Thanks to generous support from FLAG we have framed and mounted two recent acquisitions to the collection. Apollo Pythion (1991) by Joe Tilson (1928-2023) is currently on display in the main gallery and Thistledown (2018) by Amy Sharrocks (b.1969) will be exhibited this summer in the temporary exhibition, A Different View.
Apollo Pythian
We were delighted to be successful in our application for funding from the Art Fund to acquire the Piper painting of Wolfhamcote Church which is supported with a pledge from FLAG and has been on
display in the gallery for some time. We are now awaiting news from the V&A Purchase Grant Fund before we are able to confirm the painting can be become part of the collection.
We have been researching the Gainsborough portrait of local landowner and politician Henry Christopher Wise which is currently on display in the main gallery. The painting is on loan while we try to secure funding to acquire it for the collection. The portrait had been missing since 1949 and was only recently rediscovered. Last month we were able to look more closely at the paint surface with conservator Stewart Meese, who used UV light to reveal areas of over-painting and restoration, which had initially caused concern.
We also received confirmation from the international authority on Gainsborough, Hugh Belsey, that the painting has been authenticated as a work by the great master. Belsey can be seen investigating a Gainsborough portrait from a similar stage in the artist’s career on Fake or Fortune Series 3, episode 4 – available on BBC iPlayer.
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