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Museum Details
Southampton City Art Gallery
Civic Centre
Commercial Road
Southampton
SO14 7LP
Hampshire
England
Collection details
Decorative and Applied Art
Fine Art
Facilities
Food: yes
Shop: yes
Library: yes
Study area: yes
Wheelchair access: yes
Wheelchair access throughout the Gallery.
Toilets including disabled facilities are situated on the ground floor in the Gallery Foyer.
Baby changing: These are also sited on the ground floor Gallery Foyer.
Contact details
General information (Tel)
:
023 80 832277
General information (Fax)
:
02380 832153
E-mail
:
art.gallery@southampton.gov.uk
Website
:
www.southampton.gov.uk/art
Open
Tues-Sat 1000-1700
Sun 1300-1600
Closed
Mondays
Admission charges
Admission free
Collections description
The collection's greatest strength is 20th century British Art. The Gallery is now internationally renowned for its impressive collection of contemporary works by British artists. A fine selection of works by the Camden Town Group, and paintings by such highly reputed artists as Sir Stanley Spencer, Matthew Smith and Philip Wilson Steer are brought together. In recent decades collecting activities at Southampton City Art Gallery have more than consolidated the Galleries position amongst the very best regional institutions. In this most recent phase, diversity and well as quality is apparent with sculpture, and photography being more fully recognised as critical areas for consideration. This has been broadened still further as the Gallery has added installation and video works to its holdings.
The Gallery’s collection numbers over 3,500 works and spans six centuries of European art history. The works on display, of both historic and contemporary art, show the breadth and quality of the City’s greatest art treasures. The collection's earliest work is an Italian Renaissance altarpiece by Allegretto Nuzi from the 14th century; also featured is Burne-Jones' Perseus Series (shown in an exquisite wood-paneled room), seventeenth century Dutch landscapes and French Impressionist paintings, overall the quality and variety of works is remarkably high.
British Studio Ceramics: Southampton City Art Gallery has an outstanding collection of the work of studio potters from between the wars, the result of a very generous bequest by the Very Reverend Milner-White a former Dean of York Minster who was a Southampton native and, during his lifetime, a great collector of stoneware pots. These were created by potters like Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada, who worked at St Ives in Cornwall. The stoneware potters were creatively inspired by the newly discovered Chinese stoneware of the Han, T'ang and Sung dynasties. Work from the collection is shown in two specially commissioned cases designed and built by furniture maker Robert Kilvington.
Key artists and exhibits
Camden Town Group
;
Sir Stanley Spencer
;
Matthew Smith
;
Philip Wilson Steer
;
Allegretto Nuzi
;
Burne-Jones' Perseus Series
;
British Studio Ceramics
;
Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada
;
Han, T'ang and Sung
;
Robert Kilvington
Articles
The Systems Group Artists At Southampton City Art Gallery
North & South Explored At Sunderland And Southampton
News In Brief - Week Ending January 14 2007
Impressions of Colorado - Dan Hays At Southampton City Gallery
Bodies Of Water At Southampton City Art Gallery
An Optical Illusion At The Southampton City Art Gallery
Trails
Antony Gormley Across Britain - From The Angel Of The North To The Iron Man
Where To Find The Pre-Raphaelite Collections
Where To Find The Pre-Raphaelites In The Regions
General Information
Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
Pre-booking service for groups
Foreign language leaflet or brochure available
Collections
General guide to collections available
Specialist publications on collections available
Object identification and/or written enquiry service
Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)
Disability Access
Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
Parking for disabled available
Toilets for disabled
Wheelchair access to all public areas
Wheelchair access to some public areas
Wheelchairs available for loan
Children and Families
Events and resources for children and families
General Education
Academic publications and resources available
Adult lectures and courses held
Education facilities available
Loan service
Member of staff available with responsibility for education
Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
Schools Education
Direct teaching services for schools
Primary school education service available
Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
Secondary school education service available
Facilities
Facilities for private functions and events
Library with public access
Meeting room available
Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)
Research facilities for academics
Restaurant
Shop
Study facilities
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