Talk
Friends through Art: A personal collection of 20th Century Painting and Sculpture
16 Oct 2015 – 30 Jan 2016
Cost of entry
Exhibition: FREE
Bohemia on Sea: £5
Rethinking the Modern: £5
Address
- Priestgate
- Peterborough
Cambridgeshire - PE1 1LF
- United Kingdom
The collection is largely made up of works by British artists, comprising of painting and sculpture spanning the 1950’s, 1960’s, and 1970’s, featuring renowned artists including Elisabeth Frink, F.E McWilliams, George Kennethson and Patrick Heron.
About
The collection came to the Peterborough Museum and Gallery through the generous bequest of Richard Warwick in his will in 1990. The collection is a personal selection of artworks bought together by Thomas Ealand (1916 – 1979) and Richard Warwick (1916-1989) who brought the works not for monetary value, but because they liked them. They lived in Oundle, Peterborough, in their cottage home Cherry Orchard yard where the works of this collection adorned their house and garden. The artists’ whose works they collected became their close personal friends and spent holidays with them at their homes in Cherry Orchard Yard, Oundle and Massalubrense, Italy.
In conjunction with this exhibition there are two talks taking place in the gallery:
Bohemia on sea: St Ives in the story of modern art Illustrated talk by Michael Bird- Art Historian and Author of The St Ives Artists: A Biography of Place and Time (2008) Peterborough City Gallery Tuesday, 24 November, 6.30 pm £5 per person
Rethinking the Modern: Post-War Art in Britain Chris Stephens- Head of Displays and Lead Curator at Tate Britain Peterborough City Gallery Thursday, 21st January, 6.30pm £5 per person
