Hartlepool Art Gallery opened in 1996 in what was formerly Christ Church in West Hartlepool. It now houses a wide range of exhibitions and displays works from the Hartlepool Borough Council Collection of some 1,500 works. Amongst its 20th Century highlights, Lucian Freud's Head of a Woman is perhaps the best known work, and contemporaries Frank Auerbach and John Bratby are also represented. There is a particularly strong group of works by Eric Atkinson and Seaton Carew Beach by Margaret Green is perhaps the highlight of many landscapes within the collection featuring the sea and local industries. A works on paper collection includes Stanley Spencer and L.S. Lowry.
Artists featured in this Curation:
Lucian Freud (1922–2011),
John Atkin (b.1959),
Eric Atkinson (1928–2022),
Frank Helmuth Auerbach (1931–2024),
Philip B. Bennison (1890–1924),
John Randall Bratby (1928–1992),
James Clark (1858–1943),
Norman Stansfield Cornish (1919–2014),
Deryck Stephen Crowther (1922–2007),
Stanley Davison (b.1949),
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Donald Dean (b.1930), Enrico Equi (b.1936), Sheila Mary Fell (1931–1979), Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857–1947), Margaret Green (1925–2003), Thomas Greig (d.1973), Jon Hall (b.1956), Tony Hall (b.1963), Chris N. Harding (1942–1991), John William Howey (1873–1938), Richard Kidd (1952–2008), Peter Knox (b.1942), Harry A. Lee, Ian Lightfoot (b.1957), Thomas McAndrew (1916–2002), Alice Hogarth Nicholson (1865–1950), Lionel Redvers Playford (b.1959), Harry Thubron (1915–1985), Alan Turner (b.1939) and
Robert John Watson (b.1945)
30 artworks
© Lucian Freud Archive / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
Head of a Woman 1970
Lucian Freud (1922–2011)
Oil on canvas
H 23 x W 19 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
© the artist. Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
John Atkin (b.1959)
Plaster & steel mesh
H 48 x W 35 x D 30 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
Seaton Carew Beach, Hartlepool, Tees Valley 1954
Eric Atkinson (1928–2022)
Oil on board
H 42 x W 50 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
Shell Building Site 1959
Frank Helmuth Auerbach (1931–2024)
Oil on board
H 122 x W 154 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
Thomas Hood, a Hartlepool Fisherman 1919
Philip B. Bennison (1890–1924)
Oil on canvas
H 100 x W 75 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
Ann, Thinking, with Flowers 1960
John Randall Bratby (1928–1992)
Oil on canvas
H 121 x W 81 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
The Bombardment of the Hartlepools (16 December 1914) 1915
James Clark (1858–1943)
Oil on canvas
H 124 x W 199 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
Norman Stansfield Cornish (1919–2014)
Oil on board
H 76 x W 99 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
Evening at Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, Tees Valley 1968
Deryck Stephen Crowther (1922–2007)
Oil on board
H 91 x W 122 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
The Fish Quay, Hartlepool, Tees Valley 1981
Stanley Davison (b.1949)
Acrylic on canvas
H 61.5 x W 75 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
Donald Dean (b.1930)
Oil on canvas
H 50 x W 76 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
Hartlepool Pier, Tees Valley 1961
Enrico Equi (b.1936)
Oil on board
H 38 x W 82 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
Sheila Mary Fell (1931–1979)
Oil on canvas
H 29 x W 39 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
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Gala Day at Newlyn, Cornwall 1907
Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857–1947)
Oil on canvas
H 106 x W 136 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
© the studio estate of Lionel Bulmer and Margaret Green is represented by David Messum Fine Art Ltd. Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
Seaton Carew Beach, Hartlepool, Tees Valley
Margaret Green (1925–2003)
Oil on canvas board
H 91 x W 138 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
Thomas Greig (d.1973)
Oil on paper
H 25.5 x W 35.5 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
© the artist. Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
Jon Hall (b.1956)
Acrylic on canvas
H 200 x W 120 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
© the artist. Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
Yellow Hut 1992
Tony Hall (b.1963)
Oil on canvas
H 122 x W 122 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
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Tree Growth 1972
Chris N. Harding (1942–1991)
Acrylic on board
H 90 x W 91 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
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John William Howey (1873–1938)
Oil on canvas
H 65 x W 63 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
Skid 1980–1985
Richard Kidd (1952–2008)
Acrylic on canvas
H 273 x W 185 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
© the artist. Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
The Zinc Works 1964
Peter Knox (b.1942)
Oil on board
H 112 x W 198 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
Town Wall, Hartlepool, Tees Valley 1970
Harry A. Lee (active 1970–1971)
Oil on board
H 35 x W 45 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
© the artist. Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
Ian Lightfoot (b.1957)
Oil on board
H 39 x W 59 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
The Sea Wall at Hartlepool, Tees Valley
Thomas McAndrew (1916–2002)
Oil on board
H 55 x W 71.5 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
Idleness exhibited 1918
Alice Hogarth Nicholson (1865–1950)
Oil on canvas
H 51 x W 80 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
© the artist. Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
Scene Change 1993
Lionel Redvers Playford (b.1959)
Oil & mixed media on canvas
H 98 x W 137 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
Harry Thubron (1915–1985)
Oil on canvas
H 69 x W 89 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
© the artist. Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
Yellow Influx 1969
Alan Turner (b.1939)
Oil on canvas
H 189 x W 168 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
© the artist. Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
The Harbour Master's Office 1987
Robert John Watson (b.1945)
Oil on board
H 78 x W 119 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
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