Manchester Art Gallery is best known for its important, representative collection of work by nineteenth-century British artists, particularly the Pre-Raphaelites. This is a reflection of its history: the nucleus of the collection came from the Royal Manchester Institution which showed a preference for acquiring contemporary art that continued when it became the City Art Gallery in 1883. The Bradford collector, Charles Rutherston, presented his modern art collection to the Gallery in 1925 and significant contemporary works were acquired during both World Wars, resulting in one of the most important war art collections outside London. Since 1945, the holdings of eighteenth century British art have been strengthened with the purchase of paintings by, amongst others, Thomas Gainsborough, Joshua Reynolds and George Stubbs. In 1979, the European Old Masters collection was transformed by the Assheton Bennett bequest of almost a hundred paintings, mainly by seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish artists. Today the collection includes over 2,000 oil paintings, plus related studies and archival material, and there is a renewed focus on collecting contemporary art.
Manchester Art Gallery
Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester M2 3JL England
0161 235 8888
http://www.manchesterartgallery.orgPlease remember to double-check the opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit
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16 October 2019
'I chose to cover myself with various colours - red, yellow, white, brown, in an attempt to resist any definition of identity which is static, or can be placed into neat categories' - Berni Searle Image: Berni Searle, Untitled (Red), 1998 Berni Searle Currently on display https://t.co/gok6PiGU1f
Artworks
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Liverpool from the Mersey Charles Ernest Cundall (1890–1971) -
Quai des Grands Augustins, Paris Charles Ernest Cundall (1890–1971) -
Journey through Landscape, Lacoste to Bonnieux Bill Culbert (b.1935) -
High Street, Greenwich Francis Dodd (1874–1949) -
Equestrian Statue of Henri IV, Paris Raoul Dufy (1877–1953) -
Allenby's White Mice: Feeding the Pack Donkeys: Desert Corps HQ Thomas Cantrell Dugdale (1880–1952) -
Signora Lotto Francis Dodd (1874–1949) - 2,436 more
Stories
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Annie Swynnerton: artist and activistRebecca Milner
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Speech Acts: an introduction by Sonia BoyceSonia Boyce
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Speech Acts: a curatorial introductionHammad Nasar
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Speech Acts: reflections – performing the selfHammad Nasar
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Speech Acts: imagination – the sum of allHammad Nasar
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Fighting for representationVictoria Ibbett
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Art Matters podcast: Finding Britain's lost masterpiecesFerren Gipson
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L. S. Lowry and the Pre-RaphaelitesClaire Stewart
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In the beginning was Eve... by RodinLydia Figes
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Derek Jarman: painting it outRobert Mills
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The art of shoppingCamilla Stewart
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The Eurovision art contestLydia Figes
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