Dorset Museum

Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society

Open to the public

Museum or gallery in Dorset

387 artworks

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The Fine Art collection at Dorset Museum consists of a diverse range of visual materials that reflect the evolution of an art collection acquired over the last 150 years. Containing works dating from the seventeenth century to the present day, it shows Dorset's history, people, natural history and landscape. Dorset has long been a source of artistic inspiration and attracted visiting artists such as John Constable, Paul Nash and Frederick Whitehead. The oil painting collection is strong in portraits that reflect the people who have shaped the county. The nineteenth- and twentieth-century landscapes reveal the rolling downs, views of the River Frome and Dorset's Jurassic coastline.

66 High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset DT 1XA England

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Artworks

  • The Frome Valley from 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles'
    The Frome Valley from 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles' Ursula van Lach (b.1949)
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  • Head
    Head Elisabeth Frink (1930–1993)
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  • Cock
    Cock Elisabeth Frink (1930–1993)
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  • Tossa del Mar, Spain
    Tossa del Mar, Spain Elsie Barling (1883–1976)
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  • Swans at Abbotsbury, Dorset
    Swans at Abbotsbury, Dorset Elsie Barling (1883–1976)
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  • Breton Women at Calvary
    Breton Women at Calvary Elsie Barling (1883–1976)
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  • Snow Scene with a River and a Bridge
    Snow Scene with a River and a Bridge Elsie Barling (1883–1976)
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  • 380 more

Artists

  • Portrait of a Young Girl in a Beret
    Mary Hardy (1841–1915)
  • Lord Robert Baden-Powell*
    Donald Potter (1902–2004)
  • A Spinning or Ropewalk
    Francis Henry Newbery (1855–1946)
  • Nick Mason
    Rob Adams (b.1954)
  • Marian (May) Powys (1882–1972) with a Lace Shawl
    Gertrude Mary Powys (1877–1952)
  • East Cliff, with Portland, Dorset, in the Distance
    Edward Francis Drew Pritchard (1809–1905)
  • Blackmore Vale, Dorset
    Emma Lavinia Hardy (1840–1912)
  • West Bay 142
    Alex Lowery (b.1957)
  • Portrait of a Farm Girl
    Alexander Hellier Berens (1865–1959)
  • Cottage Interior, Cerne Abbas, Dorset
    Joseph Benwell Clark (1857–1938)

Venues in Dorset

  •
    Almshouse of St John the Baptist and St John the Evangelist
  • Atrium Gallery
  • Beaminster Museum
  • Blandford Forum Town Council
  • Blandford Museum
  • Bournemouth & Poole College
  • Bournemouth Library
  • Bournemouth Town Hall, Mayor’s Parlour
  • Briantspuddle Village Hall
  • Bridport Museum