Sir Frank Brangwyn, R.A., R.W.S. (1867-1956), Out of my Window at Ditchling, image © David Brangwyn.
Since the Foundation’s purchase in 1993 of Out of my Window at Ditchling by Sir Frank Brangwyn, the Jerwood Collection has grown steadily in stature and importance to include around one hundred and fifty British oil paintings and works on paper. The collection is now one of the most significant of its kind in the country that is not currently on public display.
The collection’s core areas are figurative and abstract works from between the First World War and the 1960s, and contemporary works by artists associated with Jerwood, including several winners of the Jerwood Painting Prize such as Craigie Aitchison, Maggie Hambling and Prunella Clough. The collection includes works by well-known artists such as Sir Stanley Spencer, Lawrence Stephen Lowry, Walter Sickert and Augustus John, alongside works by artists of importance who may be less well-known to a general audience, such as Eliot Hodgkin and Dod Procter. Highlights include The Bather by Christopher Wood, Chrome and Yellow by Paul Feiler, Mainly Grey and White by Anne Redpath and a portrait by Stanley Spencer of his niece, Daphne. The collection represents a personal rather than academic reading of Modern British art, resulting in a selection that is accessible, surprising, and of sustained quality.
Hastings was and is a location that resonates with artists represented in the collection, some of whom have strong links to the town, so it is a particularly appropriate location for the gallery. The collection continues to grow strongly with further purchases of Modern British works, together with paintings by exciting contemporary artists whom the Foundation, following its ethos of encouraging emerging talent, wishes to support in their early careers.
Hastings, UK
