The Ashmolean Museum is the University of Oxford’s museum of art and archaeology, founded in 1683, and is Britain's oldest public museum. Amongst a huge collection with many strength, there are not too many 20th Century Collections that can boast, as the Ashmolean can, works by Matisse, Picasso, Braque and Kandinsky, as well as a representative collection of early 20th Century French artists, including works by all members of the Pissarro family of artists. Other particular strengths, following the Ethel Sands bequest, are a group of paintings by Sickert, and the other Camden Town Group of artists are well represented too.

Artists featured in this Curation: Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), Robert Sargent Austin (1895–1973), Michael Ayrton (1921–1975), Robert Polhill Bevan (1865–1925), Jacques-Emile Blanche (1861–1942), David Bomberg (1890–1957), Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947), Georges Braque (1882–1963), David Young Cameron (1865–1945), Sydney William Carline (1888–1929), and 80 more See all

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Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944)

Murnau-Staffelsee I 1908
Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944)
Oil on paper laid on board
H 33 x W 44.5 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Robert Sargent Austin (1895–1973)

Landscape with dead Trees 1920
Robert Sargent Austin (1895–1973)
Tempera on canvas on cardboard
H 26.7 x W 19.8 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Michael Ayrton (1921–1975)

Nautilus Maze Figure c.1965
Michael Ayrton (1921–1975)
Bronze & wood
H 9 x W 25.5 x D 14.5 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Robert Polhill Bevan (1865–1925)

Queen's Grove, St John's Wood 1918
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865–1925)
Oil on canvas
H 50 x W 60 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Jacques-Emile Blanche (1861–1942)

Sir Max Beerbohm 1903
Jacques-Emile Blanche (1861–1942)
Oil on canvas
H 100.8 x W 82.1 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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David Bomberg (1890–1957)

Circus (Abstract Composition) c. 1920–1921
David Bomberg (1890–1957)
Oil on paper laid on cardboard
H 34.9 x W 50 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947)

A Path in the Forest c. 1919
Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947)
Oil on canvas
H 86 x W 41.5 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Georges Braque (1882–1963)

The Tobacco Packet 1931
Georges Braque (1882–1963)
Oil on canvas
H 24 x W 35 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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David Young Cameron (1865–1945)

The Ruins of Ypres 1919–1920
David Young Cameron (1865–1945)
Oil on canvas
H 50 x W 74 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Over the Hills of Kurdistan: Flying above Kirkuk

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Sydney William Carline (1888–1929)

Over the Hills of Kurdistan: Flying above Kirkuk 1919
Sydney William Carline (1888–1929)
Oil on canvas
H 38 x W 45 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Dora Clarke (1895–1959)

Girl from Massachusetts 1962
Dora Clarke (1895–1989)
Rosewood
H 31.2 x W 16 x D 23 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Geoffrey Cyril Petts Clarke (1924–2014)

Angle and Supported Bar 1964
Geoffrey Cyril Petts Clarke (1924–2014)
Aluminium
H 12.1 x W 23.5 x D 7.5 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Cecil Collins (1908–1989)

Landscape 1965
Cecil Collins (1908–1989)
Tempera & oil on hardboard
H 15 x W 20.3 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Philip Connard (1875–1958)

Still Life with Crockery 1920s
Philip Connard (1875–1958)
Oil on canvas
H 35.6 x W 45.8 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Malcolm Drummond (1880–1945)

A Chelsea Street
Malcolm Drummond (1880–1945)
Oil on canvas
H 60 x W 45 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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André Dunoyer de Segonzac (1884–1974)

The Lockgate post 1918
André Dunoyer de Segonzac (1884–1974)
Oil on canvas
H 81 x W 100 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Frederick Etchells (1886–1973)

On the Grass c. 1911
Frederick Etchells (1886–1973)
Oil on panel
H 35.9 x W 50.6 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Barnett Freedman (1901–1958)

Fiddle and Guitar 1931
Barnett Freedman (1901–1958)
Oil on canvas
H 101.6 x W 53.3 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Lucian Freud (1922–2011)

Small Naked Portrait 1973–1974
Lucian Freud (1922–2011)
Oil on canvas
H 22.2 x W 20 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Othon Friesz (1879–1949)

Les Vosges 1919
Othon Friesz (1879–1949)
Oil on canvas
H 65.5 x W 81.2 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Elisabeth Frink (1930–1993)

Mirage c.1969
Elisabeth Frink (1930–1993)
Aluminium
H 37.6 x W 20.5 x D 6.4 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Roger Eliot Fry (1866–1934)

Frank Hindley Smith (1863–1939) 1923
Roger Eliot Fry (1866–1934)
Oil on canvas
H 65.3 x W 76.4 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Clive Gardiner (1891–1960)

Wood Interior
Clive Gardiner (1891–1960)
Oil on canvas
H 51 x W 61 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Mark Gertler (1891–1939)

Gilbert Cannan and his Mill 1916
Mark Gertler (1891–1939)
Oil on canvas
H 99.5 x W 70 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Harold Gilman (1876–1919)

Interior with Mrs Mounter 1916–1917
Harold Gilman (1876–1919)
Oil on canvas
H 51 x W 76 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Charles Ginner (1878–1952)

Hampstead Heath - Spring 1932
Charles Ginner (1878–1952)
Oil on canvas
H 69 x W 51 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Spencer Gore (1878–1914)

The Cinder Path
Spencer Gore (1878–1914)
Oil on canvas
H 35 x W 40 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Laura Sylvia Gosse (1881–1968)

Versailles
Laura Sylvia Gosse (1881–1968)
Oil on canvas
H 69 x W 51 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Lawrence Gowing (1918–1991)

Lady with Book c. 1942
Lawrence Gowing (1918–1991)
Oil on canvas
H 91.5 x W 122.1 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Duncan Grant (1885–1978)

Interior 1929
Duncan Grant (1885–1978)
Oil on canvas
H 60.5 x W 73.5 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Peter Greenham (1909–1992)

The Pool of London c. 1951
Peter Greenham (1909–1992)
Oil on canvas
H 63.7 x W 76.4 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Allan Gwynne-Jones (1892–1982)

Still Life c. 1935
Allan Gwynne-Jones (1892–1982)
Oil on canvas
H 40.6 x W 56 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Fairlie Harmar (1876–1945)

The Laurel Walk 1912
Fairlie Harmar (1876–1945)
Oil on canvas
H 68 x W 58 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Joan Hassall (1906–1988)

Mrs Charles Blakeman
Joan Hassall (1906–1988)
Oil on canvas on board
H 38 x W 33.3 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975)

Antiphon 1953
Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975)
Boxwood
H 207 x W 16.6 x D 14 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Tristram Paul Hillier (1905–1983)

Trott's Lane c. 1944
Tristram Paul Hillier (1905–1983)
Oil on panel
H 20 x W 25 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Ivon Hitchens (1893–1979)

A Border Day (Morning, Bankshead) 1925
Ivon Hitchens (1893–1979)
Oil on canvas
H 56.4 x W 61 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Charles John Holmes (1868–1936)

Saddleback from the South-west 1911
Charles John Holmes (1868–1936)
Oil on canvas
H 76 x W 68 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Percy Frederick Horton (1897–1970)

Flowerpiece c. 1929
Percy Frederick Horton (1897–1970)
Oil on canvas board
H 44 x W 33.9 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Albert Anthony Houthuesen (1903–1979)

Night Sea, Autumn 1968
Albert Anthony Houthuesen (1903–1979)
Acrylic on canvas
H 62.5 x W 74.5 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Augustus Edwin John (1878–1961)

The Emir Feisal 1919
Augustus Edwin John (1878–1961)
Oil on canvas
H 72 x W 53 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Stanislawa de Karlowska (1876–1952)

A Wealden Farm c. 1927
Stanislawa de Karlowska (1876–1952)
Oil on canvas
H 38 x W 48 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Eric Henri Kennington (1888–1960)

Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) 1931
Eric Henri Kennington (1888–1960)
Bronze
H 31 x W 25.5 x D 25 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Marie Laurencin (1883–1956)

The Artist's Mother 1906
Marie Laurencin (1883–1956)
Oil on canvas
H 41.7 x W 33.7 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Derwent Lees (1884–1931)

Trees, Provence 1912
Derwent Lees (1884–1931)
Oil on board
H 25 x W 35.5 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Thomas Esmond Lowinsky (1892–1947)

Miss Avril Turner 1937
Thomas Esmond Lowinsky (1892–1947)
Oil on canvas
H 43.5 x W 32.8 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Charles Mahoney (1903–1968)

Yellow Ox-eye Daisies
Charles Mahoney (1903–1968)
Oil on board
H 47 x W 36.9 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Aristide Maillol (1861–1944)

Kneeling Nude 1905
Aristide Maillol (1861–1944)
Bronze
H 17.5 x W 8.5 x D 10.5 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Roy de Maistre (1894–1968)

Christ falling under the Weight of the Cross
Leroy Leveson Laurent Joseph de Maistre (1894–1968)
Oil on canvas
H 80 x W 61 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Albert Marquet (1875–1947)

Les Sables d’Olonne 1921
Albert Marquet (1875–1947)
Oil on canvas
H 48.9 x W 60.3 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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André Masson (1896–1987)

L’ombre de l’Herbe 1957
André Masson (1896–1987)
Oil on sand on canvas
H 73.7 x W 73.7 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Henri Matisse (1869–1954)

Nude on a Sofa 1919
Henri Matisse (1869–1954)
Oil on canvas
H 55.7 x W 33.3 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Bernard Meadows (1915–2005)

Help 1970
Bernard Meadows (1915–2005)
Bronze
H 14.4 x W 39.5 x D 13.5 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Bernard Meninsky (1891–1950)

Bathers
Bernard Meninsky (1891–1950)
Oil on canvas
H 40.5 x W 51 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Richard Murry (1902–1984)

Florence Weldon, née Tebb (1858–1936) 1928
Richard Murry (1902–1984)
Oil on canvas
H 89 x W 76 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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John Northcote Nash (1893–1977)

A Gloucestershire Landscape 1914
John Northcote Nash (1893–1977)
Oil on canvas
H 51.2 x W 61.5 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Thomas Saunders Nash (1891–1968)

In a Wood 1928
Thomas Saunders Nash (1891–1968)
Oil on paper, mounted on cardboard
H 28.4 x W 27.8 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889–1946)

The Towpath 1912
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889–1946)
Oil on canvas
H 76.5 x W 56 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Ben Nicholson (1894–1982)

1945 (still life with flag) 1945
Ben Nicholson (1894–1982)
Oil on canvas laid on board
H 17.3 x W 24 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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William Orpen (1878–1931)

The Chess Players pre 1902
William Orpen (1878–1931)
Oil on canvas
H 92 x W 71 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Victor Pasmore (1908–1998)

Snow Scene 1944
Victor Pasmore (1908–1998)
Oil on canvas
H 45.8 x W 61.2 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Glyn Warren Philpot (1884–1937)

Italian Soldier 1922
Glyn Warren Philpot (1884–1937)
Oil on canvas
H 66.5 x W 55 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)

Blue Roofs, Paris 1901
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)
Oil on millboard
H 39 x W 57.7 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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John Piper (1903–1992)

Composition 1937
John Piper (1903–1992)
Oil on canvas
H 55.4 x W 68 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Camille Pissarro (1830–1903)

Sunset at Éragny-sur-Epte, Autumn 1902
Camille Pissarro (1830–1903)
Oil on canvas
H 73 x W 92 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Lucien Pissarro (1863–1944)

La Pointe de Cougoussa, Sunset 1925
Lucien Pissarro (1863–1944)
Oil on canvas
H 38 x W 46 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Ludovic-Rodolphe Pissarro (1878–1952)

Danseuses roses (Dancers in Pink) c. 1911
Ludovic-Rodolphe Pissarro (1878–1952)
Oil on canvas
H 41 x W 32.9 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Orovida Camille Pissarro (1893–1968)

The Tiger Hunt 1932
Orovida Camille Pissarro (1893–1968)
Tempera on fine lawn
H 99 x W 142 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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James Ferrier Pryde (1866–1941)

The Slum 1916
James Ferrier Pryde (1866–1941)
Oil on canvas
H 91 x W 71 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Sir Arthur Evans among the Ruins of the Palace of Knossos

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William Blake Richmond (1842–1921)

Sir Arthur Evans among the Ruins of the Palace of Knossos 1907
William Blake Richmond (1842–1921)
Oil on canvas
H 124 x W 90 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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William Patrick Roberts (1895–1980)

T. E. Lawrence as Aircraftsman Shaw 1923
William Patrick Roberts (1895–1980)
Oil on canvas
H 91.5 x W 61 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Claude Rogers (1907–1979)

Snow in Bloomsbury 1945
Claude Rogers (1907–1979)
Oil on canvas
H 60.7 x W 50.7 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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William Rothenstein (1872–1945)

Night exhibited 1910
William Rothenstein (1872–1945)
Oil on canvas
H 86 x W 112 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Ethel Sands (1873–1962)

A Dressing Room
Ethel Sands (1873–1962)
Oil on millboard
H 46 x W 38 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)

A Balustrade
John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)
Oil on canvas
H 55 x W 71 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Charles Haslewood Shannon (1863–1937)

The Apple Gatherers c. 1910
Charles Haslewood Shannon (1863–1937)
Oil on canvas
H 175 x W 92 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Walter Richard Sickert (1860–1942)

The Brighton Pierrots 1915
Walter Richard Sickert (1860–1942)
Oil on canvas
H 64 x W 76.8 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Gilbert Spencer (1892–1979)

Mill Pond, Durweston 1927
Gilbert Spencer (1892–1979)
Oil on canvas
H 61.2 x W 51.3 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)

Cows at Cookham 1936
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 76.3 x W 50.8 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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David Tindle (b.1932)

Head Study 1955
David Tindle (b.1932)
Oil on canvas
H 24.5 x W 14.5 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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William Townsend (1909–1973)

Bridge over a Stream
William Townsend (1909–1973)
Oil on canvas
H 35.5 x W 45.5 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Leon Underwood (1890–1975)

Charles Ashdown 1922
Leon Underwood (1890–1975)
Oil on canvas
H 44.5 x W 34.2 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Maurice Utrillo (1883–1955)

La Rue des Poissonniers, Montmartre 1908–1914
Maurice Utrillo (1883–1955)
Oil on board
H 44.2 x W 59.5 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Paule Vézelay (1892–1984)

Abstract Composition 1935
Paule Vézelay (1892–1984)
Oil on canvas
H 16.3 x W 24 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Maurice de Vlaminck (1876–1958)

Still Life of Flowers
Maurice de Vlaminck (1876–1958)
Oil on canvas
H 55.9 x W 47 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Roger Wagner (b.1957)

Menorah 1993
Roger Wagner (b.1957)
Oil on canvas
H 154.4 x W 195.9 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Ethel Walker (1861–1951)

Geoffrey Hedley c. 1942
Ethel Walker (1861–1951)
Oil on canvas
H 64.1 x W 76.6 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Carel Victor Morlais Weight (1908–1997)

Miss Orovida Pissarro 1957
Carel Victor Morlais Weight (1908–1997)
Oil on canvas
H 91.8 x W 71.5 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Hubert Lindsay Wellington (1879–1967)

Overhanging Tree, Frampton Mansell 1915
Hubert Lindsay Wellington (1879–1967)
Oil on canvas
H 41 x W 61 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Jack Butler Yeats (1871–1957)

Dublin Evening 1946
Jack Butler Yeats (1871–1957)
Oil on canvas
H 22.8 x W 35.8 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Ethel Sands (1873–1962)
Roger Wagner (b.1957)
Ivon Hitchens (1893–1979)
Richard Murry (1902–1984)
Mark Gertler (1891–1939)
Derwent Lees (1884–1931)
Albert Anthony Houthuesen (1903–1979)
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889–1946)
William Rothenstein (1872–1945)
John Northcote Nash (1893–1977)
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