Collecting artworks since 1883, the Gallery is especially known for its Charles Lee Collection of oil paintings, watercolours, drawings and engravings, presented to the town in 1888. It has an additionally fine selection of Modern British Art from the 20th Century amongst the more than 2,000 artworks in its collection. Developed in association with Grant Waters, Art Detective Group Leader: South East England, East England and the Midlands.

Artists featured in this Curation: Frank Helmuth Auerbach (b.1931), Delmar Harmood Banner (1896–1983), Walter Bayes (1869–1955), Samuel John Lamorna Birch (1869–1955), Alan Beeton (1880–1942), Sandra Blow (1925–2006), David Bomberg (1890–1957), John Randall Bratby (1928–1992), Herbert Ashwin Budd (1881–1950), Isabel Codrington (1874–1943), and 50 more
60 artworks
E. O. W. on Her Blue Eiderdown
© the artist. Image credit: Gallery Oldham

E. O. W. on Her Blue Eiderdown 1963

Frank Helmuth Auerbach (b.1931)

Oil on canvas

H 47 x W 54 cm

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Coniston Fell, Lancashire, from Harter Fell, Cumberland
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Coniston Fell, Lancashire, from Harter Fell, Cumberland 1947

Delmar Harmood Banner (1896–1983)

Oil on canvas

H 63.5 x W 76.2 cm

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A boire
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Bridgeman Images

A boire

Walter Bayes (1869–1955)

Oil on canvas

H 134.5 x W 182 cm

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The Serpentine Quarry, near Mullion, Cornwall
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The Serpentine Quarry, near Mullion, Cornwall c.1920

Samuel John Lamorna Birch (1869–1955)

Oil on canvas

H 90 x W 120.5 cm

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Girl in a Wood
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Girl in a Wood

Alan Beeton (1880–1942)

Oil on canvas

H 152.5 x W 100 cm

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Number Seventeen
© the Sandra Blow estate partnership. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Gallery Oldham

Number Seventeen 1961

Sandra Blow (1925–2006)

Oil on board

H 122 x W 112 cm

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Toledo, Spain
© the estate of David Bomberg. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Gallery Oldham

Toledo, Spain 1929

David Bomberg (1890–1957)

Oil on canvas

H 58.4 x W 76.2 cm

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Sewing Machine, Wife and Baby
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Sewing Machine, Wife and Baby c.1960

John Randall Bratby (1928–1992)

Oil on board

H 89.5 x W 118 cm

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The Bird Shop
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The Bird Shop c.1920

Herbert Ashwin Budd (1881–1950)

Oil on canvas

H 101.5 x W 127 cm

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Old Tramp
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Old Tramp

Isabel Codrington (1874–1943)

Oil on canvas

H 150.5 x W 100 cm

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Merry England
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Merry England

Philip Connard (1875–1958)

Oil on canvas

H 246 x W 121 cm

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Beach Scene
© estate of John Craxton. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Gallery Oldham

Beach Scene 1949

John Craxton (1922–2009)

Oil on canvas

H 99 x W 75.5 cm

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La passerelle
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La passerelle

Charles Ernest Cundall (1890–1971)

Oil on panel

H 48 x W 60 cm

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Autumn in the Valley of the Ouse, Sussex
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Autumn in the Valley of the Ouse, Sussex exhibited 1905

Alfred East (1844–1913)

Oil on canvas

H 120.5 x W 151 cm

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Fifteenth Portrait of Peggy Jean 1935

Jacob Epstein (1880–1959)

Bronze

H 56.5 x W 44 x D 27 cm

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Tavern Brawl
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Tavern Brawl

James Fitton (1899–1982)

Oil on canvas

H 87.5 x W 80 cm

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The Drinking Place
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The Drinking Place 1900

Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857–1947)

Oil on canvas

H 174 x W 152.5 cm

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Birdman
© The Executors of the Frink Estate and Archive. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Gallery Oldham

Birdman early 1960s

Elisabeth Frink (1930–1993)

Bronze

H 82 x W 21 x D 21 cm

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59/60
© estate of Terry Frost. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Gallery Oldham

59/60 1959/1960

Terry Frost (1915–2003)

Oil on canvas

H 120 x W 118 cm

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Adelaide Stanley as Kate in 'The Two Bouquets'
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Adelaide Stanley as Kate in 'The Two Bouquets'

Ethel Léontine Gabain (1883–1950)

Oil on canvas

H 74.5 x W 62 cm

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Tulips and Mimosa
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Tulips and Mimosa 1929

Mark Gertler (1891–1939)

Oil on canvas

H 75 x W 82 cm

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Whitby
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Whitby

Albert Goodwin (1845–1932)

Watercolour on paper

H 33 x W 23 cm

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Dieppe, France
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Bridgeman Images

Dieppe, France

Laura Sylvia Gosse (1881–1968)

Oil on canvas

H 59.5 x W 49.5 cm

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The Soldier's Daughter
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The Soldier's Daughter 1930

Allan Gwynne-Jones (1892–1982)

Oil on canvas

H 43.2 x W 40.6 cm

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My Kitchen
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My Kitchen 1923

Harold Charles Harvey (1874–1941)

Oil on canvas

H 100.5 x W 77.5 cm

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Scarlet and Green in Brown, November, 1961
© the estate of Patrick Heron. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Gallery Oldham

Scarlet and Green in Brown, November, 1961 1961

Patrick Heron (1920–1999)

Oil on canvas

H 74 x W 100 cm

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Trujillo, Spain
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Trujillo, Spain 1965

Tristram Paul Hillier (1905–1983)

Oil on canvas

H 59 x W 79 cm

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Allow Your Friends to Meet Your Enemies
© the artist. Image credit: Gallery Oldham

Allow Your Friends to Meet Your Enemies 2011

Lubaina Himid (b.1954)

Acrylic, pencil & magazine clipping on paper

H 74.5 x W 95 cm

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Husband and Wife
© Howard Hodgkin. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Gallery Oldham

Husband and Wife 1963

Howard Hodgkin (1932–2017)

Oil on panel

H 46 x W 64 cm

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A Summer Idyll
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A Summer Idyll 1908

Edward Atkinson Hornel (1864–1933)

Oil on canvas

H 126 x W 151 cm

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Untitled
© estate of John Hoyland. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Gallery Oldham

Untitled 1978

John Hoyland (1934–2011)

Acrylic on paper

H 76 x W 56.5 cm

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The Burmese Dancer IV
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The Burmese Dancer IV 1919–1920

Gerald Festus Kelly (1879–1972)

Oil on canvas

H 117 x W 81 cm

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A Theatre Dressing Room

Laura Knight (1877–1970)

Oil on canvas

H 75 x W 62.5 cm

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'The tender grace of a day that is dead will never come back to me'
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'The tender grace of a day that is dead will never come back to me' 1909

Walter Langley (1852–1922)

Oil on canvas

H 115.5 x W 105.5 cm

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Landscape with a Figure
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Landscape with a Figure

Derwent Lees (1884–1931)

Oil on canvas

H 23.5 x W 32 cm

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Gipsy Boy
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Gipsy Boy

Neville Lewis (1895–1972)

Oil on canvas

H 49.5 x W 39.5 cm

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The Procession
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The Procession

Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887–1976)

Oil on canvas

H 35.5 x W 54.5 cm

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Saada
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Saada 1936

James McBey (1883–1959)

Oil on canvas

H 79.2 x W 63.5 cm

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Toddler
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Toddler c.1938

Bernard Meninsky (1891–1950)

Oil on canvas

H 99.5 x W 74.4 cm

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Hardings Down, Llangynydd (Llangennith) 1928

Cedric Lockwood Morris (1889–1982)

Oil on canvas

H 61 x W 75 cm

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Rising Moon, St Ives Bay, Cornwall
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Rising Moon, St Ives Bay, Cornwall exhibited 1905

Albert Julius Olsson (1864–1942)

Oil on canvas

H 115.5 x W 151 cm

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Artist's Garden
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Artist's Garden

Charles Oppenheimer (1875–1961)

Oil on canvas

H 112 x W 102 cm

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The Needles, Isle of Wight
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The Needles, Isle of Wight

Charles Pears (1873–1958)

Oil on canvas

H 38 x W 59.5 cm

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Gravy for the Navy
© Peter and Zoe Phillips. Image credit: Gallery Oldham

Gravy for the Navy 1963

Peter Phillips (b.1939)

Oil & gloss paint on canvas & hardboard

H 240 x W 159 cm

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Lilacs
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Lilacs

Glyn Warren Philpot (1884–1937)

Oil on canvas

H 112 x W 85 cm

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Unveiling of the War Memorial, Oldham, Lancashire, 28 April 1923
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Unveiling of the War Memorial, Oldham, Lancashire, 28 April 1923

James Purdy (1900–1972)

Oil on canvas

H 101.5 x W 122 cm

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Boating Lake, Alexandra Park, Oldham, Lancashire
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Boating Lake, Alexandra Park, Oldham, Lancashire

Harold Riley (1934–2023)

Oil on paper

H 74 x W 100 cm

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A Corner of the Talmud School
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A Corner of the Talmud School 1907

William Rothenstein (1872–1945)

Oil on canvas

H 90 x W 70.5 cm

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A Derbyshire Landscape
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A Derbyshire Landscape

Stanley Royle (1888–1961)

Oil on canvas

H 63.5 x W 76 cm

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Her favourite scented hair oil and comb...
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Her favourite scented hair oil and comb... 1999

Abdus Shakoor Shah (b.1946)

Watercolour on paper

H 35 x W 27 cm

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Cottage on a Hillside
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Cottage on a Hillside 1963

Jack Simcock (1929–2012)

Oil on board

H 80 x W 130 cm

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Barnet Fair, Hertfordshire
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Barnet Fair, Hertfordshire 1930

Walter Richard Sickert (1860–1942)

Oil on canvas

H 73.5 x W 61 cm

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Along the Shore
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Along the Shore 1914

Joseph Edward Southall (1861–1944)

Tempera on silk

H 53.3 x W 36.8 cm

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Welsh Landscape
© estate of Graham Sutherland. Image credit: Gallery Oldham

Welsh Landscape 1938

Graham Vivian Sutherland (1903–1980)

Gouache on paper

H 59 x W 70 cm

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The Ford
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The Ford

Algernon Talmage (1871–1939)

Oil on canvas

H 98 x W 151 cm

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Two Welsh Cottages
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Two Welsh Cottages

Fred Uhlman (1901–1985)

Oil on canvas

H 39 x W 50 cm

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Imaginary Harbour II
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Imaginary Harbour II 1934

Edward Alexander Wadsworth (1889–1949)

Tempera & linen canvas on hardboard

H 59.9 x W 85.1 cm

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'As I wend to the shores I know not, As I list to the dirge, the voices of men and women wreck'd'
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Gallery Oldham

'As I wend to the shores I know not, As I list to the dirge, the voices of men and women wreck'd' 1951

Carel Victor Morlais Weight (1908–1997)

Oil on panel

H 120 x W 260 cm

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Cassis, France
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Cassis, France c.1929

Terrick John Williams (1860–1936)

Oil on canvas

H 76 x W 94 cm

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Barge Corner
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Barge Corner

Harold Workman (1897–1975)

Oil on canvas

H 75 x W 62 cm

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