Chelmsford Museum is housed in Oaklands House, a Grade II listed building designed by Charles Pertwee for Frederick Wells, a director of the Chelmsford Brewery, in the 1860s. It also served as a hospital before opening as a museum in 1930. Its Fine Art Collection includes works by artists with a strong local collection.

Artists featured in this Curation: John Arthur Malcolm Aldridge (1905–1983), Charles Archer (1904–1993), Anthony Atkinson (1929–2015), Michael Ayrton (1921–1975), Alfred Bennett Bamford (1857–1939), Roderic Barrett (1920–2000), Charles Bartlett (1921–2014), Elinor Bellingham-Smith (1906–1988), Douglas Percy Bliss (1900–1984), Doris Boulton-Maude (1893–1961), and 22 more
32 artworks
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  • John Arthur Malcolm Aldridge (1905–1983)

    Garden in January 1967
    John Arthur Malcolm Aldridge (1905–1983)
    Oil on canvas
    H 52 x W 76 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    Garden in January
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • Charles Archer (1904–1993)

    The Old Corn Exchange and Market 1957
    Charles Archer (1904–1993)
    Oil on board
    H 44.3 x W 64.7 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    The Old Corn Exchange and Market
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • Anthony Atkinson (1929–2015)

    Water Meadows, Boxted exhibited 1967
    Anthony Atkinson (1929–2015)
    Oil on canvas
    H 76 x W 101.6 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    Water Meadows, Boxted
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • Michael Ayrton (1921–1975)

    Contained Maze 1966
    Michael Ayrton (1921–1975)
    Acrylic & collage on canvas
    H 102 x W 152 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    Contained Maze
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • Alfred Bennett Bamford (1857–1939)

    Barnes Lock, Springfield 1906
    Alfred Bennett Bamford (1857–1939)
    Watercolour on paper
    H 12.5 x W 17.5 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    Barnes Lock, Springfield
    Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • Roderic Barrett (1920–2000)

    Separate Relations 1970s
    Roderic Barrett (1920–2000)
    Oil on canvas
    H 120.7 x W 120.7 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    Separate Relations
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • Charles Bartlett (1921–2014)

    Essex Estuary 1976?
    Charles Bartlett (1921–2014)
    Oil on canvas
    H 50.5 x W 60 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    Essex Estuary
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • Elinor Bellingham-Smith (1906–1988)

    Orchard Snowscape, Felsted 1944
    Elinor Bellingham-Smith (1906–1988)
    Oil on canvas
    H 14 x W 22 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    Orchard Snowscape, Felsted
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • Douglas Percy Bliss (1900–1984)

    High Noon, Windley 1951
    Douglas Percy Bliss (1900–1984)
    Oil on canvas
    H 74.3 x W 99.7 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    High Noon, Windley
    © P. and R. Bliss. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • Doris Boulton-Maude (1893–1961)

    Untitled (Mayes Farm, Sandon) 1940
    Doris Boulton-Maude (1893–1961)
    Oil on canvas
    H 50 x W 60 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    Untitled (Mayes Farm, Sandon)
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • Reginald Brill (1902–1974)

    Smoke c.1974 (?)
    Reginald Brill (1902–1974)
    Oil on board
    H 67 x W 49.1 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    Smoke
    © Carol Hewes and Gillian Mary Webb. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • Geoffrey Norman Burnand (1912–1996)

    The Carpenter 1977
    Geoffrey Norman Burnand (1912–1996)
    Oil on canvas
    H 167 x W 83 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    The Carpenter
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • Peter Coker (1926–2004)

    Leadgate, Cumbria 1970
    Peter Coker (1926–2004)
    Oil on canvas
    H 62.2 x W 75.5 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    Leadgate, Cumbria
    © the estate of Peter Coker, RA. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • Rosalind Cuthbert (b.1951)

    Cecil Collins at the Central School of Art, London 1982
    Rosalind Cuthbert (b.1951)
    Oil on canvas
    H 202 x W 67 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    Cecil Collins at the Central School of Art, London
    © the artist. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • John Doubleday (b.1947)

    Director
    John Doubleday (b.1947)
    Bronze
    H 49 x W 49 x D 1 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    Director
    © the artist. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • Paul Gopal-Chowdhury (b.1949)

    Still Life with Bread 1981
    Paul Gopal-Chowdhury (b.1949)
    Oil on canvas
    H 59 x W 74.2 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    Still Life with Bread
    © the artist. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • Bernard Hailstone (1910–1987)

    District Officer F. G. Keen of Chelmsford, OBE, Auxiliary Fire Service 1942
    Bernard Hailstone (1910–1987)
    Oil on canvas
    H 104 x W 78.8 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    District Officer F. G. Keen of Chelmsford, OBE, Auxiliary Fire Service
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • Maggi Hambling (b.1945)

    Lett Dreaming
    Maggi Hambling (b.1945)
    Oil on canvas
    H 163 x W 122 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    Lett Dreaming
    © the artist / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • Thomas Bayliss Huxley-Jones (1908–1968)

    Mother and Child c.1963–1964
    Thomas Bayliss Huxley-Jones (1908–1968)
    Plasticine on wire
    H 15.3 x W 10 x D 5 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    Mother and Child
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • Lynton Harold Lamb (1907–1977)

    Winter Landscape: Essex 1963
    Lynton Harold Lamb (1907–1977)
    Oil on canvas
    H 61.5 x W 73.5 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    Winter Landscape: Essex
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • Edward Lysaght (1902–1997)

    Late Autumn, Whitebrook Valley 1970s?
    Edward Lysaght (1902–1997)
    Oil on paper
    H 45.5 x W 73 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    Late Autumn, Whitebrook Valley
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • Stephen McKenna (1939–2017)

    Heroic Still Life 1981
    Stephen McKenna (1939–2017)
    Oil on canvas
    H 68.6 x W 89.2 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    Heroic Still Life
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • Edward Middleditch (1923–1987)

    Seascape 1 1974
    Edward Middleditch (1923–1987)
    Oil on canvas
    H 116.5 x W 139.5 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    Seascape 1
    © the estate of Edward Middleditch, courtesy James Hyman Gallery, London. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • Dhruva Mistry (b.1957)

    Seated Figure
    Dhruva Mistry (b.1957)
    Stainless steel
    H 51 x W 43 x D 74 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    Seated Figure
    © the artist. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • Cedric Lockwood Morris (1889–1982)

    The Swiss Visitor 1925
    Cedric Lockwood Morris (1889–1982)
    Oil on canvas
    H 79.8 x W 63.5 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    The Swiss Visitor
    © trustees of the Cedric Lockwood Morris Estate/Foundation / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • John Scorror O'Connor (1913–2004)

    Pond on Tollesbury Marshes 1961
    John Scorror O'Connor (1913–2004)
    Oil on canvas
    H 61 x W 75 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    Pond on Tollesbury Marshes
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • Stella Rankin (1915–2009)

    Smithfield rosettes 1964
    Stella Rankin (1915–2009)
    Oil on board
    H 40.5 x W 30.5 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    Smithfield rosettes
    © the estate of Stella Rankin. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • Kenneth Rowntree (1915–1997)

    Ethel House, Great Bardfield 1942
    Kenneth Rowntree (1915–1997)
    Oil on canvas on board
    H 61.6 x W 77.4 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    Ethel House, Great Bardfield
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • Lawrence Self (1924–2002)

    Sunlight and Sea Wall, Walberswick 1968
    Lawrence Self (1924–2002)
    Oil on canvas
    H 101.5 x W 76.2 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    Sunlight and Sea Wall, Walberswick
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • Edwin Smith (1912–1971)

    Stacking Peas with a view of Waveney Church, Norfolk 1948–1949
    Edwin Smith (1912–1971)
    Oil on board
    H 44 x W 60 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    Stacking Peas with a view of Waveney Church, Norfolk
    © Chelmsford Museums. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • John Humphrey Spender (1910–2005)

    Paper Mills 1957
    John Humphrey Spender (1910–2005)
    Oil on board
    H 40.1 x W 56.1 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    Paper Mills
    © the Humphrey Spender Archive. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

  • Ethelbert White (1891–1972)

    New Hall Farm, Boreham
    Ethelbert White (1891–1972)
    Oil on board
    H 27 x W 35.5 cm
    Chelmsford Museums
    New Hall Farm, Boreham
    © the Ethelbert White estate. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums

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  • Cecil Collins at the Central School of Art, London
    Rosalind Cuthbert (b.1951)
  • Stacking Peas with a view of Waveney Church, Norfolk
    Edwin Smith (1912–1971)
  • Garden in January
    John Arthur Malcolm Aldridge (1905–1983)
  • Cornish Landscape
    Ethelbert White (1891–1972)
  • Farmyard, Fordingbridge
    Doris Boulton-Maude (1893–1961)
  • Sunlight and Sea Wall, Walberswick
    Lawrence Self (1924–2002)
  • Regarding Guardian 2
    Dhruva Mistry (b.1957)
  • Barnes Lock, Springfield
    Alfred Bennett Bamford (1857–1939)
  • Norfolk Coast
    Anthony Atkinson (1929–2015)
  • Waiting Chairs
    Roderic Barrett (1920–2000)
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