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Collection Of 16 Modern British Paintings, Prints And Photographs

Various, 1900

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham
© the artist. Photo: Birmingham Museums Trust
© the artist. Photo: Birmingham Museums Trust © the artist. Photo: Birmingham Museums Trust

The Allen gift to Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery comprises 16 works of 20th-century art in a range of mediums. Prominent pieces in the gift include a 1948 lithograph by Pablo Picasso and two lithographs by Patrick Hughes, the British artist famous for his games with perspective. Other works include an oil painting by the Royal Academician Anthony Whishaw and a print by Trevor Sutton (pictured). These works now join Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery’s extensive collection of mainly Western European art, which numbers around 32,000 items dating from the 14th to the 21st centuries.

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Title of artwork, date

Collection Of 16 Modern British Paintings, Prints And Photographs, 1900

Date supported

2018

Medium and material

Print, paintings, prints and photographs

Dimensions

various

Gifted by

Professor L. and Mrs P. Allen

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