The Ferens Art Gallery is named after industrialist and local MP Thomas Robinson Ferens funded the building of a new gallery which opened in 1927. Its real strength lies within its 20th Century Collection and has held on to Ferens' tenet 'to resist any temptation to buy any works that is not likely to be enduring in influence'. Literally all the major figures in Modern British Art are represented in Hull from the Camden Town Group onwards, and has been the recipient of over 100 artworks over nearly a century from the Contemporary Art Society. Part One: Eileen Agar to Eric Hubbard.
Artists featured in this Curation:
Eileen Agar (1899–1991),
Robert Weir Allan (1851–1942),
John Arthur Malcolm Aldridge (1905–1983),
Adrian Paul Allinson (1890–1959),
Eileen Bessie Anderson (1888–1974),
Kenneth Armitage (1916–2002),
John Armstrong (1893–1973),
Frank Helmuth Auerbach (1931–2024),
Michael Ayrton (1921–1975),
Delmar Harmood Banner (1896–1983),
and 63 more
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André Paulin Bertrand (1852–1940), Peter Blake (b.1932), Tom Bogue (1860–1951), David Bomberg (1890–1957), Frank Brangwyn (1867–1956), John Randall Bratby (1928–1992), Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (1890–1978), John Alfred Arnesby Brown (1866–1955), Frederick Brown (1851–1941), Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell (1883–1937), Richard Carline (1896–1980), David Carr (1915–1968), Lynn Chadwick (1914–2003), George Clausen (1852–1944), Isabel Codrington (1874–1943), Leslie Cole (1910–1976), Ithell Colquhoun (1906–1988), Robert Colquhoun (1914–1962), Charles Conder (1868–1909), Raymond James Coxon (1896–1997), Dennis Creffield (1931–2018), Charles Ernest Cundall (1890–1971), John Davies (b.1946), Robyn Denny (1930–2014), Frank Dobson (1886–1963), Francis Dodd (1874–1949), Pat Douthwaite (1934–2002), John Downton (1906–1991), William D. Dring (1904–1990), Malcolm Drummond (1880–1945), Edmund Dulac (1882–1953), Ronald Ossory Dunlop (1894–1973), Frederick William Elwell (1870–1958), Jacob Epstein (1880–1959), Richard Ernst Eurich (1903–1992), David Shanks Ewart (1901–1965), Daphne Fedarb (1912–1992), John Duncan Fergusson (1874–1961), James Fitton (1899–1982), Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857–1947), Meredith Frampton (1894–1984), Kenneth Fowler (b.1955), Thomas Freeth (1912–1994), Elisabeth Frink (1930–1993), Terry Frost (1915–2003), George Fullard (1923–1973), Harold Gilman (1876–1919), Charles Ginner (1878–1952), Simon Goldberg (1916–2002), Walter Goodin (1907–1992), Spencer Gore (1878–1914), Duncan Grant (1885–1978), Bernard Hailstone (1910–1987), Clifford Hall (1904–1973), Nina Hamnett (1890–1956), Benjamin Haughton (1865–1924), Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975), Tristram Paul Hillier (1905–1983), Ivon Hitchens (1893–1979), Roger Hilton (1911–1975), David Hockney (b.1937), Peter Howson (b.1958) and
Eric Hesketh Hubbard (1892–1957)
73 artworks
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Over the Sunlit Sea 1908
Robert Weir Allan (1851–1942)
Oil on canvas
H 122.7 x W 183.8 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Landscape 1940s
John Arthur Malcolm Aldridge (1905–1983)
Oil on canvas
H 50.8 x W 60.8 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
At the Wintergarten, Berlin c.1913–1914
Adrian Paul Allinson (1890–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 62 x W 92 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Hilly Landscape c.1926
Eileen Bessie Anderson (1888–1974)
Oil on obeche panel
H 17.2 x W 25 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© Kenneth Armitage Foundation / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Figure Lying on its Side, Version II 1957
Kenneth Armitage (1916–2002)
Bronze & slate base
H 28 x W 77.5 x D 16.7 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
On the Balustrade 1933
John Armstrong (1893–1973)
Tempera on board
H 77.5 x W 63.5 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© Ferens Art Gallery. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Building Site, Victoria Street, London 1959
Frank Helmuth Auerbach (1931–2024)
Oil on board
H 113 x W 142.2 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© Ferens Art Gallery. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Dark Sea (The Wave) 1946
Michael Ayrton (1921–1975)
Oil on plywood
H 51 x W 68.5 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Cross Fell from Calf, Sedbergh Fells, Cumbria c.1938–1942
Delmar Harmood Banner (1896–1983)
Oil on canvas
H 74 x W 99 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
The Gulf of Giens, France 1912
André Paulin Bertrand (1852–1940)
Oil on canvas
H 133 x W 194.5 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© Peter Blake. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Whitby Moors, North Yorkshire 1913
Tom Bogue (1860–1951)
Oil on canvas
H 53.5 x W 79 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© the estate of David Bomberg. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
David Bomberg (1890–1957)
Oil on canvas
H 50.8 x W 66 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Santa Maria della Salute, Venice (Venetian Anchors) (The Salute, Venice) c.1906 (repainted 1933)
Frank Brangwyn (1867–1956)
Oil on canvas
H 147.5 x W 160 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
The Toilet 1956
John Randall Bratby (1928–1992)
Oil on hardboard
H 122 x W 77.5 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© Ferens Art Gallery. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
By the Hills 1939
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (1890–1978)
Oil on canvas
H 76.2 x W 63.5 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
The Pier 1905
John Alfred Arnesby Brown (1866–1955)
Oil on canvas
H 99 x W 114.5 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Frederick Brown (1851–1941)
Oil on canvas
H 97.5 x W 66 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
The Embroidered Cloak 1920s
Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell (1883–1937)
Oil on canvas
H 74.3 x W 61.6 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Bridgeman Images
Gathering on the Terrace at 47 Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London c.1924
Richard Carline (1896–1980)
Oil on canvas
H 195 x W 161.3 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Maquette for 'The Watchers' 1961
Lynn Chadwick (1914–2003)
Bronze
H 296 x W 91 x D 90 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Sunrise in September 1924
George Clausen (1852–1944)
Oil on canvas
H 72 x W 93 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Still Life, Vegetables c.1923
Isabel Codrington (1874–1943)
Oil on canvas
H 60 x W 90 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2010. Reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office under the terms of the PSI Click-Use Licence. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
The Kitchen of the First British Restaurant in Hull 1942
Leslie Cole (1910–1976)
Oil on canvas
H 50 x W 63 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Our Flag at Algeciras, Spain c.1905
Charles Conder (1868–1909)
Oil on canvas
H 55 x W 85 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Leeds, from the Roof of the University 1965
Dennis Creffield (1931–2018)
Oil on canvas
H 101 x W 126.3 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© Ferens Art Gallery. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Quebec, Canada 1939
Charles Ernest Cundall (1890–1971)
Oil on canvas
H 44.5 x W 75 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© the artist. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Man with Two Cloths 1974–1975
John Davies (b.1946)
Polyester, resin, fibreglass, paint, clothing & PVA
H 182 x W 96 x D 30 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© Estate of Robyn Denny. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Painting 1957
Robyn Denny (1930–2014)
Oil & collage on hardboard
H 133 x W 122.1 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Margaret Rawlings (1906–1996) 1946
Frank Dobson (1886–1963)
Bronze
H 57.2 x W 55.8 x D 53.2 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Miss Isobel Dacre (1844–1943) 1925
Francis Dodd (1874–1949)
Oil on canvas on plywood
H 76 x W 56 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© the Estate of Pat Douthwaite. All rights reserved. DACS 2024. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Pat Douthwaite (1934–2002)
Oil on canvas
H 183 x W 122 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© Ferens Art Gallery. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Self Portrait c.1928
John Downton (1906–1991)
Oil on mahogany panel
H 34.7 x W 24 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2010. Reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office under the terms of the PSI Click-Use Licence. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Harwich Harbour with HMS 'Princess Elizabeth' 1941
William D. Dring (1904–1990)
Oil on canvas
H 58 x W 88 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Elizabeth Allhusen 1922
Edmund Dulac (1882–1953)
Oil & gold paint on canvas on panel
H 48.2 x W 35.5 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© Ferens Art Gallery. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
The Orange Scarf c.1934
Ronald Ossory Dunlop (1894–1973)
Oil on canvas
H 60 x W 50 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
The Badminton Court 1926
Frederick William Elwell (1870–1958)
Oil on plywood
H 91.5 x W 71 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© The estate of Sir Jacob Epstein / Tate Images. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Marine Harvest 1949
Richard Ernst Eurich (1903–1992)
Oil on canvas
H 55.9 x W 60.9 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© Ferens Art Gallery. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
These Shall Our Hearts Remember 1928
David Shanks Ewart (1901–1965)
Oil on canvas
H 170.5 x W 79.5 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© Ferens Art Gallery. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Still Life with an Antique Head c.1942
Daphne Fedarb (1912–1992)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 73 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© Courtesy of Culture Perth & Kinross Museums & Galleries.. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Beau Site (Margaret Morris, 1891–1980, the Dancer) 1923
John Duncan Fergusson (1874–1961)
Oil on canvas
H 76.5 x W 66 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© Ferens Art Gallery. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
At Their Moorings 1906
Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857–1947)
Oil on canvas
H 103 x W 159.5 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Bridgeman Images
A Game of Patience 1937
Meredith Frampton (1894–1984)
Oil on canvas
H 106.7 x W 78.7 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© the artist. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
The Exhibition 1983
Kenneth Fowler (b.1955)
Oil on hardboard
H 89.6 x W 101.6 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
1983, oil on hardboard by Kenneth Fowler (b.1955)
© Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2010. Reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office under the terms of the PSI Click-Use Licence. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Armoured Command Vehicles 1942
Thomas Freeth (1912–1994)
Oil on canvas
H 20 x W 24 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© The Executors of the Frink Estate and Archive. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Maquette for 'Birdman' c.1989
Elisabeth Frink (1930–1993)
Bronze
H 51.5 x W 17.9 x D 15.6 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© Ferens Art Gallery. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Night Crossing 1966
George Fullard (1923–1973)
Wood, metal & paint
H 55.2 x W 52 x D 12.7 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Clarence Gardens NW, London c.1912
Harold Gilman (1876–1919)
Oil on canvas
H 50.8 x W 61 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Simon Goldberg (1916–2002)
Oil on hardboard
H 91.5 x W 121.9 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Still Life with Apples c.1912
Spencer Gore (1878–1914)
Oil on canvas
H 38.2 x W 50.8 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© Ferens Art Gallery. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
© Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2010. Reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office under the terms of the PSI Click-Use Licence. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Signing On in a Hull Mercantile Marine Office c.1939–1945
Bernard Hailstone (1910–1987)
Oil on canvas
H 88 x W 100.5 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© Estate of Clifford Hall/cliffordhallpainter.com. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Evening: Street Scene, Antwerp c.1965
Clifford Hall (1904–1973)
Acrylic on board
H 76.2 x W 57.2 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Hush of Evening c.1900
Benjamin Haughton (1865–1924)
Oil on panel
H 29 x W 35.5 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© Bowness. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Icon II 1960
Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975)
Carrara marble
H 61 x W 50.3 x D 83.8 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Derelict Lead Mine 1940s
Tristram Paul Hillier (1905–1983)
Oil on canvas
H 60 x W 81 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Woodland Landscape 1940
Ivon Hitchens (1893–1979)
Oil on canvas
H 50 x W 102.5 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© Ferens Art Gallery. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Dark Form on Yellow 1959
Roger Hilton (1911–1975)
Oil on canvas
H 121.8 x W 101.6 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© David Hockney. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
David Hockney (b.1937)
Oil on canvas
H 121.9 x W 91.4 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
© Peter Howson. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
© Ferens Art Gallery. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Lobster Boats c.1933
Eric Hesketh Hubbard (1892–1957)
Oil on canvas
H 44.5 x W 59 cm
Ferens Art Gallery
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