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Southampton City Art Gallery

The Southampton City Art Gallery is an art gallery in Southampton, southern England. It is located in the Civic Centre on Commercial Road.

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The gallery opened in 1939 with much of the initial funding from the gallery coming from two bequests, one from Robert Chipperfield (18171911) and another from Frederick William Smith. [1] The gallery was damaged during World War II and repairing this damage delayed its reopening until 1946. [1]

The gallery's art collection covers six centuries of European art history, with over 5,300 works in its fine art collection. [2] It is housed in an example of 1930s municipal architecture. The gallery holds a Designated Collection, considered of national importance. [3]

Highlights of the permanent collection include a 14th-century altarpiece by Allegretto Nuzi, of the Italian Giambattista Pittoni; the Perseus series by Burne-Jones; paintings by the Camden Town Group and The London Group; sculpture by Jacob Epstein, Auguste Rodin, Edgar Degas, Henri Gaudier Brzeska, Richard Deacon and Tony Cragg; and Richard Long photographs.

In October 2024 the gallery recvied a grant of £26,000 from Arts Council England to digitalise part of its collection. [4]

In November 2012, it was announced that the gallery's opening times were likely to be significantly reduced, as part of Southampton City Council's drive to save £20 million. [5] On 1 April 2013, the art gallery's opening times changed to the following times:

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References

  1. 1 2 Monkhouse, F.J, ed. (1964). A Survey of Southampton and its Region. British Association for the Advancement of Science. pp. 314–316.
  2. "History". Southampton City Art Gallery. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  3. Southampton City Art Gallery Archived 19 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine , Culture 24, UK.
  4. "Rarely displayed artwork to be showcased online". BBC News. 30 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  5. "BBC News - Southampton City Council to cut 'close to 300' jobs". Bbc.co.uk. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2014.

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