UCL Art Museum has its origins as a teaching and research collection tied to the history of the Slade School of Art at University College London. As the Slade was the first school to admit women, a large number of works by women artists entered into this public collection through the Slade prize system, and today 45% of the Slade Collections comprises of work by women artists. There are additionally works by teachers at the Slade and other important figures in the history of Modern British Art in the 20th Century.
Artists featured in this Curation:
Michael Andrews (1928–1995),
Elinor Proby Adams (1885–1945),
Anthony Amies (1945–2000),
Elizabeth Leslie Arnold (1909–2005),
Angela Mary Baynes (1917–1988),
Jacques-Emile Blanche (1861–1942),
David Bomberg (1890–1957),
Suzy Boyt (b.1935?),
Antonia Violet Hamilton Bradshaw (1890–1964),
Winston Branch (b.1947),
and 82 more
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Reginald Brill (1902–1974), Frederick Brown (1851–1941), V. F. Brown, David J. Carr (1944–2009), Dora Carrington (1893–1932), Jesse Dale Cast (1900–1976), Evan Charlton (1904–1984), Evelyn Cheston (1875–1929), Bernard Cohen (b.1933), Harold Cohen (1928–2016), William Menzies Coldstream (1908–1987), Ithell Colquhoun (1906–1988), Dennis Creffield (1931–2018), Diana Cumming (b.1929), Philip Dadd (1880–1916), Bernard Dunstan (1920–2017), Michael James Elliott (1933–1999), Richard Ernst Eurich (1903–1992), Henry Rowland Eveleigh (1909–1999), Sheila Mary Fell (1931–1979), Clare Froy (b.1955), Martin Froy (1926–2017), Rhoda 'Dodie' Helen Glass (1918–2009), Paul Gopal-Chowdhury (b.1949), Lawrence Gowing (1918–1991), Ronald Gray (1868–1951), Alvaro Guevara (1894–1951), Robin Guthrie (1902–1971), Allan Gwynne-Jones (1892–1982), Fairlie Harmar (1876–1945), Tomás Harris (1908–1964), William Henderson (1941–2019), Ivon Hitchens (1893–1979), John Hookham, James Dickson Innes (1887–1914), Diana Kibblewhite (b.1903), Winifred Knights (1899–1947), Derwent Lees (1884–1931), Helen Lessore (1907–1994), Maxwell Gordon Lightfoot (1886–1911), Ivy MacKusick, Seóirse Macantsionnaigh (1902–1997), Elsie McNaught (1886–1987), Dorothy Mead (1928–1975), Dorothy Sylvia Gilman (née Meyer) (1892–1971), (Muriel) Elisabeth Morris (1915–1984), Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981), Mavis O'Keeffe, Charles Oakley (1925–2008), Janet Elizabeth M. Ozakpinar (1932–1994), Celia Paul (b.1959), Winifred Phillips (1882–1958), Elizabeth Violet Polunin (1878–1950), Vladimir Polunin (1880–1957), Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao (b.1936), Paula Figueiroa Rego (1935–2022), Russell Sidney Reeve (1895–1970), Ceri Giraldus Richards (1903–1971), Peggy Rose (1916–2013), Isaac Rosenberg (1890–1918), William Rothenstein (1872–1945), Walter Westley Russell (1867–1949), Albert Daniel Rutherston (1881–1953), Dagmar Saerchinger (b.1916), Ruth Selby-Bigge (née Humphries) (1892–1962), John Selway (1938–2017), Walter Richard Sickert (1860–1942), James Andrew Wykeham Simons (1930–1997), Stanley Spencer (1891–1959), Carolyn Stafford (b.1935), Peter Startup (1921–1976), William Strang (1859–1921), Philip Sutton (b.1928), Henry Tonks (1862–1937), William Townsend (1909–1973), Euan Uglow (1932–2000), Heather Gladys Waddy (1920–1974), Edward Alexander Wadsworth (1889–1949), Katharine Ann (Nan) West (b.1904), Rex Whistler (1905–1944), Ethelbert White (1891–1972) and
Alfred Aaron Wolmark (1877–1961)
92 artworks
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Michael Andrews (1928–1995)
August for the People 1951
Michael Andrews (1928–1995)
Oil on board
H 143.5 x W 121.5 cm
UCL Culture
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Elinor Proby Adams (1885–1945)
Portrait of a Man Wearing a Fez 1908
Elinor Proby Adams (1885–1945)
Oil on canvas
H 55.9 x W 45.7 cm
UCL Culture
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Anthony Amies (1945–2000)
Landscape with Pylons c.1973–1975
Anthony Amies (1945–2000)
Oil on canvas
H 189 x W 189 cm
UCL Culture
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: UCL Culture
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Elizabeth Leslie Arnold (1909–2005)
Judith with the Head of Holofernes 1929
Elizabeth Leslie Arnold (1909–2005)
Oil & charcoal on canvas
H 121.8 x W 91.5 cm
UCL Culture
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Angela Mary Baynes (1917–1988)
Portrait Head c.1947
Angela Mary Baynes (1917–1988)
Oil on wood
H 31.8 x W 22.9 cm
UCL Culture
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Jacques-Emile Blanche (1861–1942)
James Joyce (1882–1941)
Jacques-Emile Blanche (1861–1942)
Oil on canvas
H 73 x W 59.7 cm
UCL Culture
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David Bomberg (1890–1957)
The Tragedians 1919
David Bomberg (1890–1957)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 91.4 cm
UCL Culture
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Suzy Boyt (b.1935?)
Head of a Young Man 1958
Suzy Boyt (b.1935?)
Oil on canvas
H 76.2 x W 50.7 cm
UCL Culture
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Antonia Violet Hamilton Bradshaw (1890–1964)
The Flight into Egypt 1915
Antonia Violet Hamilton Bradshaw (1890–1964)
Oil on canvas
H 91.5 x W 122 cm
UCL Culture
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Winston Branch (b.1947)
Yellow Sky 1970
Winston Branch (b.1947)
Acrylic (?) on cotton duck
H 154 x W 154 cm
UCL Culture
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Reginald Brill (1902–1974)
Female Figure Seated 1922
Reginald Brill (1902–1974)
Oil on canvas
H 91.5 x W 61 cm
UCL Culture
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Frederick Brown (1851–1941)
Self Portrait 1911
Frederick Brown (1851–1941)
Oil on canvas
H 91.4 x W 72.4 cm
UCL Culture
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V. F. Brown
Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Mauve Dress
V. F. Brown
Oil on canvas
H 76.2 x W 50.8 cm
UCL Culture
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David J. Carr (1944–2009)
Poison Ivy 1964
David J. Carr (1944–2009)
Stain painting on wood, canvas & x-radiograph
H 116.9 x W 166.4 cm
UCL Culture
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Dora Carrington (1893–1932)
Female Figure Lying on Her Back 1912
Dora Carrington (1893–1932)
Oil on canvas
H 50.8 x W 76.2 cm
UCL Culture
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Jesse Dale Cast (1900–1976)
Woman in a Red Dress Knitting 1936
Jesse Dale Cast (1900–1976)
Oil on canvas
H 50.8 x W 40.7 cm
UCL Culture
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Evan Charlton (1904–1984)
The Park of a Country House with Fencing Matches and Spectators 1930
Evan Charlton (1904–1984)
Oil on canvas
H 91.5 x W 122 cm
UCL Culture
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Evelyn Cheston (1875–1929)
Female Figure Seated 1898
Evelyn Cheston (1875–1929)
Oil on canvas
H 76.2 x W 50.8 cm
UCL Culture
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Bernard Cohen (b.1933)
The Wasteland 1953
Bernard Cohen (b.1933)
Oil on paper-based board
H 118.1 x W 241.3 cm
UCL Culture
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Harold Cohen (1928–2016)
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia 1951
Harold Cohen (1928–2016)
Oil on board
H 122 x W 246.4 cm
UCL Culture
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William Menzies Coldstream (1908–1987)
Lord Ifor Evans (1899–1982) 1958–1960
William Menzies Coldstream (1908–1987)
Oil on canvas
H 111.8 x W 82.6 cm
UCL Culture
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Bridgeman Images
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Ithell Colquhoun (1906–1988)
Judith with the Head of Holofernes 1929
Ithell Colquhoun (1906–1988)
Oil on canvas
H 122 x W 91.5 cm
UCL Culture
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Dennis Creffield (1931–2018)
Greenwich, from the Roof of the Observatory 1960
Dennis Creffield (1931–2018)
Oil on hardboard
H 124.5 x W 152.4 cm
UCL Culture
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Diana Cumming (b.1929)
Genesis: The Creation 1953
Diana Cumming (b.1929)
Oil on canvas
H 137.2 x W 122 cm
UCL Culture
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Philip Dadd (1880–1916)
Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Green Jersey 1903
Philip Dadd (1880–1916)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 45.7 cm
UCL Culture
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Bernard Dunstan (1920–2017)
Listening to Music
Bernard Dunstan (1920–2017)
Oil on cardboard
H 30.3 x W 25.3 cm
UCL Culture
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: UCL Culture
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Michael James Elliott (1933–1999)
Terror of the Awakened Child 1955
Michael James Elliott (1933–1999)
Oil on hardboard
H 152.4 x W 200.7 cm
UCL Culture
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Richard Ernst Eurich (1903–1992)
Sailors and Other Figures Carousing by a Quay 1925
Richard Ernst Eurich (1903–1992)
Oil on canvas
H 91.5 x W 122 cm
UCL Culture
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Bridgeman Images
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Henry Rowland Eveleigh (1909–1999)
Recreation: The Interior of an Inn with Figures 1934
Henry Rowland Eveleigh (1909–1999)
Oil on canvas
H 91.9 x W 122.3 cm
UCL Culture
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Sheila Mary Fell (1931–1979)
Landscape, Cumberland 1958
Sheila Mary Fell (1931–1979)
Oil on canvas
H 38.1 x W 40.7 cm
UCL Culture
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Clare Froy (b.1955)
Cut Bank 1979
Clare Froy (b.1955)
Oil on canvas
H 172.7 x W 138.5 cm
UCL Culture
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Martin Froy (1926–2017)
Europa and the Bull 1950
Martin Froy (1926–2017)
Oil on hardboard
H 118.1 x W 184.2 cm
UCL Culture
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Rhoda 'Dodie' Helen Glass (1918–2009)
Domestic Employment: A Girl Seated by a Dummy Arranging a Dress (Peggy Rose) 1938
Rhoda 'Dodie' Helen Glass (1918–2009)
Oil on canvas
H 122 x W 91.5 cm
UCL Culture
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Paul Gopal-Chowdhury (b.1949)
Sir William Slack 1990
Paul Gopal-Chowdhury (b.1949)
Oil or acrylic on canvas
H 182.5 x W 131.6 cm
UCL Culture
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Lawrence Gowing (1918–1991)
Wood: In Parabolic Areas 1965
Lawrence Gowing (1918–1991)
Oil on canvas
H 137 x W 122 cm
UCL Culture
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Ronald Gray (1868–1951)
Frederick Brown 1930s
Ronald Gray (1868–1951)
Oil on canvas
H 50.8 x W 61 cm
UCL Culture
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Alvaro Guevara (1894–1951)
Portrait of a Moroccan 1915
Alvaro Guevara (1894–1951)
Oil on canvas
H 78.8 x W 63.5 cm
UCL Culture
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Robin Guthrie (1902–1971)
The Escaped Bird: A Group of Figures Engaged in Various Activities Near Farm Buildings 1920
Robin Guthrie (1902–1971)
Oil on canvas
H 88.9 x W 122 cm
UCL Culture
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Allan Gwynne-Jones (1892–1982)
Portrait of a Woman 1923
Allan Gwynne-Jones (1892–1982)
Oil on canvas
H 74.3 x W 50.2 cm
UCL Culture
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Bridgeman Images
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Fairlie Harmar (1876–1945)
A la chaumière 1921
Fairlie Harmar (1876–1945)
Oil on canvas
H 76.2 x W 63.5 cm
UCL Culture
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Tomás Harris (1908–1964)
Two Olive Trees Grown Together
Tomás Harris (1908–1964)
Oil on canvas
H 73.5 x W 65 cm
UCL Culture
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William Henderson (1941–2019)
This and This 1966
William Henderson (1941–2019)
Acrylic on cotton duck
H 137.2 x W 151.8 cm
UCL Culture
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Ivon Hitchens (1893–1979)
Aquarian Nativity 1951
Ivon Hitchens (1893–1979)
Wax & oil on canvas
H 210.9 x W 566.4 cm
UCL Culture
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John Hookham (active 1922–1938)
Female Figure Seated in a Studio 1923
John Hookham (active 1922–1938)
Oil on canvas
H 76.2 x W 50.8 cm
UCL Culture
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James Dickson Innes (1887–1914)
A Scene in a Theatre: A Performance Seen from a Box in Which Three Figures Are Standing 1908
James Dickson Innes (1887–1914)
Oil on canvas
H 137.2 x W 106.7 cm
UCL Culture
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Diana Kibblewhite (b.1903)
Portrait of a Young Man Wearing a Shirt and a Waistcoat 1923
Diana Kibblewhite (b.1903)
Oil on canvas
H 50.8 x W 40.7 cm
UCL Culture
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Winifred Knights (1899–1947)
Anna Fryer 1920
Winifred Knights (1899–1947)
Oil on canvas
H 50.8 x W 40.7 cm
UCL Culture
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Derwent Lees (1884–1931)
Mothers and Children in a Landscape 1914
Derwent Lees (1884–1931)
Charcoal & oil on paper adhered to fabric canvas
H 144.8 x W 180.4 cm
UCL Culture
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Helen Lessore (1907–1994)
Portrait of a Woman 1927
Helen Lessore (1907–1994)
Oil on canvas
H 45.7 x W 35.6 cm
UCL Culture
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Maxwell Gordon Lightfoot (1886–1911)
Portrait of a Bearded Man 1909
Maxwell Gordon Lightfoot (1886–1911)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 50.8 cm
UCL Culture
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Ivy MacKusick (active 1919–1929)
Portrait of a Man in His Shirtsleeves 1919
Ivy MacKusick (active 1919–1929)
Oil on canvas
H 76.2 x W 50.8 cm
UCL Culture
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Seóirse Macantsionnaigh (1902–1997)
The Slade Tea Party 1924
Seóirse Macantsionnaigh (1902–1997)
Oil on canvas
H 76.2 x W 101.6 cm
UCL Culture
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Elsie McNaught (1886–1987)
A Frieze of Figures Standing in a Landscape 1910
Elsie McNaught (1886–1987)
Oil on canvas
H 101.6 x W 132.1 cm
UCL Culture
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Dorothy Mead (1928–1975)
Study after the Antique 1959
Dorothy Mead (1928–1975)
Oil on hardboard
H 99.1 x W 76.2 cm
UCL Culture
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Dorothy Sylvia Meyer (b.1892)
Portrait of a Girl 1912
Dorothy Sylvia Gilman (née Meyer) (1892–1971)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 45.7 cm
UCL Culture
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(Muriel) Elisabeth Morris (1915–1984)
Abstract Composition with Head and Sailing Ship 1950
(Muriel) Elisabeth Morris (1915–1984)
Oil on hardboard
H 137.2 x W 175.3 cm
UCL Culture
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Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981)
Janet and Jacob 1929
Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981)
Oil on canvas
H 77.5 x W 57.2 cm
UCL Culture
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Mavis O'Keeffe
The Atlantic Inn: A Group of Figures Standing beside Cottages on the Irish Coast 1932
Mavis O'Keeffe
Oil on canvas
H 91.5 x W 122 cm
UCL Culture
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Charles Oakley (1925–2008)
Northern Landscape 1950
Charles Oakley (1925–2008)
Oil on board
H 59.5 x W 75 cm
UCL Culture
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Janet Elizabeth M. Ozakpinar (1932–1994)
Bombed City 1958
Janet Elizabeth M. Ozakpinar (1932–1994)
Oil on millboard
H 91.4 x W 122 cm
UCL Culture
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Celia Paul (b.1959)
In Loving Memory c.1976–1981
Celia Paul (b.1959)
Oil or acrylic on cardboard sheet
H 80 x W 54.6 cm
UCL Culture
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Winifred Phillips (1882–1958)
The Players (Music) 1908
Winifred Phillips (1882–1958)
Oil on canvas
H 127 x W 105.4 cm
UCL Culture
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Elizabeth Violet Polunin (1878–1950)
C. O. G. Douie 1934
Elizabeth Violet Polunin (1878–1950)
Oil on canvas
H 68.6 x W 82.6 cm
UCL Culture
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Vladimir Polunin (1880–1957)
Travellers 1939
Vladimir Polunin (1880–1957)
Tempera on canvas
H 66.1 x W 55.9 cm
UCL Culture
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Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao (b.1936)
Purnima c.1962–1965
Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao (b.1936)
Oil on Masonite
H 61 x W 91.5 cm
UCL Culture
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Paula Figueiroa Rego (1935–2022)
Under Milk Wood 1954
Paula Figueiroa Rego (1935–2022)
Oil on canvas
H 109.3 x W 109.3 cm
UCL Culture
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: UCL Culture
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Russell Sidney Reeve (1895–1970)
Portrait of a Girl Wearing a Dull Crimson Dress 1922
Russell Sidney Reeve (1895–1970)
Oil on canvas
H 50.2 x W 40 cm
UCL Culture
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Ceri Giraldus Richards (1903–1971)
A Homage to Beethoven 1953
Ceri Giraldus Richards (1903–1971)
Oil on canvas
H 95.3 x W 95.3 cm
UCL Culture
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Peggy Rose (1916–2013)
Portrait of a Girl Wearing a Straw Hat c.1939
Peggy Rose (1916–2013)
Oil on canvas
H 45.7 x W 35.6 cm
UCL Culture
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Isaac Rosenberg (1890–1918)
Clare Winsten 1916
Isaac Rosenberg (1890–1918)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 51 cm
UCL Culture
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William Rothenstein (1872–1945)
Self Portrait
William Rothenstein (1872–1945)
Oil on canvas
H 62.2 x W 50.8 cm
UCL Culture
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Walter Westley Russell (1867–1949)
Beach Scene
Walter Westley Russell (1867–1949)
Oil on panel
H 24.9 x W 35.5 cm
UCL Culture
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Albert Daniel Rutherston (1881–1953
Portrait of a Young Man 1900
Albert Daniel Rutherston (1881–1953)
Oil on canvas
H 68.6 x W 57.2 cm
UCL Culture
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Dagmar Saerchinger (b.1916)
Interior with a Girl Dressing on a Bed 1937
Dagmar Saerchinger (b.1916)
Oil on canvas
H 91.5 x W 122.3 cm
UCL Culture
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Ruth Selby-Bigge (née Humphries) (1892–1962)
A Group of Figures Standing in a Landscape 1913
Ruth Selby-Bigge (née Humphries) (1892–1962)
Oil on canvas
H 86.4 x W 106.7 cm
UCL Culture
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John Selway (1938–2017)
Bird over Cornfield 1962
John Selway (1938–2017)
Oil on canvas
H 208.3 x W 182.9 cm
UCL Culture
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Walter Richard Sickert (1860–1942)
Thérèse Lessore (1884–1945)
Walter Richard Sickert (1860–1942)
Oil on canvas
H 76.5 x W 64.5 cm
UCL Culture
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James Andrew Wykeham Simons (1930–1997)
The Seven Ages of Man 1948
James Andrew Wykeham Simons (1930–1997)
Oil on canvas
H 103 x W 133.5 cm
UCL Culture
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Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
The Nativity 1912
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas stuck onto plywood panel
H 101.2 x W 152.4 cm
UCL Culture
© the estate of Stanley Spencer. All rights reserved / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: UCL Culture
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Carolyn Stafford (b.1935)
Blue Houses 1970
Carolyn Stafford (b.1935)
Oil on canvas
H 91.5 x W 63.5 cm
UCL Culture
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Peter Startup (1921–1976)
Figures outside an Underground Station (Hammersmith Underground) 1946
Peter Startup (1921–1976)
Oil on canvas
H 152.4 x W 194.3 cm
UCL Culture
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William Strang (1859–1921)
'Suffer the little children to come unto me' 1905
William Strang (1859–1921)
Oil on canvas
H 91.5 x W 122 cm
UCL Culture
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Philip Sutton (b.1928)
Landscape 1955
Philip Sutton (b.1928)
Oil on canvas
H 71.1 x W 86.4 cm
UCL Culture
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Henry Tonks (1862–1937)
Steer at Home, 109 Cheyne Walk (on Christmas Eve) c.1929–1930
Henry Tonks (1862–1937)
Oil on panel
H 32.4 x W 41.9 cm
UCL Culture
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William Townsend (1909–1973)
Hop Garden in Kent 1952
William Townsend (1909–1973)
Oil on canvas
H 92.7 x W 76.2 cm
UCL Culture
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Euan Uglow (1932–2000)
Female Figure Standing by a Heater 1952
Euan Uglow (1932–2000)
Oil on canvas
H 101.6 x W 76.2 cm
UCL Culture
© the estate of Euan Uglow / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: UCL Culture
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Heather Gladys Waddy (1920–1974)
Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Green Coat 1941
Heather Gladys Waddy (1920–1974)
Oil on canvas
H 43.2 x W 35.6 cm
UCL Culture
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Edward Alexander Wadsworth (1889–1949)
Cuthbert Kelly 1910
Edward Alexander Wadsworth (1889–1949)
Oil on sacking
H 61.5 x W 51.5 cm
UCL Culture
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Katharine Ann (Nan) West (b.1904)
Female Figure Standing with an Artist Painting in the Background 1924 (?)
Katharine Ann (Nan) West (b.1904)
Oil on canvas
H 76.4 x W 50.8 cm
UCL Culture
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Rex Whistler (1905–1944)
Trial Scene from 'The Merchant of Venice' 1925
Rex Whistler (1905–1944)
Oil on canvas
H 91.4 x W 122 cm
UCL Culture
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Ethelbert White (1891–1972)
Summer Glade
Ethelbert White (1891–1972)
Oil on hardboard
H 55.9 x W 66.1 cm
UCL Culture
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Alfred Aaron Wolmark (1877–1961)
Dr Marie C. Stopes 1904
Alfred Aaron Wolmark (1877–1961)
Oil & resin on canvas
H 190.5 x W 101.6 cm
UCL Culture
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Philip Sutton (b.1928)
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Tomás Harris (1908–1964)
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