Leicester Museums and Galleries, alongside its exceptional collection of German Expressionist art and more recent donation from Lord and Lady Attenborough of Picasso ceramics, boasts a strong collection of 20th Century Art, principally Modern British, but also some works from France. The strengths in depth right across the 20th Century are in no small measure thanks to the collection policies pursued by Dr E.E. Lowe, Director between the two world wars, and Trevor Thomas and assistant Hans Hess.
Artists featured in this Curation:
Mark Gertler (1891–1939),
Francis Bacon (1909–1992),
Delmar Harmood Banner (1896–1983),
Walter Bayes (1869–1955),
Vanessa Bell (1879–1961),
John Bellany (1942–2013),
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865–1925),
David Bomberg (1890–1957),
Prunella Clough (1919–1999),
Frank Dobson (1886–1963),
and 69 more
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Phyllis Dodd (1899–1995), Peter Doig (b.1959), Malcolm Drummond (1880–1945), Thomas Cantrell Dugdale (1880–1952), Norman Ellis (1913–1971), Robert Jackson Emerson (1878–1944), Jacob Epstein (1880–1959), John Duncan Fergusson (1874–1961), Elisabeth Frink (1930–1993), Terry Frost (1915–2003), Roger Eliot Fry (1866–1934), Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891–1915), Harold Gilman (1876–1919), Charles Ginner (1878–1952), Spencer Gore (1878–1914), Laura Sylvia Gosse (1881–1968), Duncan Grant (1885–1978), Derrick Greaves (1927–2022), Kenneth Green (1905–1986), Adrian Heath (1920–1992), Roger Hilton (1911–1975), Ivon Hitchens (1893–1979), Laura Knight (1877–1970), George Large (b.1936), Edward Le Bas (1904–1966), Thérèse Lessore (1884–1945), André Lhote (1885–1962), Frederick Nicholas Loveroff (1894–1960), Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887–1976), Sine MacKinnon (1901–1996), Leroy Leveson Laurent Joseph de Maistre (1894–1968), Maurice Marinot (1882–1960), Maxime Maufra (1861–1918), F. E. McWilliam (1909–1992), John Melville (1902–1986), Ronald Moody (1900–1984), Henry Moore (1898–1986), Harry Morley (1881–1943), Paul Nash (1889–1946), Philip Naviasky (1894–1983), Ben Nicholson (1894–1982), Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981), Sidney Nolan (1917–1992), William Orpen (1878–1931), John Frederick Pettinger (1877–1939), Ernest Procter (1886–1935), Lancelot Ribeiro (1933–2010), Albert Richards (1919–1945), Brian Robb (1913–1979), William Patrick Roberts (1895–1980), William Rothenstein (1872–1945), Clifford Hooper Rowe (1904–1989), Walter Richard Sickert (1860–1942), Matthew Arnold Bracy Smith (1879–1959), Ruskin Spear (1911–1990), Stanley Spencer (1891–1959), Graham Vivian Sutherland (1903–1980), William Townsend (1909–1973), Julian Trevelyan (1910–1988), John Tunnard (1900–1971), John Keith Vaughan (1912–1977), Maurice de Vlaminck (1876–1958), Edward Alexander Wadsworth (1889–1949), Ethel Walker (1861–1951), Bryan Ward (1921–1987), Sydney Robert Watson (1892–1971), Christopher Wood (1901–1930), James Arthur Woodford (1893–1976) and
Allan Gairdner Wyon (1882–1962)
79 artworks
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Mark Gertler (1891–1939)
The Fruit Sorters 1914
Mark Gertler (1891–1939)
Oil on canvas
H 76.2 x W 63.5 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Francis Bacon (1909–1992)
Lying Figure No. 1 1959
Francis Bacon (1909–1992)
Oil on canvas
H 196 x W 141.5 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Delmar Harmood Banner (1896–1983)
Scafell from Birker Moor, Eskdale, Cumberland 1943–1944
Delmar Harmood Banner (1896–1983)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 91.5 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Walter Bayes (1869–1955)
The Bather 1917
Walter Bayes (1869–1955)
Oil on canvas
H 115.5 x W 56 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Vanessa Bell (1879–1961)
The Spanish Lady 1912
Vanessa Bell (1879–1961)
Oil on millboard
H 75.6 x W 53 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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John Bellany (1942–2013)
Lune de miel (Towards the Lighthouse) 1980
John Bellany (1942–2013)
Oil on canvas
H 183 x W 122.5 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Robert Polhill Bevan (1865–1925)
From the Artist's Window 1915–1916
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865–1925)
Oil on canvas
H 62.2 x W 75 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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David Bomberg (1890–1957)
Grief 1922
David Bomberg (1890–1957)
Oil on canvas
H 91.5 x W 71 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Prunella Clough (1919–1999)
Slag Heap 1959
Prunella Clough (1919–1999)
Oil on canvas
H 30.5 x W 46 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Frank Dobson (1886–1963)
Mary Bussell 1926
Frank Dobson (1886–1963)
Bronze
H 33 x W 29 x D 24 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Phyllis Dodd (1899–1995)
Girl in National Costume, in an Interior
Phyllis Dodd (1899–1995)
Oil on canvas
H 91.5 x W 71 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Peter Doig (b.1959)
Concrete Cabin 1991–1992
Peter Doig (b.1959)
Oil on canvas
H 200.5 x W 241 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
1991–1992, oil on canvas by Peter Doig (b.1959)
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Malcolm Drummond (1880–1945)
Chelsea Public Library 1920
Malcolm Drummond (1880–1945)
Oil on canvas
H 39 x W 43.2 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Thomas Cantrell Dugdale (1880–1952)
Motherhood
Thomas Cantrell Dugdale (1880–1952)
Oil on canvas
H 75.5 x W 62.2 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Norman Ellis (1913–1971)
A Leicester Vista 1955
Norman Ellis (1913–1971)
Oil on hardboard
H 71.1 x W 116.8 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Robert Jackson Emerson (1878–1944)
Puella 1930
Robert Jackson Emerson (1878–1944)
Plaster
H 45 x W 44 x D 23 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Jacob Epstein (1880–1959)
The Weeping Woman 1922
Jacob Epstein (1880–1959)
Bronze & wood
W 60 x D 48 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
© The estate of Sir Jacob Epstein / Tate Images. Image credit: Leicester Museums and Galleries
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John Duncan Fergusson (1874–1961)
Eástre 1924
John Duncan Fergusson (1874–1961)
Brass
H 42 x W 23.5 x D 26 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Elisabeth Frink (1930–1993)
Eagle 1980
Elisabeth Frink (1930–1993)
Bronze & wood
H 39 x W 18 x D 25 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Terry Frost (1915–2003)
Red and Blue 1959
Terry Frost (1915–2003)
Oil on canvas
H 76 x W 127 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Roger Eliot Fry (1866–1934)
Samothrace, Greece 1912
Roger Eliot Fry (1866–1934)
Oil on panel & canvas
H 20.4 x W 30.5 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891–1915)
Study for a Sepulchral Monument 1913
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891–1915)
Bronze
H 39 x W 35 x D 19.5 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Harold Gilman (1876–1919)
Meditation 1910–1911
Harold Gilman (1876–1919)
Oil on canvas
H 59 x W 44 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Charles Ginner (1878–1952)
Garden in Spring 1940
Charles Ginner (1878–1952)
Oil on canvas
H 50.8 x W 40.7 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Spencer Gore (1878–1914)
Harold Gilman's House at Letchworth, Hertfordshire 1912
Spencer Gore (1878–1914)
Oil on canvas
H 63.5 x W 76.2 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Laura Sylvia Gosse (1881–1968)
A Nun with Children
Laura Sylvia Gosse (1881–1968)
Oil on canvas
H 70.8 x W 61.5 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Duncan Grant (1885–1978)
Lewes Landscape 1933–1934
Duncan Grant (1885–1978)
Oil on paper on board
H 60.2 x W 57.2 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Derrick Greaves (1927–2022)
Studies for Hiroshige II 1974
Derrick Greaves (1927–2022)
Acrylic on canvas
H 127 x W 132 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
© Estate of Derrick Greaves, courtesy of James Hyman Gallery, London. Image credit: Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Kenneth Green (1905–1986)
Borghese Gardens, Rome 1945
Kenneth Green (1905–1986)
Oil on canvas
H 76.5 x W 61 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Adrian Heath (1920–1992)
Painting Blue and White 1959
Adrian Heath (1920–1992)
Oil on canvas
H 101.5 x W 142 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Roger Hilton (1911–1975)
Spiral 1953
Roger Hilton (1911–1975)
Oil on canvas
H 25.3 x W 35.3 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Ivon Hitchens (1893–1979)
Flower Piece
Ivon Hitchens (1893–1979)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 55.7 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Laura Knight (1877–1970)
The Three Clowns 1930
Laura Knight (1877–1970)
Oil on canvas
H 77 x W 63.5 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
© reproduced with permission of the estate of Dame Laura Knight, DBE, RA / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Leicester Museums and Galleries
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George Large (b.1936)
Typist 1993
George Large (b.1936)
Oil on canvas
H 91.2 x W 61 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Edward Le Bas (1904–1966)
Still Life with Flowers 1936
Edward Le Bas (1904–1966)
Oil on millboard
H 73.6 x W 56.2 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Thérèse Lessore (1884–1945)
Circus at Bath
Thérèse Lessore (1884–1945)
Oil on canvas
H 88 x W 68 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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André Lhote (1885–1962)
Bust of a Young Woman 1910
André Lhote (1885–1962)
Oil on canvas
H 65.2 x W 48 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Frederick Nicholas Loveroff (1894–1960)
Snow on the Hillside 1924
Frederick Nicholas Loveroff (1894–1960)
Oil on canvas
H 86.4 x W 95.3 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887–1976)
Industrial Landscape, River Scene 1950
Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887–1976)
Oil on canvas
H 110.2 x W 148.3 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Sine MacKinnon (1901–1996)
A White Horse Drinking from a Stream
Sine MacKinnon (1901–1996)
Oil on canvas
H 40.5 x W 68.3 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Roy de Maistre (1894–1968)
The Crucifixion 1942–1944
Leroy Leveson Laurent Joseph de Maistre (1894–1968)
Oil on canvas
H 130 x W 91.5 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Maurice Marinot (1882–1960)
Paysage aux grands arbres 1947
Maurice Marinot (1882–1960)
Oil on canvas
H 73 x W 60 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Maxime Maufra (1861–1918)
Bords du Loir 1907
Maxime Maufra (1861–1918)
Oil on canvas
H 65.3 x W 81.3 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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F. E. McWilliam (1909–1992)
Box Two 1969 1969
F. E. McWilliam (1909–1992)
Bronze
H 23 x W 22.5 x D 22.5 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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John Melville (1902–1986)
Self Portrait 1943
John Melville (1902–1986)
Oil on canvas
H 29 x W 17.5 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Ronald Moody (1900–1984)
The Mother 1958–1959
Ronald Moody (1900–1984)
Cement
H 124 x W 67 x D 49 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Henry Moore (1898–1986)
Reclining Figure 1938
Henry Moore (1898–1986)
Bronze
H 10.5 x W 22 x D 12.5 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
© The Henry Moore Foundation. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2024 / www.henry-moore.org. Image credit: Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Harry Morley (1881–1943)
A Wayside Madonna 1927
Harry Morley (1881–1943)
Oil on canvas
H 108.3 x W 96.5 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Paul Nash (1889–1946)
Nostalgic Landscape 1923–1938
Paul Nash (1889–1946)
Oil on canvas
H 71.2 x W 50.8 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Philip Naviasky (1894–1983)
Head of a Woman 1922
Philip Naviasky (1894–1983)
Oil on canvas
H 51 x W 40.8 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Ben Nicholson (1894–1982)
1948 (still life) 1948
Ben Nicholson (1894–1982)
Oil & graphite on board
H 35 x W 24.8 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981)
Crystals 1930
Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981)
Oil on canvas
H 51 x W 51 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Sidney Nolan (1917–1992)
Mrs Fraser with Convict 1958
Sidney Nolan (1917–1992)
Oil on paper
H 25.5 x W 30.5 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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William Orpen (1878–1931)
Lady on a Couch 1900
William Orpen (1878–1931)
Oil on canvas
H 80 x W 89 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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John Frederick Pettinger (1877–1939)
Low Tide
John Frederick Pettinger (1877–1939)
Oil on canvas
H 129 x W 154.9 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Ernest Procter (1886–1935)
The Day's End 1927
Ernest Procter (1886–1935)
Oil on canvas
H 91.5 x W 106.5 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Lancelot Ribeiro (1933–2010)
Untitled (Townscape) 1962
Lancelot Ribeiro (1933–2010)
Oil on board
H 122 x W 92 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Albert Richards (1919–1945)
Escape from the Circus 1938
Albert Richards (1919–1945)
Oil on canvas
H 45.5 x W 41.5 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Brian Robb (1913–1979)
Weesen, Switzerland 1954
Brian Robb (1913–1979)
Oil on canvas
H 50.8 x W 60.3 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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William Patrick Roberts (1895–1980)
At the Hippodrome 1921
William Patrick Roberts (1895–1980)
Oil on canvas
H 95 x W 90.6 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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William Rothenstein (1872–1945)
The Toilet 1924
William Rothenstein (1872–1945)
Oil on canvas
H 91.5 x W 76.4 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Clifford Hooper Rowe (1904–1989)
The Fried Fish Shop 1936
Clifford Hooper Rowe (1904–1989)
Oil on panel
H 59.5 x W 112.8 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Walter Richard Sickert (1860–1942)
The Yellow Sleeve 1903–1904
Walter Richard Sickert (1860–1942)
Oil on canvas
H 38.5 x W 46.1 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Matthew Arnold Bracy Smith (1879–1959)
Reclining Nude 1924
Matthew Arnold Bracy Smith (1879–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 66 x W 82 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Ruskin Spear (1911–1990)
The Tea Shop 1946 or before
Ruskin Spear (1911–1990)
Oil on panel
H 42.3 x W 49.5 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Distant View of Maidenhead, Berkshire 1939
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 45.6 x W 56 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
© the estate of Stanley Spencer. All rights reserved / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Graham Vivian Sutherland (1903–1980)
Narrow Road between Hedges 1938–1939
Graham Vivian Sutherland (1903–1980)
Oil on canvas
H 68.6 x W 50.8 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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William Townsend (1909–1973)
Trees at Rolvenden, Kent 1956
William Townsend (1909–1973)
Oil on canvas
H 71.3 x W 91.4 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Julian Trevelyan (1910–1988)
Tuscan Landscape 1954
Julian Trevelyan (1910–1988)
Oil on canvas
H 60.4 x W 76 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Leicester Museums and Galleries
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John Tunnard (1900–1971)
Metamorphosis 1942
John Tunnard (1900–1971)
Oil on hardboard
H 31.5 x W 61 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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John Keith Vaughan (1912–1977)
Vertical Tree Forms 1956
John Keith Vaughan (1912–1977)
Oil on canvas
H 91.5 x W 71 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Maurice de Vlaminck (1876–1958)
La route Napoléon 1912–1914
Maurice de Vlaminck (1876–1958)
Oil on canvas
H 73 x W 92 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Edward Alexander Wadsworth (1889–1949)
Rue Fontaine de Caylus, Marseilles, France 1924
Edward Alexander Wadsworth (1889–1949)
Tempera on panel
H 94 x W 45.3 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Ethel Walker (1861–1951)
September Morning
Ethel Walker (1861–1951)
Oil on canvas
H 50.8 x W 61 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Bryan Ward (1921–1987)
Small Building in Buxton, Derbyshire 1979
Bryan Ward (1921–1987)
Oil on board
H 23 x W 30 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Sydney Robert Watson (1892–1971)
Portloe, Cornwall 1932
Sydney Robert Watson (1892–1971)
Oil on canvas
H 49.5 x W 60.5 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Christopher Wood (1901–1930)
Dancing Sailors, Brittany, France 1930
Christopher Wood (1901–1930)
Oil & household paint on board
H 57.5 x W 82 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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James Arthur Woodford (1893–1976)
The Return of Persephone from Hades 1930
James Arthur Woodford (1893–1976)
Roman stone
H 82 x W 42 x D 31 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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Allan Gairdner Wyon (1882–1962)
A Worshipper 1917
Allan Gairdner Wyon (1882–1962)
Treated bronze & stone
H 56 x W 40 x D 33 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries