This virtual exhibition is curated by the Friends of Swindon Museum and Art Gallery, and shines a spotlight on some of the most significant artists represented in Swindon’s collection of modern British art. Selected artworks span the Twentieth Century and include work from defining groups and movements, such as the Bloomsbury Group, the St Ives School and the School of London. ‘Big Hitters’ also showcases pieces by important contemporary painters Christopher le Brun, Eileen Cooper and Maggi Hambling, as well as treasured paintings in the collection by Gillian Ayres, David Bomberg, L.S. Lowry and many more.
1933 (composition in black and white) 1933
Ben Nicholson (1894–1982)
Oil & gesso on board
H 112 x W 53 cm
Museum & Art Swindon
Winter in Pendlebury, Manchester 1943
Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887–1976)
Oil on panel
H 42.2 x W 22.8 cm
Museum & Art Swindon
Seated Model c.1915–1916
Duncan Grant (1885–1978)
Oil on board
H 57.5 x W 40 cm
Museum & Art Swindon
The Port of Bristol 1938
Paul Ayshford Methuen (1886–1974)
Oil on canvas
H 64.3 x W 102 cm
Museum & Art Swindon
Tower Bridge, London: A War-Time Nocturne
Claude Francis Barry (1883–1970)
Oil on canvas
H 73 x W 94.5 cm
Museum & Art Swindon
Self Portrait with Juliet 1979
John Bellany (1942–2013)
Oil on canvas
H 165 x W 106.7 cm
Museum & Art Swindon
Nude with Poppies 1916
Vanessa Bell (1879–1961)
Oil on canvas
H 23.4 x W 42.4 cm
Museum & Art Swindon
Pistyll Maes-Glasau 1940
John Piper (1903–1992)
Chalk, charcoal & gouache on paper
H 50.2 x W 37.5 cm
Museum & Art Swindon
Descent of the Bull's Head 1985
Maggi Hambling (b.1945)
Oil on cotton duck
H 160 x W 122.5 cm
Museum & Art Swindon
Girl with a Fig Leaf 1947
Lucian Freud (1922–2011)
Etching on paper
H 30 x W 24 cm
Museum & Art Swindon
Alfred Wallis (1855–1942)
Oil & pencil on cardboard
H 26.5 x W 32.5 cm
Museum & Art Swindon
The Printer c.1915
Laura Sylvia Gosse (1881–1968)
Oil on canvas
H 100 x W 74.8 cm
Museum & Art Swindon
Grey, Red and Black Verticals 1962
Terry Frost (1915–2003)
Oil on canvas
H 101 x W 126.5 cm
Museum & Art Swindon
The South East Corner, Jerusalem 1926
David Bomberg (1890–1957)
Oil on board
H 55.5 x W 73.2 cm
Museum & Art Swindon
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889–1946)
Oil on canvas
H 49.3 x W 59.5 cm
Museum & Art Swindon
Gramophone 1964–1966
Howard Hodgkin (1932–2017)
Oil on canvas
H 71.5 x W 91.5 cm
Museum & Art Swindon
Edge of the Wood c.1944
Paul Nash (1889–1946)
Pencil & watercolour on buff paper
H 38.7 x W 57.2 cm
Museum & Art Swindon
Still Life with Boats, St Ives, Cornwall 1930
Christopher Wood (1901–1930)
Oil on panel
H 22 x W 53.5 cm
Museum & Art Swindon
Bright Intervals 1928
Edward Alexander Wadsworth (1889–1949)
Tempera on canvas laid on panel
H 63 x W 88 cm
Museum & Art Swindon
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Mary Fedden (1915–2012) -
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Edward Alexander Wadsworth (1889–1949) -
Vanessa Bell (1879–1961) -
Laura Sylvia Gosse (1881–1968) -
John Bellany (1942–2013) -
Terry Frost (1915–2003) -
Claude Francis Barry (1883–1970) -
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