Artists have always been inspired by travel. Sometimes it is foreign travel, sometimes from city to countryside, sometimes just around their local area. Here are selection of works from our collection relating to the theme of journeys and travel.
Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire
Frederick William Jackson (1859–1918)
Oil on canvas
H 107 x W 86 cm
Gallery Oldham
The Drinking Place 1900
Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857–1947)
Oil on canvas
H 174 x W 152.5 cm
Gallery Oldham
Landscape, near Halifax, West Yorkshire
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 50 x W 60 cm
Gallery Oldham
Hardings Down, Llangynydd (Llangennith) 1928
Cedric Lockwood Morris (1889–1982)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 75 cm
Gallery Oldham
The Serpentine Quarry, near Mullion, Cornwall c.1920
Samuel John Lamorna Birch (1869–1955)
Oil on canvas
H 90 x W 120.5 cm
Gallery Oldham
Explore artists in this Curation
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© the artist's estate. Image credit: IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Charles Pears (1873–1958) -
Image credit: Tate
William Stott (1857–1900) -
© Tate. Image credit: Tate
David Bomberg (1890–1957) -
Image credit: Rochdale Arts & Heritage Service
Frederick William Jackson (1859–1918) -
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery
Samuel John Lamorna Birch (1869–1955) -
© trustees of the Cedric Lockwood Morris Estate/Foundation / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
Cedric Lockwood… -
© the estate of Stanley Spencer. All rights reserved / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Tate
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959) -
Image credit: The Box, Plymouth
Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857–1947)