Piccadilly Gallery

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The Piccadilly Gallery was a London-based art gallery that operated from 1953 until 2007.

The gallery was originally founded in 1953 as the Pilkington Gallery by married couple Eve and Godfrey Pilkington. They were joined the following year by Christabel Briggs. [1] The gallery ceased operations in March 2007, just prior to the death of co-founder Godfrey Pilkington, on 8 July 2007. [2] [3]

The gallery focused exhibiting and selling works by figurative artists, specifically around Art Nouveau and 19th and 20th Century Symbolism. The gallery promoted artists such as Adrian Berg, Max Beerbohm, Gwen John, Eric Gill, Colin Self, and William Roberts (many of these were members of the British Brotherhood of Ruralists.) The gallery also hosted major exhibitions including works by Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, and by artists involved the German art movement Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity). [2] [4]

The gallery first opened in a bomb-damaged locale in the Piccadilly Arcade. [1] In 1954, the gallery moved to 16A Cork Street, moving again in 1978 to 16 Cork Street, just next door. In 1999, the gallery moved to a temporary location on Dover. [2]

Listings of the gallery's exhibitions and correspondences are held by the Tate Modern Gallery. [5] [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Godfrey Pilkington Obituary", The Telegraph, 14 July 2007, retrieved 6 January 2014
  2. 1 2 3 "The Piccadilly Gallery, London | CAS". contemporaryartsociety.org. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "West End Extra - News: Gallery chief a champion of lesser artists". www.thecnj.com. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  4. ↑ Pilkington, Godfrey. "Letter to David Sylvester, 7 Oct 1965 (TGA 200816/2/1/893)". Tate Archive.
  5. ↑ Tate Archive Uncatalogued Collections Item: TGA 200722 Piccadilly Gallery, London (PDF), p. 57, retrieved 6 January 2014
  6. ↑ Archives, The National. "The Discovery Service". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2025.

Citation

Foot, Tom (24 August 2007), "Godfrey Pilkington - Gentlemanly art dealer and director of the Piccadilly Gallery", The West End Extra, retrieved 6 January 2014

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