14b. Images of York Art Gallery and Ceramics Centre - examples of collections and exhibitions

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The Burton Gallery of York Art Gallery displays some paintings, sculptures and ceramics from York Art Gallery's finest collections.

The gallery is dedicated to John Burton who in 1882 bequeathed his great collection of over one hundred Victorian paintings to the City of York. The gallery possesses one of the most interesting collections of old masters, outside of London galleries.

They cover all the major European schools of painting from 1350-1800. Paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries are also well represented. There really good interesting temporary exhibitions e.g. World War I paintings in 2016.

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YORK ART GALLERY

Centre of Ceramic Art (CoCa)

The statue of the artist William Etty stands in Exhibition Square in front of the entrance to York Art Gallery

The entrance to York Art Gallery

Exhibition Square was created in 1879 and takes its name from the Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition of that year for which the Art Gallery building was built.

All the images from York Art Gallery below were taken from August 2015 onwards (pre 2015 at end of page)

The photographs were taken in York Art Gallery with a cheap camera!

Despite effects of lighting and too long exposure times with some blurring, the images are just about in enough focus to get the gist of the paintings BUT these beautiful works need to be seen for real!

I recently purchased my YMT (York Museums Trust) card, only £22 for years visits to York Art Gallery, Yorkshire Museum (Museum Gardens) and the Castle Museum. EXCELLENT VALUE

Don't forget the lovely quiet 'artists gardens' at the back of York's Art Gallery, and note the medieval tower on part of the city walls - actually the walls of the abbey.

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The highly ornate York Automaton Clock, displayed and working in 2019, playing a tune in the York Art Gallery

The automaton clock was originally built in the 1780s and has been restored to full working order and plays several melodies.

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Some fine paintings by Henry Moore in the 'Coast to Coast' Exhibition in 2019

 

Above: "Coastal Scene with Shrimpers", oil painting by Henry Moore (1831-1895)

The painting is from 1869

Below: "Calm before a storm" by Henry Moore (oil painting from 1880-1883)

 

"Crossing the Bar", oil painting by Henry Moore from 1873-1874

Religious paintings (in the main ground floor gallery of York Art Gallery)

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Painting: "The Risen Christ" by painter Nicola di Maestro Antonio D'Ancona (1450-1500). Egg tempera on wood

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A selection of religious paintings from the 14th to 16th centuries

Painting "The Agony in the Garden" by painter Bacchiacca (1494-1557), oil on wood

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Left: Painting "St Agatha" (~1645), painter Bernardo Cavallino (1622-1654), York Art Gallery

Right: Painting "Virgin and Child" (~1520), Antonio del Ceraiolo (active 1520-1538)

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Right, York Art Gallery

Painting "St Clement Striking the Rock", ?, York Art Gallery

Painting "The Dead Christ Supported by Two Angels", egg tempera on wood

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Painting "The Martyrdom of St Clement"

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Painting "Sacra Conversazione: St Bernadino and St Lucy presenting a donor" (~1525), painter Francesco Bissolo (1472-1554)

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Painting "The Holy Family" (~1520), from the studio of Lorenzo di Credi (~1456-1536)

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Painting: "The Annunciation" (~1610), painter Giulio Cesare Procaccini (1574-1625), York Art Gallery

Some ceramics on the main ground floor gallery

Madonna and Child plates by Philip Eglin (born 1959), York Art Gallery - Ceramics

 

Madonna and Child jug by Philip Eglin (born 1959), York Art Gallery - Ceramic

 

Madonna and Child jug by Philip Eglin (born 1959), York Art Gallery - Ceramic

 

Madonna and Child jug by Philip Eglin (born 1959), York Art Gallery - Ceramic

 

Madonna and Child plates by Philip Eglin (born 1959), York Art Gallery - Ceramics

 

Madonna and Child ceramic by Philip Eglin (born 1959), York Art Gallery

 

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Some portraits and 'classical' scenes and themes (main gallery ground floor, York Art Gallery)

Left: Painting "Lucretia" (~1508), painter Francesco Francia (1450-1517), oil on wood

Right: Painting "Portrait of a Man with a book", painter Parmigianino (1503-1540)

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Right, York Art Gallery

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Painting "Portrait of a Man with a Missal", painter Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565)

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Painting "Il Rio dei Mendicanti", painter Francesco Guardi (1712-1793)

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Painting "The Piazza San Martino, Luca", ~1742, painter Bernardo Bellotto (1712-1793)

 

Left: Painting "Robert Sewell", about 1760, painter Tilly Kettle (1735-1786), York Art Gallery

Right: Painting "Portrait of a Young Girl", ~1635-1651, painter Cornelis de Vos (1584-1651), York Art Gallery

 

Painting "Coastal Scene with Crab Catchers", ~1658, painter Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem (1620-1683), York Art Gallery

 

Painting "Vanitas", ~1665-1675, painter Juriaan van Streek (1632-1687)

 

Painting "The Allegory of the Crown of Life", ~1655-1665, painter Juan de Valdes Leal (1622-1690), York Art Gallery

 

Painting of "John Smyth of Heath Hall, Yorkshire, Yorkshire, 1773", painter Pompeo Batoni (1708-1787), York Art Gallery

 

Painting "Captain John Foote", 1761-1765, painter Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), York Art Gallery

 

Bust of Lady Ribblesdale, 1804, by the sculptor John Bacon the Younger (1777-1859), York Art Gallery

 

Painting of "Jean Abercromby, Mrs Morison of Haddo", 1767, painter Allan Ramsay (1713-1784)

 

Painting of "Charles Baring Wall, after Sir Thomas Lawrence", 1807-1808, painter William Etty (1787-1849)

 

Painting of "Mlle Rachel", 1840, painter William Etty (1787-1849)

 

"Portrait of Elizabeth Betts, Mrs Benjamin Hoadly", 1741, painter William Hogarth (1697-1764)

 

Painting "A Scene from 'The Careless Husband'", 1738, painter Philip Mercier (1689/91-1760)

 

Painting "Portrait of Sir Mark Masterman Sykes, Lady Henrietta Masterman Sykes, and Sir Tatton Sykes", 1808, painter Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), York Art Gallery

 

Painting portrait of "Peter Atkinson", 1820-1825, attributed to Sir Martin Archer Shee (1769-1850)

 

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Some paintings of York scenes

"York from the Walls", 1952, painter Michael Ayrton (1921-1975)

 

Painting: "Layerthorpe Postern, York, about 1770", painter Michael Angelo Rooker (1743-1801)

 

"York Festival Triptych, 1956", painter Richard Eurich (1903-1992), York Art Gallery

 

"York from Clifford's Tower, 1951", painter John Piper (1903-1992), York Art Gallery

 

"No 8 Platform, York Railway station", pencil and watercolour, 1955", painter Julian Trevelyan (1910-1988)

 

Painting "Wilson's Terrace, 1953", painter L.S. Lowry (1887-1976)

 

Painting "A View of York (from Tang Hall Bridge), 1952", painter L.S. Lowry (1887-1976)

 

Painting "Clifford's Tower, York, 1952-53", painter L.S. Lowry (1887-1976)

 

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Display in the 'Lumber Room'

The exhibits have been put together, 'curated' by the artist Mark Hearld

Painting "Ice Cream Man, Concarneau", 1911, painter Alfred Aaron Wolmark (1877-1961)

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Portraits of Thomas Lamplugh, Archbishop of York, and Catherine Davenant his wife

Centre of Ceramic Art (CoCa) on the 1st floor of York Art Gallery

The main display gallery of York Art Gallery Ceramics Centre.

The cabinets on either side contain selections of ceramics of 10 potters.

Two of the ceramic 'installations' in York Art Gallery Ceramics Centre

 

Some interesting 'figurative' pottery ceramics in York Art Gallery & Ceramic Centre

The ceramic "Arable Landscape" by Sara Moorhouse, 2015

A selection of ceramic pottery in one of the display cabinets in York Art Gallery Ceramics Centre

 

William Staite Murray (1881-1962) [Centre of Ceramic Art Gallery, York, England)

 

 

Hans Coper (1920-1981) [Centre of Ceramic Art Gallery, York, England)

Fishing Net, 1974 by Hans Coper [Centre of Ceramic Art Gallery, York, England)

 

Shoji Hamada (1892-1978) [Centre of Ceramic Art Gallery, York, England)

Various jar, bottle, tea bowl and teapot pieces by Shoji Hamada [Centre of Ceramic Art Gallery, York, England)

 

Details of other pieces by Shoji Hamada [Centre of Ceramic Art Gallery, York, England)

 

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Michael Cardew (1901-1983) [Centre of Ceramic Art Gallery, York, England)

Decorated plates, pots, jugs, store jars, tankard etc. by Michael Cardew [Centre of Ceramic Art Gallery, York, England)

 

Bernard Leach (1887-1979) [Centre of Ceramic Art Gallery, York, England)

1. Tree of Life, 2. Leaping Salmon by Bernard Leach. [Centre of Ceramic Art Gallery, York, England)

 

 

Elizabeth Fritsch (born 1940) [Centre of Ceramic Art Gallery, York, England)

 

Elizabeth Fritsch 1. Large Flask 1974, 2. Fracture pot 1974, 3. Pot 1974 [Centre of Ceramic Art Gallery, York, England)

 

Lucie Rie (1902-1995) [Centre of Ceramic Art Gallery, York, England)

 

David Lloyd-Jones (1928-1994) [Centre of Ceramic Art Gallery, York, England)

 

Ian Godfrey (1942-1992) [Centre of Ceramic Art Gallery, York, England)

 

Gillian Lowndes (1936-2010) [Centre of Ceramic Art Gallery, York, England)

 

 

All the picture below were taken before the 2015 refurbishment of York Art Gallery and the setting up of the Ceramics Displays in the York Centre of Ceramic Art.

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York Art Gallery: Henry Scott Tuke painting 'The Misses Santley'

York Art Gallery: Tristram Hillier painting 'Haymaking'

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York Art Gallery: Jack Butler Yeats painting 'That we may never meet again'

York Art Gallery: Sir Matthew Smith painting 'Girl in Blue'

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York Art Gallery: Walter Richard Sickert painting 'Old Heffel of Rowton House'

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York Art Gallery: Harold Gilman painting 'The Artist's Daughters'

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York Art Gallery: William Peckitt stained glass medallion 'King William III'

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York Art Gallery: William Peckitt stained glass medallion 'Self-portrait'

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York Art Gallery: John Piper painting 'Stair Hole, Lulworth'

York Art Gallery: Richard Jack painting 'The Return to the Front: Victoria Railway station'

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York Art Gallery: Left: Jacob Epstein sculpture of 'Paul Robeson'

Right: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska sculpture 'Portrait bust of Alfred Wolmark'

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York Art Gallery: Henri Hayden painting 'Saint Lunaire'

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More on the ceramics and pottery gallery

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The cafe and outside tables

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A grand view to accompany a cup of tea, coffee and snack etc. looking out onto Bootham Bar and the De Gray Rooms

William Etty R.A., a fine artist son of the City of York greets you on approaching York Art Gallery.

Sculptures and Paintings from World War One in York Art Gallery

Most of the paintings are oil on canvas in this largest exhibition of British First World art for 100 years.

Left: "M Georges Clemenceau", 1919, cast from original plaster, Francis Derwent Wood (1871-1926), York Art Gallery

Right: "Sergeant D F Hunter VC, 1/5 Highland light Infantry", bust, 1919 by Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)

"Irish Troops in the Judaen Hills Surprised by A Turkish Bombardment", 1919 oil painting by Henry Lamb (1883-1960), York Art Gallery

"In the Gun factory at Woolwich Arsenal", 1918 oil painting by George Clausen (1852-1944), York Art Gallery

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"The Menin Road", 1919 oil painting by Paul Nash (1889-1946), York Art Gallery

"Air Vice-Marshall Sir G M Paine, KCB, MVO", 1920 bronze bust by Louis Frederick Roslyn (1874-1934), York Art Gallery

"A Battery Shelled", 1919 oil painting, Percy Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957), York Art Gallery

Left: "Spring in the Trenches, Ridge Wood 1917", 1918 oil painting, Paul Nash (1889-1946), York Art Gallery

Right: "A Group of Soldiers", 1917 oil painting, C.R.W. Nevinson (1889-1946), York Art Gallery

The Flesh Exhibition in early 2017

The "FLESH" exhibition at York Art Gallery included a painting by Francis Bacon, "A Portrait of Henrietta Moraes on a Blue Couch" (1965)

("Flesh" exhibition, York Art Gallery)

("Flesh" exhibition, York Art Gallery)

("Flesh" exhibition, York Art Gallery)

"The Wrestlers", William Etty ("Flesh" exhibition, York Art Gallery)

"Samson and Delilah", Pieter Claesz Soutman ("Flesh" exhibition, York Art Gallery)

"Virgin and Child" Fiorenzo de Lorenzo ("Flesh" exhibition, York Art Gallery)

"St Agatha" Bernardo Cavallino ("Flesh" exhibition, York Art Gallery)

"St Sebastian" attrib. Juan Carreno de Miranda ("Flesh" exhibition, York Art Gallery)

"Lucretia", Francesco Francia  ("Flesh" exhibition, York Art Gallery)

"Venus and Cupid", William Etty ("Flesh" exhibition, York Art Gallery)

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"Seated Nude", Leon Kossof ("Flesh" exhibition, York Art Gallery)

"Study of a Girl's Head", Edgar Degas ("Flesh" exhibition, York Art Gallery)

Edwin Moore (1813-1893), Henry Moore (1831-1895), Albert Joseph Moore (1841-1893) York Art Gallery exhibition of paintings in 2017

AND next door were paintings from artist who had either taught of studied at the 'York School of Art' or were associated with the school in some way

 "Girl of Oban" by Edwin Moore (York School of Art & Moore family paintings, exhibition, York Art Gallery" border="2" src="../zmisc09)

"Calm before a storm" by Henry Moore (York School of Art & Moore family paintings, exhibition, York Art Gallery" border="2" src="../zmisc09)

"The Cloisters, St Leonard's Chapel" (York) by Edwin Moors (York School of Art & Moore family paintings, exhibition, York Art Gallery" border="2" src="../zmisc09)

"Coastal Scene with Shrimpers" by Henry Moore

"Gwysaney Marshes" 1866 by Henry Moore.

"Italian Shepherdess on the Corniche near Nice" 1858-1859 by Henry Moore (York School of Art & Moore family paintings, exhibition, York Art Gallery" border="2" src="../zmisc09)

"The Punt" sketch by James Abbott McNeil Whistler (1834-1903) from 1861 (York School of Art & Moore family paintings, exhibition, York Art Gallery" border="2" src="../zmisc09)

Left: "Sleeping Maidens" ~1871 by Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1833-1898) (York School of Art & Moore family paintings, exhibition, York Art Gallery" border="2" src="../zmisc09)

Right: "The Lady of Fashion" from 1854 by Joseph Laurens Dyckmans (1811-1888) (York School of Art & Moore family paintings, exhibition, York Art Gallery" border="2" src="../zmisc09)

Left: "The Evening Hymn" from 1850-1859 by Alfred Joseph Woolmer (1805-1892) (York School of Art & Moore family paintings, exhibition, York Art Gallery" border="2" src="../zmisc09)

Right: "Portrait of William Connal" from 1883 by Albert Joseph Moore (York School of Art & Moore family paintings, exhibition, York Art Gallery" border="2" src="../zmisc09)

"The Misses Santley" from 1880 by Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929) (York School of Art & Moore family paintings, exhibition, York Art Gallery" border="2" src="../zmisc09)

Left: "Portrait of Albert Moore" from 1892 by Walker Hodgson (1864-active in 1923) (York School of Art & Moore family paintings, exhibition, York Art Gallery" border="2" src="../zmisc09)

Right: "A Garland" from 1887-1888 by Albert Joseph Moore (York School of Art & Moore family paintings, exhibition, York Art Gallery" border="2" src="../zmisc09)

"The Loves and the Winds of the Seasons" from 1893 by Albert Joseph Moore (York School of Art & Moore family paintings, exhibition, York Art Gallery" border="2" src="../zmisc09)

"Elijah running before Ahab's chariot in Israel" by Albert Joseph Moore ~1861 (York School of Art & Moore family paintings, exhibition, York Art Gallery" border="2" src="../zmisc09)

Left: "Goldfinch" by Albert Joseph Moore, watercolour from 1857 (York School of Art & Moore family paintings, exhibition, York Art Gallery" border="2" src="../zmisc09)

Right: "Ixia" by Albert Joseph Moore, watercolour from ?

"Two female figures reclining on a sofa" from ~1875 by Albert Joseph Moore (York School of Art & Moore family paintings, exhibition, York Art Gallery" border="2" src="../zmisc09)

From "British Birds" ~1889 by John Ward Knowles (1838-1931) (York School of Art & Moore family paintings, exhibition, York Art Gallery" border="2" src="../zmisc09)

Left: "Still Life with Flowers" 1912, oil on canvas, by Charles Ginner (1878-1952)

Right: "Portrait of William III" stained glass panel from 1787 by William Peckitt (York School of Art & Moore family paintings, exhibition, York Art Gallery" border="2" src="../zmisc09)

"Lemons, peaches and nuts" from 1840-1845 by William Etty (1787-1849)

Left: "Angel holding shrine, north choir aisle roof, All Saints, North Street, sketch from 1887 by Edwin Ridsdale Tate (1862-1922) (York School of Art & Moore family paintings, exhibition, York Art Gallery" border="2" src="../zmisc09)

Right: "Head", 1846, by Mark Hessey (1828-1909) (York School of Art & Moore family paintings, exhibition, York Art Gallery" border="2" src="../zmisc09)

Left: "The Annunciation", stone carving by noted York sculptor George Milburn (1844-1941) (York School of Art & Moore family paintings, exhibition, York Art Gallery" border="2" src="../zmisc09)

Right: "Mrs R. W. Anderson", sketch from 1911, by Thomas Percival Anderson (1885-1940)

Left: "John Burton (1799-1882), Gallery benefactor", by John Windass (1843-1938)

Right: Portrait of "John Harper", 1841, by William Etty (York School of Art & Moore family paintings, exhibition, York Art Gallery" border="2" src="../zmisc09)

Left: "Portrait of Herbert Read", 1958, by Bryan Kneale (born 1930)

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"Underhill Farm, Sleights", by Joseph Alfred Terry (1872-1939)

"Crossing the Bar", 1873-1874 by Henry Moore (York School of Art & Moore family paintings, exhibition, York Art Gallery" border="2" src="../zmisc09)

"The Lock, Stamford Bridge, near York", 1922 by George Harrison (1876-1950)

"Untitled" ! 1960-1969, by Dennis Donn (1921-1996) (York School of Art & Moore family paintings, exhibition, York Art Gallery" border="2" src="../zmisc09)

"Double Stuart", 1974, by John Langton (born 1932)

"Millennium Bridge, York", 2001 by Chris Brace (born 1945) (York School of Art & Moore family paintings, exhibition, York Art Gallery)

"York from Scarborough Railway-Bridge", 1843-1866 by John Bell (1823-1881)

"York from Skeldergate Ferry", 1843-1866 by John Bell (1823-1881) (York School of Art & Moore family paintings, exhibition, York Art Gallery" border="2" src="../zmisc09)

Another York Art Gallery exhibition, but title?

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December 2018 Exhibition of the work of Ryoichi Kurokawa [unfold.alt] 2016, in York Art Gallery, inspired by recent advances in astrophysics

Isaac Julien: Stones Against Diamonds (2015)

There was also an installation based on a volcano (artist?) York Art Gallery

The Ruskin, Turner and the Storm Cloud exhibition of watercolours and drawings, including work by contemporary artists, York Art Gallery.

Left: "Valley Cloud, Aiguilles", Emma Stibbon, 2018 (born 1962)

Right: A painting by Hubert Herkomer ? not sure if it was part of the exhibition ?

The Story of Apollo and Daphne (1837) by J.M.W. Turner 1775-1851, York Art Gallery

Miscellaneous in the Ceramics Centre gallery

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Paul Nash Exhibition 2017

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