The Usher Gallery opened in Lincoln in a purpose-built gallery in 1927 and is named after a local jeweller James Ward Usher (1845-1921) who generously bequeathed his collection and a sum of money to build a gallery. Its 20th Century Collection has developed thanks to gifts from the Contemporary Art Society (including works by Sickert, Lowry, Frost and Wynter), the Dora M. Bond Bequest (a husband and wife collection: works by Hitchens, Potter and Redpath) and the J.R. Hesham Trust; James Reginald Hesham was a Lincoln-born businessman who donated works by Grant, Munnings and Piper.
Britain at Play 1943
Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887–1976)
Oil on canvas
H 45.7 x W 61 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Anna Airy (1882–1964)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 76.2 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
The Tree 1968
Craigie Ronald John Aitchison (1926–2009)
Oil on canvas
H 25.2 x W 20.5 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Still Life 1958
John Arthur Malcolm Aldridge (1905–1983)
Oil on canvas
H 45.7 x W 63.5 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Cleethorpes Foreshore, Lincolnshire 1930
Frederick Appleyard (1874–1963)
Oil on panel
H 51 x W 61 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Deserted Cemetery 1995
Barbara Balmer (1929–2017)
Oil on canvas
H 120 x W 151 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Antonin Karel Bartl (1912–1998)
Oil on board
H 70 x W 53.5 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Zinnias 1943
Vanessa Bell (1879–1961)
Oil on canvas
H 61.2 x W 50.3 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
George Alfred Boden (1888–1956)
Oil on board
H 61 x W 81 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Looking Out 1974
Boyd & Evans (b.1944 & b.1945)
Oil on canvas
H 122 x W 121.5 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Peter Brannan (1926–1994)
Oil on panel
H 41 x W 50.5 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Taffy Roberts 1952
John Randall Bratby (1928–1992)
Oil on board
H 109.2 x W 84 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
John Brown (1887–1966)
Oil on panel
H 25.5 x W 35.5 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
St Mary's Church, Stow, Lincolnshire c.1950
Clive Richard Browne (1901–1991)
Oil on canvas
H 46 x W 61 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Sydney William Carline (1888–1929)
Oil on canvas
H 64 x W 71 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Not Waving, Just Painting 1996
Jean Cooke (1927–2008)
Oil on canvas
H 45 x W 45 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Child with Roses c.1936
John Downton (1906–1991)
Tempera on brass
H 42.8 x W 29.1 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Ian Fleming (1906–1994)
Oil on canvas
H 61.5 x W 91.5 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Autumn Rings Andeuze, September 1971 1983
Terry Frost (1915–2003)
Acrylic on canvas
H 164.2 x W 164.2 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
The Wool Staple in Medieval Lincoln c.1957
Duncan Grant (1885–1978)
Oil on wood
H 77 x W 105 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Katherine Hartnell (1886–1970)
Oil on canvas
H 74.4 x W 61 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
John Hassall (1868–1948)
Oil on canvas
H 101.7 x W 152 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Benjamin Haughton (1865–1924)
Oil on panel
H 32 x W 39 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
The Swimmer (Cosham Painting) 1996
Julie Held (b.1958)
Oil on canvas
H 175 x W 143 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Autumn Painting 1945
Ivon Hitchens (1893–1979)
Oil on canvas
H 52.5 x W 104.8 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Preparation for the Ballet 1939
Francis Edwin Hodge (1882–1949)
Oil on canvas
H 127 x W 102 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Summer Evening after Rain before 1971
Henry Holzer (1907–2007)
Oil on board
H 15.5 x W 20 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Lynton Harold Lamb (1907–1977)
Oil on canvas
H 50.7 x W 68.5 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Patricia Laing (b.1928)
Oil on canvas
H 53.4 x W 73.2 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Hop-Pickers c.1938
Thérèse Lessore (1884–1945)
Oil on canvas
H 65.5 x W 76 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Leroy Leveson Laurent Joseph de Maistre (1894–1968)
Oil on board
H 60 x W 50 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Miss Dorothy Brook 1918
George Henry Grenville Manton (1855–1932)
Oil on canvas
H 274 x W 170 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Charles James McCall (1907–1989)
Oil on canvas
H 55.2 x W 46.2 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Reading 1973
Anne Norwich (1929–2020)
Acrylic on canvas
H 61 x W 50.5 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Henning Nyberg (1903–1964)
Oil on panel
H 51 x W 61 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Charles Pears (1873–1958)
Oil on canvas
H 102 x W 127 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Octagonal Church, Hartwell, Buckinghamshire 1939
John Piper (1903–1992)
Oil on canvas
H 55.8 x W 40.7 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Spring Landscape 1933
Mary Potter (1900–1981)
Oil on wood panel
H 50.6 x W 60.8 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Anne Redpath (1895–1965)
Oil & crayon on board
H 54.6 x W 63.5 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Lead White 1995
Shani Rhys James (b.1953)
Oil on canvas
H 122 x W 91.5 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Herbert Rollett (1872–1932)
Oil on panel
H 22 x W 27 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Kenneth Rowntree (1915–1997)
Oil on board
H 31.5 x W 41.5 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Winter Sunrise, Malham, Yorkshire 1924
William Shackleton (1872–1933)
Oil on paper
H 19 x W 28 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Walter Richard Sickert (1860–1942)
Oil on canvas
H 40.9 x W 51.2 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
David T. Smith (1920–1999)
Oil on canvas
H 41 x W 51 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Interior with Nude c.1944–1945
Ruskin Spear (1911–1990)
Oil on panel
H 50.5 x W 63.3 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Walter James Steggles (1908–1997)
Oil on panel
H 18.8 x W 33.3 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Westwell exhibited 1936
Kathleen Tyson (1898–1982)
Oil on canvas
H 64.7 x W 76 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Still Life 1930
Leon Underwood (1890–1975)
Oil on canvas
H 50.8 x W 61 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Italo Violante (b.1916)
Oil on board
H 30 x W 40 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Harry White (active 20th C)
Oil on board
H 76 x W 60 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Geoffrey Wilson (1920–2010)
Oil on board
H 48.5 x W 57 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Erich Wolfsfeld (1884–1956)
Oil on panel
H 115.5 x W 113 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Limekilns 1933
Ernest J. Worrall (1898–1972)
Oil on canvas
H 71.5 x W 92 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Sandspoor III c.1961
Bryan Wynter (1915–1975)
Oil on canvas
H 152.5 x W 122 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Anna Katrina Zinkeisen (1901–1976)
Oil on canvas
H 77 x W 102 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
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