Opened in 1900, the 20th Century Collection of Victoria Art Gallery in Bath is particularly notable for a number of significant artists painting the city and its architecture, including Walter Sickert and John Nash. There are strong holdings of works by Joseph Southall, Glyn Philpot and Helen Cochrane, whilst the nearby location of the Bath Academy of Art at Corsham encouraged a number of artists such as Andrew Lanyon and William Scott to live in the area and they are represented in the Collection. A painting by fireman artist Wilfrid Haines is a reminder that Bath suffered significant bomb damage during the Second World War, whilst a painting by Swiss artist Paul Klee is an unexpectedly welcome addition to the Collection.
Artists featured in this Curation:
Maxwell Ashby Armfield (1881–1972),
Kenneth Armitage (1916–2002),
John Armstrong (1893–1973),
Clare Atwood (1866–1962),
Gillian Ayres (1930–2018),
Michael Ayrton (1921–1975),
Peter Blake (b.1932),
Sandra Blow (1925–2006),
William Brooker (1918–1983),
Robert Buhler (1916–1989),
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Barbara Campbell (1908–1976), Helen Lavinia Cochrane (1868–1946), Cecil Collins (1908–1989), Charles Ernest Cundall (1890–1971), Alan Davie (1920–2014), Emmeline Deane (1858–1944), Robyn Denny (1930–2014), Clifford Ellis (1907–1985), Rosemary Ellis (1910–1998), Mary Fedden (1915–2012), Paul Feiler (1918–2013), William Gear (1915–1997), Charles Ginner (1878–1952), Albert Goodwin (1845–1932), Laura Sylvia Gosse (1881–1968), Wilfred Stanley Haines (1905–1944), Adrian Heath (1920–1992), Howard Hodgkin (1932–2017), Thelma Hulbert (1913–1995), Bryan Ingham (1936–1997), David Inshaw (b.1943), George Percy Jacomb-Hood (1857–1929), Paul Klee (1879–1940), Henry Herbert La Thangue (1859–1929), Peter Lanyon (1918–1964), Thérèse Lessore (1884–1945), Eric James Malthouse (1914–1997), Dane S. Maw (1906–1989), Bernard Meadows (1915–2005), Paul Ayshford Methuen (1886–1974), John Northcote Nash (1893–1977), Grayson Perry (b.1960), Glyn Warren Philpot (1884–1937), Peter Potworowski (1898–1962), François Albert Quelvée (1884–1967), Barbara Rae (b.1943), Peter Randall-Page (b.1954), William Patrick Roberts (1895–1980), William Scott (1913–1989), Walter Richard Sickert (1860–1942), Joseph Edward Southall (1861–1944), Frederick George Swaish (1879–1931), Henry Tonks (1862–1937), John Keith Vaughan (1912–1977), Harry Walker (1923–1990), Rex Whistler (1905–1944), Terrick John Williams (1860–1936) and
Harold Yates (1916–2001)
58 artworks
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Maxwell Ashby Armfield (1881–1972)
Oil on panel
H 28.3 x W 23.2 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
© Kenneth Armitage Foundation / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
People in the Wind 1950
Kenneth Armitage (1916–2002)
Terracotta
H 27 x W 17 x D 13 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
John Armstrong (1893–1973)
Tempera on board
H 64 x W 36 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
© Peter Blake. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
© the Sandra Blow estate partnership. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Stephen Spender (1909–1995) 1939
Robert Buhler (1916–1989)
Oil on canvas
H 75.5 x W 62.8 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Rezzolla Loggia, Pugliola, Italy c.1938
Helen Lavinia Cochrane (1868–1946)
Tempera on board
H 25 x W 18.4 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
© Tate / Tate Images. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
The Artist's Wife 1954
Cecil Collins (1908–1989)
Oil on board
H 54.1 x W 81.5 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Pump Room, Bath 1925
Charles Ernest Cundall (1890–1971)
Oil on board
H 38 x W 45.6 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
For a Happy Moonday, No. 4 1994
Alan Davie (1920–2014)
Oil on board
H 38.4 x W 31 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Anna Bilinska (1857–1893) 1884
Emmeline Deane (1858–1944)
Oil on canvas
H 128 x W 90.7 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
© Estate of Robyn Denny. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Priory Place, Widcombe, Bath 1943
Clifford Ellis (1907–1985)
Watercolour on paper
H 41.5 x W 49 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Royal High School Students at Longleat 1942
Rosemary Ellis (1910–1998)
Watercolour on paper
H 69.5 x W 59 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
© the estate of Mary Fedden / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Porth Ledden Black 1956
Paul Feiler (1918–2013)
Oil on canvas
H 36.5 x W 45.5 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
William Gear (1915–1997)
Oil on canvas
H 102 x W 71 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Old Houses, Bath 1927
Charles Ginner (1878–1952)
Oil on canvas
H 50.8 x W 61 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Whitby Abbey, North Yorkshire 1910
Albert Goodwin (1845–1932)
Oil on canvas
H 35 x W 52 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
La place Saint Jacques c.1920
Laura Sylvia Gosse (1881–1968)
Oil on canvas
H 46 x W 51 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Fires Seen over Pulteney Bridge During the Blitz 1942
Wilfred Stanley Haines (1905–1944)
Oil on board
H 43 x W 36.5 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
© estate of Adrian Heath. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Composition – Black, Pink, Yellow and Grey c.1957
Adrian Heath (1920–1992)
Oil on canvas
H 57.2 x W 87 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
© Howard Hodgkin. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Clifford Ellis (1907–1985) c.1965
Howard Hodgkin (1932–2017)
Watercolour on paper
H 25 x W 30 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Still Life, Pink and Ochre 1960
Thelma Hulbert (1913–1995)
Oil on canvas
H 100.4 x W 72.4 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Still Life, Jollytown 1960–1997
Bryan Ingham (1936–1997)
Mixed media on panel
H 18.8 x W 28.6 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
© the artist / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
David Inshaw (b.1943)
Oil on canvas
H 137.2 x W 122 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
The Deane Sisters c.1908
George Percy Jacomb-Hood (1857–1929)
Oil on canvas
H 150 x W 130 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
The Watersplash 1900
Henry Herbert La Thangue (1859–1929)
Oil on canvas
H 116.8 x W 94 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
© Estate of Peter Lanyon. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Walcot Street from Hedgemead, Bath 1942
Thérèse Lessore (1884–1945)
Oil on canvas
H 76.2 x W 63.5 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Fluttering Pigeons 1953
Eric James Malthouse (1914–1997)
Oil on canvas & board
H 41.5 x W 51.7 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Dane S. Maw (1906–1989)
Oil on canvas
H 59.7 x W 91 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
© trustees of the Corsham estate. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Canal Bridge, Sydney Gardens, Bath c.1927
John Northcote Nash (1893–1977)
Oil on canvas
H 71 x W 76.2 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
© Grayson Perry, courtesy of Victoria Miro Gallery. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
The Skyscraper 1916
Glyn Warren Philpot (1884–1937)
Oil on canvas
H 60.1 x W 49.7 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Moroccan Landscape 1922
François Albert Quelvée (1884–1967)
Oil on canvas
H 81 x W 60.2 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
© the artist. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Farm, Istan 1991
Barbara Rae (b.1943)
Mixed media & collage on board
H 34.3 x W 39.5 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
© the artist. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
© estate of John David Roberts. By courtesy of The William Roberts Society. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
The Dressmakers 1931
William Patrick Roberts (1895–1980)
Oil on canvas
H 50.8 x W 40.6 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
© estate of William Scott 2024. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Still Life 1949
William Scott (1913–1989)
Colour lithograph on paper
H 32.5 x W 44 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Belmount and Back of Assembly Rooms 1917
Walter Richard Sickert (1860–1942)
Oil on panel
H 29.6 x W 21.8 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
The Salute from the Giudecca, Venice 1937
Joseph Edward Southall (1861–1944)
Tempera on board
H 30.8 x W 24.3 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
The Pewter Dish 1930
Frederick George Swaish (1879–1931)
Oil on canvas
H 40.8 x W 33 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
© the estate of Keith Vaughan. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Figures 1950–1977
John Keith Vaughan (1912–1977)
Gouache on paper
H 50 x W 42.5 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Harry Walker (1923–1990)
Oil on canvas
H 61.6 x W 50.2 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
The Foreign Bloke c.1933
Rex Whistler (1905–1944)
Oil on board
H 35.7 x W 24.7 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
Santa Maria della Salute, Venice c.1920
Terrick John Williams (1860–1936)
Oil on canvas
H 62.4 x W 75 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery
The City of Bath from Beechen Cliff 1937
Harold Yates (1916–2001)
Oil on canvas
H 29.2 x W 39.8 cm
Victoria Art Gallery
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