Falmouth Art Gallery houses one of the most important art collections in Cornwall, with a strong collection of prints by Modern European, American and British artists. A collection of over 2,700 was built upon the core collection donated by the businessman and benefactor Alfred de Pass. Located in the town's Municipal Buildings in 1978 and refurbished in 1996, purchases have been made through grant funding from organisations such as The Art Fund, the Heritage Lottery Fund, MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, and the Nerys Johnson Contemporary Art Fund, and it has benefitted from major donations including those from Richard Harris, Robert Priseman, Grace Gardner, and Sue and Ron Astles, as well as the inspirational Director Brian Stewart.

Artists featured in this Curation: Ivor Abrahams (1935–2015), Eileen Agar (1899–1991), Isobel Atterbury Heath (1908–1989), Frank Helmuth Auerbach (1931–2024), Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912–2004), Leo Fison Bates (1890–1957), Glen Baxter (b.1944), Trevor Bell (1930–2017), Anthony Benjamin (1931–2002), Sven Berlin (1911–1999), and 50 more
60 artworks
Arcadia Suite
© The Estate of Ivor Abrahams. All rights reserved. DACS 2025. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Arcadia Suite 1990

Ivor Abrahams (1935–2015)

Dustgrain gravure with hand colouring on paper

H 52.5 x W 45 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Untitled
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Untitled

Eileen Agar (1899–1991)

Lithograph on paper

H 75.5 x W 57 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Upham Yard
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Upham Yard

Isobel Atterbury Heath (1908–1989)

Watercolour & pencil on paper

H 27 x W 36 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Sketch for Camden Town
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Sketch for Camden Town

Frank Helmuth Auerbach (1931–2024)

Pencil on paper

H 24 x W 30 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Sunghrie III
© Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Sunghrie III

Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912–2004)

Screenprint on paper

H 57.3 x W 76.5 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Mrs Michael Trevethan
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Mrs Michael Trevethan

Leo Fison Bates (1890–1957)

Oil on canvas

H 87 x W 67.5 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Without Brenda
© the artist. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Without Brenda 1988

Glen Baxter (b.1944)

Photogravure etching on paper

H 66 x W 50 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Five Bar
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Five Bar 1978

Trevor Bell (1930–2017)

Acrylic on canvas

H 120 x W 288 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Domes
© Estate of Anthony Benjamin. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Domes 1977

Anthony Benjamin (1931–2002)

Etching on paper

H 60.5 x W 40 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Vera Ikonica
© Mrs Julia Berlin. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Vera Ikonica 1955

Sven Berlin (1911–1999)

Oil on board

H 26 x W 21 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Studio Tackboard
© Peter Blake. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Studio Tackboard 1972

Peter Blake (b.1932)

Screenprint on paper

H 65.5 x W 99 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Dr Alfred Leslie Rowse (1903–1997)
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Dr Alfred Leslie Rowse (1903–1997)

John Randall Bratby (1928–1992)

Oil on canvas

H 46 x W 36 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

A Summer Day
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

A Summer Day c.1912

John Alfred Arnesby Brown (1866–1955)

Oil on canvas

H 60 x W 71.5 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Magritte STEIPS Out
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Magritte STEIPS Out 1979

Laurence Burt (1925–2015)

Found object, resin, perspex, brass, aluminium & wood

H 117 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

She Fled along the Avenue
© the estate of Patrick Caulfield. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

She Fled along the Avenue

Patrick Caulfield (1936–2005)

Screenprint on paper

H 40 x W 35 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Agibune
© Zabalaga-Leku, DACS, London 2025. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Agibune

Eduardo Chillida (1924–2002)

Aquatint on paper

H 47 x W 41.2 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Black Peoney
© estate of Prunella Clough. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Black Peoney

Prunella Clough (1919–1999)

Lithograph on paper

H 66 x W 53.5 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Dreamland
© Eileen Cooper / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Dreamland 1992

Eileen Cooper (b.1953)

Linocut on paper

H 58 x W 76 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

The Large Glass
© Association Marcel Duchamp/ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2025. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

The Large Glass 1967

Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968)

Etching on handmade paper

H 35 x W 23 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Les trois nus
Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Les trois nus

Raoul Dufy (1877–1953)

Pochoirs in colour

H 28.2 x W 38 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Image from the 'Suite du Festin'
© ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2025. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Image from the 'Suite du Festin'

Max Ernst (1891–1976)

Lithograph on paper

H 47 x W 34.5 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Porthmeor
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Porthmeor 1973

Merlyn Oliver Evans (1910–1973)

Lithograph on paper

H 58 x W 79.5 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Landscape with Still Life
© the estate of Mary Fedden / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Landscape with Still Life 1971

Mary Fedden (1915–2012)

Ink on paper

H 27.2 x W 37 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Monkeys
© The Estate of Hans Feibusch / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Monkeys

Hans Feibusch (1898–1998)

Lithograph on paper

H 49.5 x W 76.2 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Ochre Sphere
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Ochre Sphere 1963–1967

Paul Feiler (1918–2013)

Oil on canvas

H 66.3 x W 60.5 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Sue in Bed
© the estate of Barry Flanagan / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Sue in Bed 1968

Barry Flanagan (1941–2009)

Ink on paper

H 34 x W 25.4 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Hero Stamps – David Hockney 1
© the artist. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Hero Stamps – David Hockney 1 1978

Tony Foster (b.1946)

Screenprint on paper

H 42 x W 35 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Timberaine A
© estate of Terry Frost. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Timberaine A

Terry Frost (1915–2003)

Woodcut on paper

H 106 x W 150 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Grid Dancing
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Grid Dancing 1998–2000

Grace Gardner (1920–2013)

Oil on canvas

H 122 x W 122 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Study for 'The Birthday Party'
Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Study for 'The Birthday Party'

Thomas Cooper Gotch (1854–1931)

Oil on canvas

H 50.8 x W 61 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Pastorale
© Bowness. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Pastorale

Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975)

Lithograph on paper

H 71 x W 51 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

From the 'Brushworks' Series of 11 Etchings
© the estate of Patrick Heron. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

From the 'Brushworks' Series of 11 Etchings 1999

Patrick Heron (1920–1999)

Sugarlift etching on paper

H 67 x W 79.5 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Away
© Howard Hodgkin. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Away

Howard Hodgkin (1932–2017)

Etching with aquatint on paper

H 23.5 x W 28.3 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Rainbow's End
© Patrick Hughes / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Rainbow's End 1978

Patrick Hughes (b.1939)

Silkscreen print on paper

H 24 x W 17.2 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

The Serpent and the Cross
© the artist. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

The Serpent and the Cross 1993

Tess Jaray (b.1937)

Etching on paper

H 57 x W 43 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

A View of Douarnenez
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

A View of Douarnenez 1981

Roger Kerinec (1917–1997)

Oil on canvas

H 72 x W 91 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

In the Coulisses exhibited 1921

Laura Knight (1877–1970)

Oil on panel

H 63 x W 57 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Untitled: Cliff Face
© Estate of Peter Lanyon. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Untitled: Cliff Face 1964

Peter Lanyon (1918–1964)

Gouache on paper

H 76.2 x W 55.8 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Yellow Tower
© Christopher Le Brun. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Yellow Tower 1998

Christopher Le Brun (b.1951)

Woodcut on paper

H 65 x W 89 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Paper Plates
© the estate of Roy Lichtenstein/DACS 2025. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Paper Plates

Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997)

Screenprint on paper plates

H 26 x W 26 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Henry Moore (1898–1986), 1923
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Henry Moore (1898–1986), 1923

Robert Lyon (1894–1978)

Photogravure on paper

H 34.8 x W 25 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Tear Drops
© Man Ray 2015 Trust / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Tear Drops

Man Ray (1890–1976)

Silver gelatin print

H 30 x W 41 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Copse with Sheep
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Copse with Sheep

Peter Markey (1930–2017)

Emulsion on hardboard

H 30 x W 30 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Between Space and Time Number 4
© Ian McKeever. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Between Space and Time Number 4 1996

Ian McKeever (b.1946)

Aquatint etching on paper

H 50 x W 66 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

La melodie acide
© Successió Miró / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2025. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

La melodie acide 1980

Joan Miró (1893–1983)

Lithograph on paper

H 33 x W 25.2 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

The Caravan
© the estate of Sir Alfred Munnings, Dedham, Essex. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

The Caravan

Alfred James Munnings (1878–1959)

Oil on canvas

H 50 x W 60 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Pyramid, Sphere, Cube
© David Nash. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Pyramid, Sphere, Cube 2004

David Nash (b.1945)

Aquatint etching on paper

H 44.5 x W 58.7 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Railings in the Snow, Guildford
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Railings in the Snow, Guildford 1961–1962

Kenneth Newton (1933–1984)

Oil on canvas

H 72.2 x W 122 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

1933 (study of a head)
© the estate of Angela Verren Taunt. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

1933 (study of a head) 1933

Ben Nicholson (1894–1982)

Oil on canvas

H 59.7 x W 34.3 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Red, Blue Dawn
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Red, Blue Dawn 1967

Harry Ousey (1915–1985)

Watercolour & ink

H 51 x W 77 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Tete de roi – Affiche pour le Carnaval de Nice
© Succession Picasso/DACS, London 2025. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Tete de roi – Affiche pour le Carnaval de Nice 1951

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)

Colour lithograph on paper

H 55 x W 45 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Tuscan Hedgerow
© the artist. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Tuscan Hedgerow 1969

Barbara Rae (b.1943)

Watercolour & gouache with collage

H 21 x W 26 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Untitled
© the artist. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Untitled 1992

Peter Randall-Page (b.1954)

Etching on paper

H 34 x W 26.4 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Baigneuse debout à mi-jambes
Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Baigneuse debout à mi-jambes 1910

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919)

Etching on paper

H 47.5 x W 32.5 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Lesley in the Studio
Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Lesley in the Studio 1923

Thomas Martine Ronaldson (1881–1942)

Oil on canvas

H 102 x W 76 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Cape Cornwall
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Cape Cornwall

Martina Thomas (1924–1995)

Oil on hardboard

H 46 x W 51 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Study of Bathing Boys
Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Study of Bathing Boys 1912

Henry Scott Tuke (1858–1929)

Oil on canvas

H 63.5 x W 38.5 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

25 Cats Named Sam
© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, London 2025. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

25 Cats Named Sam 1954

Andy Warhol (1928–1987)

Lithograph with watercolour applied by hand on paper

H 14 x W 11.5 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Gwen in the Studio
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Gwen in the Studio

Fred Whicker (1901–1966)

Oil on board

H 99 x W 60 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery

Still Life
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Falmouth Art Gallery

Still Life

Gwen Whicker (1900–1966)

Oil on canvas

H 70 x W 67 cm

Falmouth Art Gallery