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
Miss Lucie Brown
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

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

Mrs Alfred Holt
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Mrs Alfred Holt c.1930

David Alison (1882–1955)

Oil on canvas

H 73 x W 59.9 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

The Last Bus
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

The Last Bus 1945

Kathleen Allen (1906–1983)

Oil on canvas

H 76.2 x W 55.9 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Fish
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Fish 1944

Leonard Appelbee (1914–2000)

Mixed media on board

H 33 x W 40 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

A Venetian Window
© estate of Vanessa Bell. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

A Venetian Window 1926

Vanessa Bell (1879–1961)

Oil on canvas

H 69 x W 49 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Conversation Piece
© the artist. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Conversation Piece 1993

Zadok Ben-David (b.1949)

Painted stainless steel

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Back of the Farm, Sussex
Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

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

A June Morning
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

A June Morning

Samuel John Lamorna Birch (1869–1955)

Oil on canvas

H 62.5 x W 75 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Charcoal Burners
© P. and R. Bliss. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Charcoal Burners

Douglas Percy Bliss (1900–1984)

Oil on canvas

H 75 x W 100 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

The Farewell
Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

The Farewell 1907

Frederick Cayley Robinson (1862–1927)

Tempera on board

H 14.5 x W 20 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Le vieux frêne (The Old Ash)
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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

The Red Hat, An Italian Child
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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

Nocturne
© Tate / Tate Images. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Nocturne 1970

Cecil Collins (1908–1989)

Oil on board

H 27 x W 32 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Morning Light, Brixham
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Morning Light, Brixham

James Edward Duggins (1881–1968)

Oil on canvas

H 43 x W 53 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Burnham Restricted Class Beating to Windward, in Pegwell Bay
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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

Madrigal
© estate of Terry Frost. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Madrigal 1949

Terry Frost (1915–2003)

Oil on canvas

H 71 x W 91 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

The Pulpit
Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

The Pulpit 1927

Roger Eliot Fry (1866–1934)

Oil on panel

H 41 x W 31.5 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Portofino
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Portofino 1935

Charles March Gere (1869–1957)

Oil on board

H 25 x W 35 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Trumpet Vendor of Envermeu
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

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

The Young Menage
Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

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 Onion Man
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

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 Good Work
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

The Good Work exhibited 1937

Keith Henderson (1883–1982)

Oil on canvas

H 100 x W 151 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Green Walks, Summer: No. 2
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Green Walks, Summer: No. 2 1953

Ivon Hitchens (1893–1979)

Oil on canvas

H 45 x W 107 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Tulips
Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Tulips

George Leslie Hunter (1877–1931)

Oil on canvas

H 67 x W 55 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Winter's White Silence
© David Messum. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

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

Sally at Her Window
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Sally at Her Window exhibited 1935

Gertrude Lindsay (1877–1961)

Oil on canvas

H 50 x W 40 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

The Mission Room
© The Estate of L.S. Lowry. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

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

In All Serenity
Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

In All Serenity exhibited 1930

Alexander MacLean (1867–1940)

Oil on canvas

H 45 x W 60 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Mottled Iris

Cedric Lockwood Morris (1889–1982)

Oil on canvas

H 58 x W 69 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Summer
© Trustees of Winifred Nicholson. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Summer 1928

Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981)

Oil on board

H 65 x W 77.5 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Morning off The Needles
Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Morning off The Needles 1935

Albert Julius Olsson (1864–1942)

Oil on canvas

H 63 x W 75 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Fringe of the Tide
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Fringe of the Tide 1935

John Anthony Park (1880–1962)

Oil on canvas

H 35 x W 46 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

The Ebb Tide
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

The Ebb Tide 1936

Edith C. Reynolds (1887–1967)

Oil on canvas

H 47 x W 55 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Ricketts, 'The Man with the Greek Vase', 1916
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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

Lady Diana Bridgeman
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Lady Diana Bridgeman exhibited 1928

Harold Speed (1872–1957)

Oil on canvas

H 67 x W 56 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

Cookham Rise 1938

Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)

Oil on canvas

H 46 x W 61 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Autumn in the South of France, Hautes Alpes
Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

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

A Suffolk Harvest
Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

A Suffolk Harvest 1929

Algernon Talmage (1871–1939)

Oil on canvas

H 73 x W 104 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

The Critics
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The Critics 1927

Henry Scott Tuke (1858–1929)

Oil on board

H 41.2 x W 51.4 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Moonshine
© the estate of John Tunnard. All rights reserved. DACS 2025. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Moonshine 1960

John Tunnard (1900–1971)

Oil on board

H 30 x W 80 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

The Bridge, Blakeney, Norfolk
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The Bridge, Blakeney, Norfolk 1934

Robin Wallace (1897–1952)

Oil on canvas

H 39 x W 50 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Summer Walk, Pembrokeshire
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Summer Walk, Pembrokeshire

Carel Victor Morlais Weight (1908–1997)

Oil on board

H 51 x W 61 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Green Landscape
© the artist / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Green Landscape

Anthony Whishaw (b.1930)

Acrylic on canvas

H 182.5 x W 213.5 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Boats in Harbour, Mevagissey
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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

The Studio, after the Sitting
© Estate of Alfred Aaron Wolmark. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

The Studio, after the Sitting

Alfred Aaron Wolmark (1877–1961)

Oil on canvas

H 75 x W 49 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Dick and 'Puffin'
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Dick and 'Puffin' 1931

Nan Youngman (1906–1995)

Oil on board

H 61.5 x W 50 cm

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum