Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
Monument Buildings, Queen Victoria Square, Hull, HU1 3RA (map)
Telephone: 01482 613902
Web site:
www.hullcc.gov.uk/navigating_hull/index.html
See also:
Yorkshire & Humberside
Background information
Opened in 1927 and extended in 1991, the Ferens won the Museum of the Year Award in 1993 for the Best Museum of Fine and Applied Art. This lively art gallery in the centre of Hull boasts one of the finest collections in any regional gallery, spanning the 16th century to the present day, from Great Britain and Europe. Large permanent collection displays are complemented by a busy temporary exhibition programme of historic and contemporary work. An innovative series of live and performance art events take place in the unique 'Live Art Space'. The Gallery's education programme ranges from art workshops to artists' talks and teachers courses, and caters for every age group. The Ferens has now launched a Virtual Gallery - website address is: www.hullcc.gov.uk/navigating_hull/index.html
General information
Facilities: Cafe, Shop, Disabled Access, Tours, Lectures, Educational activities including artists talks and art workshops
Admission: 10.00-5.00 Monday to Saturday 1.30-4.30 Sunday; Admission FREE
How to find us: M62; A63 into Hull. Follow signs to 'Princes Quay' for nearest parking. Any service to Hull City Centre. Hull Paragon (5 minutes away)
Particularly interesting for
Drawings and Watercolours
Live art
Local History
Maritime Art
Paintings
Photography
Prints
Sculpture
Video art
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Hidden Treasures
Museums with Web Sites
Highlights of the Collection
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Atkinson Grimshaw, John
Princes Dock, Hull
Auerbach, Frank
Building Site, Victoria Street
Bonheur, Rosa
The Lion at Home
Bonington, Richard Parkes
Coast Scene in Picardy
Bundy, Edgar
The Night School
Butler, Lady Elizabeth
Return from Inkerman
Canaletto, Antonio
View on the Grand Canal, Venice
Chadwick, Helen
Mundo Positive
Cotman, John Sell
Croyland Abbey
Devis, Arthur William
Sir George and Lady Strickland
Draper, Herbert
Ulysses and the Sirens
Edwards, Peter
Portrait of Douglas Dunn
Elwell, Frederick
The First Born
Frost, Terry
Force 8
Guardi, Francesco
Sophronia
Hals, Frans
Portrait of a Young Woman
Hepworth, Barbara
Icon II
Hockney, David
Life Painting for Myself
Horsfield, Craigie
Susan Smith
Jackowski, Andrzej
Dreaming Earth
Keane, John
Fairy Tales of London II
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Kirby, John
Man with a Rat
Knight, Dame Laura D.B.E. R.A. R.W.S. R.E.
Dressing the Children
Kossoff, Leon
Self Portrait Looking Up
Leighton, Frederic, Lord
Elegra at the Tomb of Agamemnon
Maragliano, Antonio
Hercules and Meleager
Moore, Henry
Draped Torso
Ocean, Humphrey
Portrait of Maureen Lipman
Paolozzi, Eduardo
Large Frog version II
Penrose, Roland
Octavia
Ruisdael, Jacob van
Wooded Landscape
Segar, William
Elizabethan Noblewoman
Sickert, Walter Richard
Hotel Royal Dieppe
Spencer R.A., Sir Stanley
Nude: Portrait of Patricia Preece
Starr, Georgina
Drivin' On
Uglow, Euan
Curled Nude on a Stool
Wallinger, Mark
Passport Control
Ward, John
The Return of the William Lee
Wilson Steer, Philip
Boulogne Sands
Wyndham Lewis, Percy
Self Portrait as a Tyro
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Other artists represented in the Collection
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