“Śôcesñ mr ɖn wn hundṛd wrcs bî sm v Britn’z grtst artists”
“Đ xbiśn v Grt Britiś Drw̃z cn onli scrać ɖ srfis v ɖ xtrordnri rićz v ɖ Aśmołn’z c̣lẋnz. It wl pṛvîd ɖ vizitr wɖ an unpaṛleld oṗtyṇti t xplor ɖ amezñ vrayti v drw̃ in Britn, from ɖ rapid sceć in pensl or pen, t ɖ most hîli ròt wōtrculr.” Colin Harisn, Sīńr Kretr v Yṛpiyn Art
John Sell Cotman: A Ruined House, watercolour over graphite, Ashmolean
Thomas Rowlandson: The Corsican, his two friends and his blood hounds. Pen and brown ink and watercolour over indications in graphite
Thomas Rowlandson: The Portrait Painter’s Ante-room, 1809
Joseph Mallord William Turner: Venice: The Riva degli Schiavoni, 1840
Samuel Palmer: Tintagel Castle: Approaching Rain, c. 1848‒1849
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Louisa Ruth Herbert, 1858
Max Beerbohm: Oscar Wilde, 1894
Anna Alma-Tadema: Girl in a Bonnet with her Head on a Blue Pillow, 1902
Walter Richard Sickert: Study for ‘Ennui’: Hubby and Marie, c.1913
Lawrence Stephen Lowry: Street in Ramsbottom, 1954
CLIVE HEAD Les Souvenirs du Cafe Anglais (work in progress), 2014, 198 x tbc cm
Clive Head: Looking Glass, 2014. Oil on canvas, 195.6 x 208.3 cm
Philip Harris: Arizona Bloom, 2014. 1525 x 3050, oil on Linen.
Caroline Walker: Consulting the Oracle, 2013. Oil on linen, 193 x 175 cm.
ALAN MACDONALD The Candy Man, 2013, 190.5 x 215.9 cm
Alan Macdonald: Spam Dragon, 2013. Oil on linen, h. 190 x w. 214 cm
Gwen Hardie: Body 03.20.12, 2012, 76.2 cm diam.
ALISON WATT Black Star, 2012, 183 x 183 cm, Ingleby Gallery
Ray Richardson: Our Side of the Water, 2012. Oil on linen, h. 137 x w. 127 cm
KATARZYNA COLEMAN Admiralty Road 1, 2012, 70 x 90 cm
KATARZYNA COLEMAN Admiralty Road 2, 2012, 70 x 90 cm
Chris Stevens: The Age of Reason or Salem’s Lot, 2011. Oil on canvas. 170 x 180 cm
Chris Stevens: Anthem to an Embittered Youth, 2011, 170 x 180 cm, Courtesy of the artist 170 x 180 cm
GWEN HARDIE Body 06.29.11, 2011, 76.2 cm diam.
David Hepher: Tree, 2011. Oil, acrylic, inkjet and concrete on canvas, h. 208 x w. 810 cm
KEN CURRIE Dirty King, 2011, 275 x 198.5 cm, Flowers Gallery
KEN CURRIE Hunting Lodge, 2011, 244 x 366 cm, Flowers Gallery
JOCK MCFADYEN Tate Moss, 2010, 200 x 300 cm
SAM JACKSON Querelle, 2009, 60 x 60 cm, Private Collection
SAM JACKSON Vas Defrens, 2009, 60 x 60 cm, Private Collection
SAM JACKSON Young Gorbachev, 2009, 60 x 60 cm, Private Collection
Gwen Hardie: Body 03.30.09, 2009, 91.4 x 76.2 cm
ALISON WATT Hollow, 2009, 183 x 183 cm, Ingleby Gallery
RAY RICHARDSON Everything is Everything, 2005, 106 x 97 cm
CECILY BROWN Maid’s Day Off, 2005, 200.7 x 198.1 cm, Hiscox Collection
JOHN KEANE Inconvenience of History II, 2003, 86 x 122 cm, Flowers Gallery
George Shaw: Scenes from the Passion: Late, 2002. Enamel paint on board, 917 x 1215 x 52 mm. Collection: Tate
JOHN KEANE Hopeless in Gaza (Road to a Settlement), 2002, 137 x 183 cm, Flowers Gallery
DEXTER DALWOOD Grosvenor Square, 2002, 268 x 347 cm, Saatchi Collection
Philip Harris: S.P Behind a Glass Door, 2001. Oil on linen, 132 x 305 cm (unframed). Photograph: John Jones.
George Shaw: Scenes from the Passion (The Path on the Edge), 1997-8. Enamel on panel, 43 x 53 cm. Collection: Royal College of Art
Chantal Joffe: Untitled (Face), 1994. Oil & acrylic or alkyd (?) on canvas, 132.5 x 109.1 cm. Collection: Royal College of Art
GRAHAM CROWLEY No Such Thing, 1993, 168 x 240 cm, Courtesy of the artist
Lucian Freud: Standing by the Rags, 1988–9. Oil on canvas, 1689 x 1384 mm, frame: 1810 x 1505 x 84 mm. Collection: Tate
GRAHAM CROWLEY The Chain Store, 1987, 203 x 254 cm, Middlesbrough Council/MIMA
PAULA REGO Snare, 1987, 150 x 150 cm, British Council
TONY BEVAN Tender Possessions, 1986, 210.5 x 119.5 cm, British Council
TERRY SETCH Once Upon a Time there was Oil III, Panel I, 1981-2, Tate
Jock McFadyen: The Street, 1980. Oil on canvas, h. 173 x w. 173 cm
DAVID HOCKNEY My Parents, 1977, 194 x 194.1 cm, Tate
L.S. LOWRY Bargoed, 1965, 122.2 x 151.7 cm, The L.S. Lowry Collection
Francis Bacon: Study for Portrait of P.L. No2, 1957. Collection: Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
Carel Weight: Fury, 1956. Oil on canvas, 92 x 122 cm. Collection: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry
JOHN BRATBY Dustbins in the Studio, 1954, 112 x 101 cm, Royal College of Art Collection
STANLEY SPENCER Self-portrait with Patricia Preece, 1937, 61 x 91.2 cm, The Fitzwilliam Museum
Walter Sickert: Ennui, 1917. Oil on canvas, h. 76 x w. 56 cm
“Kretd bî ātist Cris Stīvnz, RIAḶTI brñz tgɖr ovr 50 wrcs seḷbretñ ɖ streñʈ v Britiš pêntñ, wɖ sm v ɖ bst n most influenšl ātists v ɖ last sixti yirz.
Uncompṛmîzñ n drct, ɖ wrc v č ātist reprizntd rtenz a stroñ refṛns t ɖ riyl wrld, ɖ stuf v lîf. Ẇl, t an xtnt, pêntñ hz bn iclipst in rīsnt decedz bî ɖ Miniml n Cnsepčl muvmnts, insṭlešn, ftogṛfi n film, RIAḶTI testifîz t ɖ svîvl v pêntñ az a mīdı̣m, n ɖ impact v Britiš pêntñ tde.
Mêjr 20ʈ Senčri ātists r reprizntd, sč az Woltr Sic̣t, Fransis Bêcn, Lūšn Frýd n Dêvid Hocni, alñsd cntmprri pêntrz includñ Cen Curi, Jwj Šw n Caṛlîn Wōcr.
Ɖ ātists in RIAḶTI tacl a dvrs renj v subjcts, refṛnsñ ɖ bodi, rlešnšps, histri, poḷtcs, wor, ɖ ŕbn invîrnmnt n sošl išuz. Dspt ɖz dfṛnt refṛnsz, ɖ wrcs r ol ynîtd bî tu ʈñz – ɖ hāš riaḷtiz ɖt hv cnsrnd ci Britiš ātists ovr ɖ decedz n ɖ simpl act v pêntñ.