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Albert Richards
Exhibition
Albert Richards
12 Feb 2025 – 20 Dec 2025
Regular hours
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 21:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Monday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
Free admission
Address
- Williamson Art Gallery & Museum,
- Slatey Road
- Birkenhead
England - CH43 4UE
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Nearest bus stop Borough Road, opposite Birkenhead Central Library
- Nearest station Birkenhead Central, good regular connection to Liverpool City Centre & across Wirral
March 2025 will mark 80 years since the passing of Albert Richards, the youngest official war artist to be killed in action during WWII.
About
March 2025 will mark 80 years since the passing of Albert Richards, the youngest official war artist to be killed in action during WWII. The Williamson holds over two hundred of his works, spanning from his days at the Wallasey School of Art to the frontlines of France in 1944. These works show the incredible talent that Richards possessed, and his influences, from surrealism to Art Deco.
As well as displaying works by artists that inspired him and worked alongside him, such as Stanley Spencer and George Jardine, this exhibition will commemorate his life as a soldier, in which he served a key role in the D-Day landings. This incredible personal narrative, mixed with his unique style of painting, makes him one of the biggest 'what ifs?' in twentieth century British art.
