Casting a wider eye over 20th Century art, this spotlight series seeks out gems within Collections outside of the glare of publicity enjoyed by national museums and galleries. The Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum is located in the Royal Pump Rooms in the Parade, and has particular strengths in the later Victorian period and Twentieth Century collections up to the Second World War, supported by an active Friends organisations. The Collection has a particularly strong group of Frederick Cayley Robinson paintings. Developed in association with Grant Waters, Art Detective Group Leader: South East England, East England and the Midlands.

Artists featured in this Curation: John Arthur Malcolm Aldridge (1905–1983), David Alison (1882–1955), Kathleen Allen (1906–1983), Leonard Appelbee (1914–2000), Vanessa Bell (1879–1961), Zadok Ben-David (b.1949), Robert Polhill Bevan (1865–1925), Samuel John Lamorna Birch (1869–1955), Douglas Percy Bliss (1900–1984), Frederick Cayley Robinson (1862–1927), and 36 more
46 artworks
  • John Aldridge (1905–1983)

    Miss Lucie Brown 1930
    John Arthur Malcolm Aldridge (1905–1983)
    Oil on canvas
    H 62.4 x W 50 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Miss Lucie Brown
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • David Alison (1882–1955)

    Mrs Alfred Holt c.1930
    David Alison (1882–1955)
    Oil on canvas
    H 73 x W 59.9 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Mrs Alfred Holt
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Kathleen Allen (1906–1983)

    The Last Bus 1945
    Kathleen Allen (1906–1983)
    Oil on canvas
    H 76.2 x W 55.9 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    The Last Bus
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Leonard Appelbee (1914–2000)

    Fish 1944
    Leonard Appelbee (1914–2000)
    Mixed media on board
    H 33 x W 40 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Fish
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Vanessa Bell (1879–1961)

    A Venetian Window 1926
    Vanessa Bell (1879–1961)
    Oil on canvas
    H 69 x W 49 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    A Venetian Window
    © estate of Vanessa Bell. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Zadok Ben-David (b.1949)

    Conversation Piece 1993
    Zadok Ben-David (b.1949)
    Painted stainless steel
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Conversation Piece
    © the artist. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Robert Bevan (1865–1925)

    Back of the Farm, Sussex 1906
    Robert Polhill Bevan (1865–1925)
    Oil on canvas
    H 37 x W 44.5 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Back of the Farm, Sussex
    Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Samuel John Lamorna Birch (1869–1955)

    A June Morning
    Samuel John Lamorna Birch (1869–1955)
    Oil on canvas
    H 62.5 x W 75 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    A June Morning
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Douglas Percy Bliss (1900–1984)

    Charcoal Burners
    Douglas Percy Bliss (1900–1984)
    Oil on canvas
    H 75 x W 100 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Charcoal Burners
    © P. and R. Bliss. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Frederick Cayley Robinson (1862–1927)

    The Farewell 1907
    Frederick Cayley Robinson (1862–1927)
    Tempera on board
    H 14.5 x W 20 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    The Farewell
    Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Charles CeBoul (active 1927–1935)

    Le vieux frêne (The Old Ash)
    Charles CeBoul (active 1927–1935)
    Oil on canvas
    H 47 x W 58 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Le vieux frêne (The Old Ash)
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • George Clausen (1852–1944)

    The Red Hat, An Italian Child 1907
    George Clausen (1852–1944)
    Oil on canvas
    H 49 x W 42 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    The Red Hat, An Italian Child
    Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Cecil Collins (1908–1989)

    Nocturne 1970
    Cecil Collins (1908–1989)
    Oil on board
    H 27 x W 32 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Nocturne
    © Tate / Tate Images. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • James Edward Duggins (1881–1968)

    Morning Light, Brixham
    James Edward Duggins (1881–1968)
    Oil on canvas
    H 43 x W 53 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Morning Light, Brixham
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Alice Maud Fanner (1865–1930)

    Burnham Restricted Class Beating to Windward, in Pegwell Bay
    Alice Maud Fanner (1865–1930)
    Oil on canvas
    H 69 x W 90 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Burnham Restricted Class Beating to Windward, in Pegwell Bay
    Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Terry Frost (1915–2003)

    Madrigal 1949
    Terry Frost (1915–2003)
    Oil on canvas
    H 71 x W 91 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Madrigal
    © estate of Terry Frost. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Roger Fry (1866–1934)

    The Pulpit 1927
    Roger Eliot Fry (1866–1934)
    Oil on panel
    H 41 x W 31.5 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    The Pulpit
    Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Charles March Gere (1869–1957)

    Portofino 1935
    Charles March Gere (1869–1957)
    Oil on board
    H 25 x W 35 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Portofino
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Sylvia Gosse (1881–1968)

    Trumpet Vendor of Envermeu
    Laura Sylvia Gosse (1881–1968)
    Oil on canvas
    H 60.2 x W 29.7 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Trumpet Vendor of Envermeu
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Harold C. Harvey (1874–1941)

    The Young Menage 1932
    Harold Charles Harvey (1874–1941)
    Oil on canvas
    H 87.2 x W 74.2 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    The Young Menage
    Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Arthur Hayward (1889–1962)

    The Onion Man 1935
    Arthur Hayward (1889–1962)
    Oil on canvas
    H 89.9 x W 84.9 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    The Onion Man
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Keith Henderson (1883–1982)

    The Good Work exhibited 1937
    Keith Henderson (1883–1982)
    Oil on canvas
    H 100 x W 151 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    The Good Work
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Ivon Hitchens (1893–1979)

    Green Walks, Summer: No. 2 1953
    Ivon Hitchens (1893–1979)
    Oil on canvas
    H 45 x W 107 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Green Walks, Summer: No. 2
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • George Leslie Hunter (1877–1931)

    Tulips
    George Leslie Hunter (1877–1931)
    Oil on canvas
    H 67 x W 55 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Tulips
    Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Lucy Elizabeth Kemp-Welch (1869–1958)

    Winter's White Silence 1923–1924
    Lucy Elizabeth Kemp-Welch (1869–1958)
    Oil on canvas
    H 125 x W 181.5 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Winter's White Silence
    © David Messum. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Gertrude Lindsay (1877–1961)

    Sally at Her Window exhibited 1935
    Gertrude Lindsay (1877–1961)
    Oil on canvas
    H 50 x W 40 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Sally at Her Window
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887–1976)

    The Mission Room 1937
    Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887–1976)
    Oil on board
    H 36.8 x W 50.8 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    The Mission Room
    © The Estate of L.S. Lowry. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Alexander MacLean (1867–1940)

    In All Serenity exhibited 1930
    Alexander MacLean (1867–1940)
    Oil on canvas
    H 45 x W 60 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    In All Serenity
    Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Cedric Morris (1889–1982)

    Mottled Iris
    Cedric Lockwood Morris (1889–1982)
    Oil on canvas
    H 58 x W 69 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981)

    Summer 1928
    Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981)
    Oil on board
    H 65 x W 77.5 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Summer
    © Trustees of Winifred Nicholson. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Julius Olsson (1864–1942)

    Morning off The Needles 1935
    Albert Julius Olsson (1864–1942)
    Oil on canvas
    H 63 x W 75 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Morning off The Needles
    Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • John Anthony Park (1880–1962)

    Fringe of the Tide 1935
    John Anthony Park (1880–1962)
    Oil on canvas
    H 35 x W 46 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Fringe of the Tide
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Edith C. Reynolds (active 1909–1937)

    The Ebb Tide 1936
    Edith C. Reynolds (1887–1967)
    Oil on canvas
    H 47 x W 55 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    The Ebb Tide
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Charles Haslewood Shannon (1863–1937)

    Ricketts, 'The Man with the Greek Vase', 1916 1916
    Charles Haslewood Shannon (1863–1937)
    Oil on canvas
    H 75 x W 62 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Ricketts, 'The Man with the Greek Vase', 1916
    Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Harold Speed (1872–1957)

    Lady Diana Bridgeman exhibited 1928
    Harold Speed (1872–1957)
    Oil on canvas
    H 67 x W 56 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Lady Diana Bridgeman
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)

    Cookham Rise 1938
    Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
    Oil on canvas
    H 46 x W 61 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Cookham Rise
    © the estate of Stanley Spencer. All rights reserved / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Adrian Scott Stokes (1854–1935)

    Autumn in the South of France, Hautes Alpes 1928
    Adrian Scott Stokes (1854–1935)
    Oil on canvas
    H 75.3 x W 99.8 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Autumn in the South of France, Hautes Alpes
    Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Algernon Talmage (1871–1939)

    A Suffolk Harvest 1929
    Algernon Talmage (1871–1939)
    Oil on canvas
    H 73 x W 104 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    A Suffolk Harvest
    Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Henry Scott Tuke (1858–1929)

    The Critics 1927
    Henry Scott Tuke (1858–1929)
    Oil on board
    H 41.2 x W 51.4 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    The Critics
    Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • John Tunnard (1900–1971)

    Moonshine 1960
    John Tunnard (1900–1971)
    Oil on board
    H 30 x W 80 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Moonshine
    © the estate of John Tunnard. All rights reserved. DACS 2024. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Robin Wallace (1897–1952)

    The Bridge, Blakeney, Norfolk 1934
    Robin Wallace (1897–1952)
    Oil on canvas
    H 39 x W 50 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    The Bridge, Blakeney, Norfolk
    Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Carel Victor Morlais Weight (1908–1997)

    Summer Walk, Pembrokeshire
    Carel Victor Morlais Weight (1908–1997)
    Oil on board
    H 51 x W 61 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Summer Walk, Pembrokeshire
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Anthony Whishaw (b.1930)

    Green Landscape
    Anthony Whishaw (b.1930)
    Acrylic on canvas
    H 182.5 x W 213.5 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Green Landscape
    © the artist / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Terrick Williams (1860–1936)

    Boats in Harbour, Mevagissey 1935/1936
    Terrick John Williams (1860–1936)
    Oil on canvas
    H 42.5 x W 61.5 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Boats in Harbour, Mevagissey
    Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Alfred Wolmark (1877–1961)

    The Studio, after the Sitting
    Alfred Aaron Wolmark (1877–1961)
    Oil on canvas
    H 75 x W 49 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    The Studio, after the Sitting
    © Estate of Alfred Aaron Wolmark. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

  • Nan Youngman (1906–1995)

    Dick and 'Puffin' 1931
    Nan Youngman (1906–1995)
    Oil on board
    H 61.5 x W 50 cm
    Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
    Dick and 'Puffin'
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum