighton, East Sussex
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

The Downs near Brighton, East Sussex 1962

Eileen Aldridge (1917–1989)

Oil on canvas

H 71.5 x W 91.5 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Girl with an Apple
© Dorothy & Trevor Tennant estate. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Girl with an Apple 1943

Dorothy Annan (1908–1983)

Oil on board

H 81.5 x W 56.3 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Thames Wharf
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Thames Wharf c.1929–1930

James Bateman (1893–1959)

Oil on canvas

H 56 x W 71 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

The Red Dress
© estate of Vanessa Bell. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

The Red Dress 1930

Vanessa Bell (1879–1961)

Oil on canvas

H 73.3 x W 60.5 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

The Cab Yard, Night
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

The Cab Yard, Night c.1909–1910

Robert Polhill Bevan (1865–1925)

Oil on canvas

H 63.5 x W 70 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Brighton Terrace, East Sussex
© estate of Adrian Berg. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Brighton Terrace, East Sussex 1990

Adrian Berg (1929–2011)

Oil on canvas

H 30.5 x W 20.3 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Lingering Snows
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Lingering Snows 1906

Samuel John Lamorna Birch (1869–1955)

Oil on canvas

H 125.9 x W 151.5 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Black Rock, Brighton, East Sussex
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Black Rock, Brighton, East Sussex 1938

Jacques-Emile Blanche (1861–1942)

Oil on canvas

H 61 x W 96.5 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Two Cats on a Kelim
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Two Cats on a Kelim 1978

Elizabeth V. Blackadder (1931–2021)

Oil on canvas

H 90.5 x W 90.5 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Players
© the estate of David Bomberg. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Players c.1920

David Bomberg (1890–1957)

Oil on paper

H 30.8 x W 41.3 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Ancona, Italy
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Ancona, Italy c.1937

Frank Brangwyn (1867–1956)

Oil on canvas

H 126.4 x W 127 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Landscape
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Landscape 1943

Roberto Burle Marx (1909–1994)

Oil on canvas

H 60 x W 73.2 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Brighton Front
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Brighton Front c.1920

Charles Henry Harrison Burleigh (1869–1956)

Oil on canvas

H 56 x W 69 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Dancer
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Dancer

Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell (1883–1937)

Oil on board

H 44.8 x W 37.2 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Elsie
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Elsie 1931

Hilda Anne Carline (1889–1950)

Oil on canvas

H 173 x W 81 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Writing Piece 'With'
© The Estate of Anthony Caro. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Writing Piece 'With'

Anthony Caro (1924–2013)

Steel & wood

H 43 x W 74 x D 18 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

The Student
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

The Student c.1908

George Clausen (1852–1944)

Oil on canvas

H 64.2 x W 76.5 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Interior
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Interior 1939

Ithell Colquhoun (1906–1988)

Oil on board

H 89.5 x W 59.5 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

St Pauls from Clifford Chance Building, Aldersgate
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

St Pauls from Clifford Chance Building, Aldersgate 1998

Dennis Creffield (1931–2018)

Oil on paper

H 78 x W 98 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Ice Hockey at the Empress Hall
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Ice Hockey at the Empress Hall 1952

Robin Darwin (1910–1974)

Oil on canvas

H 70.5 x W 90.5 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

The Stag Tavern
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

The Stag Tavern 1929

Malcolm Drummond (1880–1945)

Oil on canvas

H 100.5 x W 75 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Cagnes sur Mer, South of France
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Cagnes sur Mer, South of France c.1931

Ronald Ossory Dunlop (1894–1973)

Oil on board

H 54 x W 45 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

The Mummers
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Bridgeman Images

The Mummers 1952

Richard Ernst Eurich (1903–1992)

Oil on canvas

H 88 x W 92 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

The Seaside
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

The Seaside c.1920

Alice Maud Fanner (1865–1930)

Oil on canvas

H 101.6 x W 152.5 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Mousehole Harbour, Cornwall
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Mousehole Harbour, Cornwall 1910

Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857–1947)

Oil on canvas

H 35.5 x W 45.8 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

The Little Red-Haired Girl
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

The Little Red-Haired Girl

Ethel Léontine Gabain (1883–1950)

Oil on canvas mounted on board

H 40 x W 29 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

The Big Wave
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

The Big Wave c.1950

Kaff Gerrard (1894–1970)

Oil on canvas

H 89.5 x W 120.2 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

The Dutch Doll
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

The Dutch Doll 1926

Mark Gertler (1891–1939)

Oil on canvas

H 73.6 x W 76.2 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Christ Crucified
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Christ Crucified

Eric Gill (1882–1940)

Oak

H 146.5 x W 93.5 x D 26.5 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Still Life with Cactus
© Royal Scottish Academy / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Still Life with Cactus c.1933

William George Gillies (1898–1973)

Oil on canvas

H 89 x W 122 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

The Coral Necklace
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

The Coral Necklace 1914

Harold Gilman (1876–1919)

Oil on canvas

H 61 x W 45.8 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Leicester Square, London
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Leicester Square, London 1912

Charles Ginner (1878–1952)

Oil on canvas

H 64.2 x W 55.9 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

The Coat of Many Colours
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

The Coat of Many Colours c.1926

Louis Ginnett (1875–1946)

Oil on canvas

H 68.6 x W 59 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

The Devil's Altar
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

The Devil's Altar 1932

Gluck (1895–1978)

Oil on canvas

H 137 x W 76.2 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

La rue Cousine, Dieppe, France
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

La rue Cousine, Dieppe, France c.1930

Laura Sylvia Gosse (1881–1968)

Oil on canvas

H 59 x W 49 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Woods Near Petworth, West Sussex
© estate of Sir Lawrence Gowing. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Woods Near Petworth, West Sussex 1947

Lawrence Gowing (1918–1991)

Oil on canvas

H 51 x W 61 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

The Sofa
© Estate of Duncan Grant. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

The Sofa 1944

Duncan Grant (1885–1978)

Oil on canvas

H 76 x W 63.5 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

A Kitchen Interior
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

A Kitchen Interior c.1918

Harold Charles Harvey (1874–1941)

Oil on canvas

H 69 x W 57 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Pink Lily No. 3
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Pink Lily No. 3 c.1946

Ivon Hitchens (1893–1979)

Oil on canvas

H 60 x W 54.6 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Still Life: Eggs, Tomatoes and Mushrooms
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Still Life: Eggs, Tomatoes and Mushrooms c.1929

Frances Hodgkins (1869–1947)

Oil on canvas

H 64 x W 53 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

The Cuckmere Valley, East Sussex
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

The Cuckmere Valley, East Sussex exhibited 1944

Eric Hesketh Hubbard (1892–1957)

Oil on canvas

H 51 x W 76.5 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

The Seine at Caudebec, France
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

The Seine at Caudebec, France 1908

James Dickson Innes (1887–1914)

Oil on canvas

H 60.2 x W 81 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

The Eyot, Richmond
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

The Eyot, Richmond c.1941

Stanislawa de Karlowska (1876–1952)

Oil on canvas

H 60.9 x W 50.8 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Winter Wood
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Winter Wood 1956

Mary Kessell (1914–1977)

Oil on canvas

H 76 x W 67 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Thundery Weather
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Thundery Weather 1929

Gunning King (1859–1940)

Oil on wood panel

H 28.8 x W 37.4 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

The Reader c.1910

Harold Knight (1874–1961)

Oil on canvas

H 45 x W 45 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

The Behrend Family
© estate of Henry Lamb / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

The Behrend Family 1927

Henry Lamb (1883–1960)

Oil on canvas

H 53.5 x W 67.5 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Moonrise on the Rape of Hastings, East Sussex
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Moonrise on the Rape of Hastings, East Sussex

Edward Louis Lawrenson (1868–1940)

Oil on canvas

H 63.4 x W 76.8 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

The Bedside Table
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

The Bedside Table c.1940–1943

Edward Le Bas (1904–1966)

Oil on board

H 59.5 x W 61 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Brighton Street Musicians
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Brighton Street Musicians c.1951–1952

Philip Hubert Le Bas (1925–2015)

Oil on board

H 127.2 x W 101.7 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Spanish Landscape
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Spanish Landscape 1912

Derwent Lees (1884–1931)

Oil on board

H 32 x W 40 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

The New Cap
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

The New Cap

Thérèse Lessore (1884–1945)

Oil on canvas

H 51 x W 60.7 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Boy with a Cat
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Boy with a Cat 1925

Bernard Meninsky (1891–1950)

Oil on canvas

H 123.5 x W 55.5 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

The Bridge, Hailsham, East Sussex
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

The Bridge, Hailsham, East Sussex 1975

Harold Mockford (1932–2023)

Oil on board

H 93 x W 240 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Old Town Hall, Worthing, West Sussex
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Old Town Hall, Worthing, West Sussex 1934

Charles Alfred Morris (1898–1983)

Oil on canvas

H 61 x W 70.8 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Granary
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Granary 1922–1923

Paul Nash (1889–1946)

Oil on canvas

H 75 x W 62 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Figures in a Park
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Figures in a Park 1927

Thomas Saunders Nash (1891–1968)

Oil on card

H 24.5 x W 34.9 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Paddington Basin, London
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Paddington Basin, London 1925

Algernon Cecil Newton (1880–1968)

Oil on canvas

H 98 x W 135 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Arundel
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Arundel 1926

Bertram Nicholls (1883–1974)

Oil on canvas

H 48 x W 53.5 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

1930 (Cumberland farm)
© Angela Verren Taunt. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

1930 (Cumberland farm) 1930

Ben Nicholson (1894–1982)

Oil on canvas

H 38.5 x W 43 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Still Life by a Window
© Trustees of Winifred Nicholson. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Still Life by a Window c.1927

Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981)

Oil on canvas

H 88.9 x W 71.1 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Landscape
© The Sidney Nolan Trust. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Landscape 1967

Sidney Nolan (1917–1992)

Mixed media on paper

H 52 x W 76 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Sunday Morning, Farringdon Road
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Sunday Morning, Farringdon Road 1929

Cecil Osborne (1909–1996)

Oil on canvas

H 30.3 x W 45.5 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

View Near Pulborough, West Sussex
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

View Near Pulborough, West Sussex

Philip Hugh Padwick (1876–1958)

Oil on canvas

H 60.5 x W 91.1 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

The Yellow Jug
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

The Yellow Jug c.1930

Samuel John Peploe (1871–1935)

Oil on canvas

H 46.2 x W 41 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Mrs Guendolen Cleaver
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Mrs Guendolen Cleaver 1933

Glyn Warren Philpot (1884–1937)

Oil on canvas

H 73 x W 60.5 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Untitled (78–C–3)
© Larry Poons. DACS, London/VAGA, New York 2024. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Untitled (78–C–3) 1978

Larry Poons (b.1937)

Acrylic on canvas

H 230 x W 144 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Early Morning
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Bridgeman Images

Early Morning 1927

Dod Procter (1892–1972)

Oil on canvas

H 51.4 x W 101.6 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Cups and Saucers
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Bridgeman Images

Cups and Saucers 1949

Anne Redpath (1895–1965)

Oil on wood panel

H 68.6 x W 83.8 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

The Night Fair
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

The Night Fair c.1954

Alan Reynolds (1926–2014)

Oil on canvas laid on board

H 54 x W 74.5 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Italian Station Café
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Italian Station Café c.1952

Robert Sawyers (1923–2002)

Oil on board

H 122.3 x W 91.6 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Boy and a Birdcage
© estate of William Scott 2024. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Boy and a Birdcage 1947

William Scott (1913–1989)

Oil on canvas

H 78.8 x W 86.4 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

The Honourable Lady Fry
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

The Honourable Lady Fry c.1935

Walter Richard Sickert (1860–1942)

Oil on canvas

H 113.8 x W 127.5 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Country Sunday
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Country Sunday 20th C

Alison Smith (1910–2005)

Oil on canvas

H 61 x W 84 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Femme en chemise
© by permission of the copyright holder. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Femme en chemise c.1928

Matthew Arnold Bracy Smith (1879–1959)

Oil on canvas

H 76.2 x W 63.5 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Air Raid Warning
© estate of Gilbert Spencer. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Air Raid Warning 1940

Gilbert Spencer (1892–1979)

Oil on canvas

H 88 x W 53.5 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Brighton Beach, East Sussex
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Brighton Beach, East Sussex 1947

Ruskin Spear (1911–1990)

Oil on board

H 46.3 x W 28 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

David Horner
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

David Horner 1926

Philip Steegman (1903–1952)

Oil on canvas

H 63.5 x W 56 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Wharf Houses
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Wharf Houses c.1930

Harold Steggles (1911–1971)

Oil on canvas

H 39.5 x W 46 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Red Scramble
© ARS, NY and DACS, London 2024. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Red Scramble 1977

Frank Stella (1936–2024)

Acrylic on canvas

H 175 x W 350 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Spanish Landscape
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Spanish Landscape c.1911–1914

Wyndham J. Tryon (1883–1942)

Oil on canvas

H 64.4 x W 95.2 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Diana
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Diana 1930

Winifred Turner (1903–1983)

Terracotta

H 32.5 x W 15.3 x D 8.7 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Light Sections
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Light Sections 1940

Edward Alexander Wadsworth (1889–1949)

Tempera on panel

H 63.4 x W 75.6 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Portrait of a Woman
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Portrait of a Woman 1936

Ethel Walker (1861–1951)

Oil on canvas

H 61 x W 51 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Jane I
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Jane I 1961

Carel Victor Morlais Weight (1908–1997)

Oil on canvas

H 101.7 x W 76.5 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

HRH the Prince Regent Awakening the Spirit of Brighton
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

HRH the Prince Regent Awakening the Spirit of Brighton 1944

Rex Whistler (1905–1944)

Oil on wallpaper

H 157.5 x W 246 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Lo spitz di mezzodì da Brusa Adaz a Zolno Alto
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Lo spitz di mezzodì da Brusa Adaz a Zolno Alto

Teodoro Wolf-Ferrari (1878–1945)

Oil on board

H 57.2 x W 74 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Girl in a Cloche Hat
Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Girl in a Cloche Hat 1926

Christopher Wood (1901–1930)

Oil on canvas

H 43 x W 35 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums

Brighton in the Regency
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Brighton & Hove Museums

Brighton in the Regency c.1939

Anna Katrina Zinkeisen (1901–1976)

Oil on canvas

H 101.2 x W 127 cm

Brighton & Hove Museums