A Hundred Objects for 100 Years

Published: 9 October 2003

New exhibition at the Hunterian Art Gallery

The Hunterian Gallery's newest exhibition, A Hundred Objects for 100 Years, marks the centenary of one of the Gallery's main supporters, the National Art Collections Fund. The exhibition provides a unique opportunity to view the newest and most important works acquired by the Hunterian Art Gallery with the support of the Fund including Dumbarton Castle and Town with Ben Lomond (1816) by Alexander Nasmyth that will be on display for the first time.

Other works on display will include the striking Harmony in Yellow and Gold: The Butterfly Cabinet (1877-8) designed by James McNeill Whistler and E. W. Godwin, furniture and architectural designs by C. R. Mackintosh, 18th century chiaroscuro woodcuts by John Baptist Jackson, to contemporary works, like Philip Reeves' Moon Over Beachy Head (1960) and Lucien Freud's After Chardin (2000).

The Art Fund was set up in 1903 by a small group of enthusiasts and now has 90,000 members across Britain. Through subscriptions and bequests, the Art Fund has bought nearly half a million works of art. The first piece the Fund helped the Hunterian purchase was Walter Sickert's A Shop in Dieppe (c.1886-8) in 1955. In the following years Art Fund bequests or grants have enriched the Hunterian's collections with nearly 300 items.

A Hundred Objects for 100 Years will be at the Hunterian Art Gallery from 24 October 2003 to 17 January 2004.

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First published: 9 October 2003

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