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Here you can find details of the galleries and museums which house the art on public display featured in Painting Flowers.
Jersey Museum
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The Barreau-Le Maistre Art Gallery at the Jersey Museum is part of the Jersey Heritage Trust.
The display is divided into themed subject areas such as portraiture, landscape painting and sculpture, with a strong focus on Jersey themes and artists. |
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The Weighbridge, St Helier, Jersey
01534 633300
Jersey Heritage Trust website
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Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham
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The Barber Institute houses an impressive collection of Old Master and impressionist paintings.
More recently, however, the Institute has built up an excellent 20th century collection of works on paper. |
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The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TS
0121 414 7333
Barber Institute website
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Joseph and the Suitors - Please check with the gallery to see if the picture is on display. It is a part of the permanent collection, but has a painting on the reverse and may be turned to display the other picture |
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Guildhall Art Gallery
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The Corporation of London's art collection and the remains of Roman London's Amphitheatre are housed in a new Gallery which opened in 1999.
Among the highlights are Victorian art, including famous Pre-Raphaelite works, and London images from the 16th Century to the present day. |
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Guildhall Art Gallery, Guildhall Yard, London, EC2P 2EJ
020 7332 3700
Guildhall Art Gallery website
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National Gallery
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The National Gallery houses one of the world's greatest collections of Western European paintings, spanning the period from about 1250 to 1900. It contains more than 2,300 paintings including works from artists such as Monet, Constable and Leonardo da Vinci. |
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Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN
020 7747 2885
National Gallery website
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National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
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The National Maritime Museum is the largest and most important museum of its kind in the world. Its collections illustrate the importance of the sea, ships, time and the stars and their relationship to people. The Museum incorporates the Royal Observatory Greenwich, and the Queen's House, which houses the Museum's art collection. All are situated within Greenwich Royal Park at the heart of the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site. |
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Park Row, Greenwich, London SE10 9NF
020 8312 6631
National Maritime Museum website
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is set in 300 acres and is home to the world's most comprehensive collection of living plants.
Beyond the landscaped gardens and glasshouses are Kew's archives which contain over 200,000 botanical illustrations. Although not on view to the public, the illustrations, including the Redouté featured on this website, are held in the Library and Archives. Viewings by appointment. |
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB
020 8332 5417
Kew website
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Tate Britain
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Tate Britain is the national gallery of British art from 1500 to the present day, encompassing work by Blake, Hockney, Rossetti, and Turner. Historic and modern works hang together in challenging juxtaposition, aiming to draw new meanings from famous and familiar images.
Their website includes a section called Art of the Garden. |
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Millbank, London, SW1P 4RG
020 7887 8000
Tate Britain website
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Bowes Museum, Durham
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This spectacular building houses a magnificent collection of European fine and decorative arts from 1400-1875, including works by Goya and Boudin. |
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Barnard Castle, Co Durham, DL12 8NP
01833 690606
Bowes Museum website
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Cannon Hall Museum, Barnsley
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Cannon Hall is set in 70 acres of historic parkland and gardens and has collections of fine furniture, old master paintings, stunning glassware and colourful pottery, much of which is displayed in period settings.
As well as being home to the Regimental Museum of the 13th/18th Royal Hussars, the museum also operates a schools education programme. |
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Cannon Hall Museum, Bark House Lane, Cawthorne, Barnsley, S75 4AT
01226 790270
Cannon Hall Museum website
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Laing Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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The gallery has a fine collection of historical and contemporary art, with a continually changing exhibition programme designed to appeal to the region's diverse audience. Permanent displays include 'Art on Tyneside', which examines how the region has been portrayed over the centuries. |
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Higham Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 8AG
0191 232 7734
Laing Gallery website
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Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow
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The gallery holds outstanding paintings by Rembrandt and Chardin, a fine collection of work by JM Whistler and major displays by the Scottish colourists. A popular exhibit is the Mackintosh House, a reconstruction of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Glasgow home. |
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The University of Glasgow, Hillhead Street, Glasgow, G12 8QQ
0141 330 5431
Hunterian Art Gallery website
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McLellan Gallery, Glasgow
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The McLellan Galleries first opened in 1854 to house the personal collection of Glasgow industrialist and coachbuilder Archibald McLellan. His collection formed the basis of the art collection at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
The McLellan Galleries now provide a high-quality temporary exhibition space until Kelvingrove re-opens, due in 2006. |
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270 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3EH
0141 565 4137
McLellan Gallery website
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National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
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The National Gallery is home to Scotland's greatest collection of European paintings and sculpture from the Renaissance to Post-Impressionism.
The collection of watercolours, prints and drawings boasts some 20,000 items and is particularly rich in Italian and Dutch drawings. |
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The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL
0131 624 6200
National Gallery of Scotland website
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Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
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Magnificent permanent collections include paintings by artists such as Titian, Canaletto, Constable, Monet and Picasso.
Antiquities from Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, English and European pottery and glass and Chinese jades are also displayed here. |
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Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1RB
01223 332900
Fitzwilliam Museum website
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Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth
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The Russell-Cotes Gallery and Museum is set in an elegant Victorian house built to an Italian design. It houses a variety of collections including its world-renowned Japanese collection, a representation of the diversity of this culture through art. |
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East Cliff, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH1 3AA
01202 451800
Russell-Cotes Gallery website
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Watts Gallery, Compton, Surrey
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The Watts Gallery houses the studio collection of G F Watts and includes early pieces such as 'The Wounded Heron', his first Royal Academy picture exhibited in 1837 and the self-portrait he was working on when he died.
Photograph © Rob Jefferies |
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Down Lane, Compton, Guildford, Surrey, GU3 1DQ
01483 810 235
Watts Gallery
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National Museums & Galleries of Wales, Cardiff
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The National Gallery aims to document the history of art in Wales since the 16th Century. Other features of this gallery include a major collection of British and European art and The Davies Sisters Collection, especially rich in impressionist and post-impressionist paintings. |
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Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NP
029 2039 7951
National Museums & Galleries website
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A Sunflower Not on display in the gallery at present. It is hanging in a committee room - viewing by appointment only (2 weeks notice) |
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Channel Islands
Jersey Museum
London
Guildhall Art Gallery
National Gallery
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Tate Britain
Midlands
Barber Insititute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham
Northern England
Bowes Museum, Durham
Cannon Hall Museum, Barnsley
Laing Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Scotland
Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow
McLellan Gallery, Glasgow
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
Southern England
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth
Watts Gallery, Compton, Surrey
Wales
National Museums & Galleries of Wales, Cardiff
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