This exhibition brings together many of the paintings featuring women in our collection. Historically, there were generally limited roles for women in art. Paintings were mostly made by men, bought by men for their own or the town’s collection and displayed by men for much of the first part of their history. There are exceptions to this at various points in time, of course.
Men in our collections are shown in limited roles as well - very often as businessmen, town elders or as head of the family. There are no paintings of men sleeping, helping children or carrying out domestic tasks.
The later section of the exhibition includes some loans from contemporary artists to give a taste of the many excellent artists working today whose work featu
Archibald George Barnes (1887–1972)
Oil on canvas
H 76.2 x W 62.2 cm
Gallery Oldham
The Burmese Dancer IV 1919–1920
Gerald Festus Kelly (1879–1972)
Oil on canvas
H 117 x W 81 cm
Gallery Oldham
The Spanish Shawl exhibited 1924
Ernest Henry MacAndrew (1877–1950)
Oil on canvas
H 110.5 x W 85 cm
Gallery Oldham
Hélène Rouart in her Father's Study about 1886
Edgar Degas (1834–1917)
Oil on canvas
H 162.5 x W 121 cm
The National Gallery, London
Thomas Edwin Mostyn (1864–1930)
Oil on canvas
H 89 x W 70.5 cm
Gallery Oldham
Allan Gwynne-Jones (1892–1982)
Oil on canvas
H 43.2 x W 40.6 cm
Gallery Oldham
Finishing Touches c.1920
George Henry Wimpenny (1857–1939)
Oil on canvas
H 102 x W 65 cm
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Dorothy and Marjory Lees c.1891–1892
Theodore Blake Wirgman (1848–1925)
Oil on canvas
H 49 x W 59.5 cm
Gallery Oldham
Dame Sarah Lees (1842–1935) before 1912
Hugh Goldwin Riviere (1869–1956)
Oil on canvas
H 350 x W 145 cm
Gallery Oldham
Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses 1891
John William Waterhouse (1849–1917)
Oil on canvas
H 148 x W 92 cm
Gallery Oldham
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Aneela Majid (b.1963) -
Hugh Goldwin Riviere (1869–1956) -
Alan Beeton (1880–1942) -
John William Waterhouse (1849–1917) -
Ernest Henry MacAndrew (1877–1950) -
Theodore Blake Wirgman (1848–1925) -
George Henry Wimpenny (1857–1939) -
Patti Mayor (1872–1962) -
Gerald Festus Kelly (1879–1972) -
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