Ingram Collection of Modern British Art
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| Established | 2002 |
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| Location | The Lightbox, Woking |
| Key holdings | Modern British Sculpture, Neo-Romantics, Dame Elisabeth Frink |
| Collection size | 600 pieces |
| Curator | Jo Baring |
| Owner | Chris Ingram |
| Website |
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The Ingram Collection of Modern British Art[1][2][3] is one of the United Kingdom’s best and most significant collections of Modern British Art. It is recognised as the biggest privately owned publicly accessible collection of Modern British in the country. The collection has been put together over the last decade by media entrepreneur Chris Ingram. Ingram has been described as “one of the most active and thoughtful collectors of Modern British Art today.”[4]
Robert Upstone (Director of The Fine Art Society and former Tate curator) considers the collection to have been "created with exemplary visual flair and an unerring eye for quality". The collection comprises over 500 artworks of which over 350 are by the most important artists of the Modern British era, among these Dame Elisabeth Frink, Dame Barbara Hepworth and Sir Eduardo Paolozzi.
The collection
The collection is currently housed at The Lightbox - the Art Fund Prize-winning gallery and museum in Ingram's hometown of Woking. The Lightbox is a public gallery which opened in 2007. The Ingram Collection has been on loan to the gallery from its opening and has created a unique local opportunity to see world-class Modern British art. The inaugural Ingram Collection exhibition 2D-3D featuring a wide selection of works. Since then a variety of exhibitions have been held focusing on particular elements of the collection including Sir Anthony Caro and Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, The Human Face, Sea Pictures, Prints and Print making and Dreams and Nightmares. Works from the collection are also regularly requested by other galleries and exhibitions, including loans to Pallant House, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Guildford Cathedral, The Hepworth Wakefield and Kettle’s Yard.
The collection spans a hundred years of British art and includes works in oil and on paper, sculptures, installations and videos. The main focus of the collection is on the art movements which developed in the early and middle decades of the 20th Century, art which responded to the influence of the two world wars, and art which challenged the usual and the regular. The collection features a broad base of artists with particularly strong groups of works by William Roberts, Edward Burra, Keith Vaughan, John Tunnard, John Craxton, and Richard Eurich. The sculpture holdings are significant, featuring works by artists such as, amongst others, Robert Adams, Kenneth Armitage, Reg Butler, Lynn Chadwick, Geoffrey Clarke, Robert Clatworthy, Sir Jacob Epstein, Eric Gill, Bernard Meadows, Eduardo Paolozzi, William Turnbull and Leon Underwood.
The Ingram Collection also includes contemporary art. Ingram is a supporter of and regular visitor to graduate arts shows. Contemporary works purchased range from traditional works in oils and on paper, to installations and video. Several of the artists represented in the collection are now gaining international reputations; Haroon Mirza, Suki Chan and Alexander Hoda.
Exhibitions
2D-3D The Lightbox, Woking: February–March 2008
Portraiture - The Human Face The Lightbox, Woking: July–September 2008
Landscapes The Lightbox, Woking: March–May 2009
Sea Pictures The Lightbox, Woking: January–March 2010
Suki Chan and Haroon Mirza The Lightbox, Woking: October–November 2010
Ways of Seeing The Lightbox, Woking: November 2010–February 2011
Sculpture and Sculptors’ Drawings from The Ingram Collection Sotheby's, London: January–January 2011
Sculptures from the Ingram Collection Guildford Cathedral, Guildford: January–December 2011
The Art of William Roberts The Lightbox, Woking: September–December 2011
Ingram Collection: Prints and Printmaking The Lightbox, Woking: February–April 2012
Ingram Collection: Diamond Jubilee Celebration Exhibition The Lightbox, Woking: March–April 2012
The Ingram Collection, a loan exhibition Otter Gallery, Chichester: March–April 2012
Dreams and Nightmares The Lightbox, Woking: May–July 2012
Football, celebrating the Olympics The Lightbox, Woking: July–September 2012
Suki Chan ‘Still Point’ The Lightbox, Woking: October–November 2012
Landscapes of the Mind The Lightbox, Woking: January–February 2013
Colourful lives of artists The Lightbox, Woking: April–June 2013
Sculptures from the Ingram Collection Canary Wharf, London: September–November 2013
Animals in art The Lightbox, Woking January–March 2014
Skyscapes The Lightbox, Woking May–June 2014
Loans to other exhibitions
Caro and Paolozzi The Lightbox, Woking: January–April 2009
John Tunnard Pallant House, Chichester: March–June 2010
The Nicholsons and their Circle: An artistic legacy The Lightbox, Woking: April–June 2011
British Pop Art: Snap, Crackle and Pop The Lightbox, Woking: July–October 2011
Stanley Spencer – Between heaven and earth Kunsthal, Rotterdam: September 2011–January 2012
Edward Burra Pallant House, Chichester: October 2011–February 2012
Edward Burra Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham: March - May 2012
Hepworth Surgical Drawings, and tour to Chichester, Pallant House Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield: October 2012–February 2013
A perfect place to grow, celebrating 175 years Royal College of Art, London: November 2012–January 2013
Elisabeth Frink: Retrospective The Lightbox, Woking: January–April 2013
William Scott The Jerwood, Hastings: April–July 2013
Eduardo Paolozzi – Collaging Culture Pallant House, Chichester: July–October 2013
Selected artists from the Ingram Collection
Robert Adams Eileen Agar John Aldridge Sybil Andrews Maxwell Ashby Armfield Kenneth Armitage John Armstrong Frank Auerbach Michael Ayrton John Banting Edward Bawden John Bellany Tony Bevan David Bomberg John Boyd John Bratby Ralph Brown Edward Burra Reg Butler Sir Anthony Caro David Carr Dora Carrington Lynn Chadwick Suki Chan Billy Childish Geoffrey Clarke Robert Clatworthy Cecil Collins Stephen Conroy John Craxton Ken Currie John Davies Sir Jacob Epstein Richard Eurich Mary Fedden Paul Feiler Clifford Fishwick Donald Hamilton Fraser Barnet Freedman Dame Elisabeth Frink Sir Terry Frost Henri Gaudier-Brzeska William Gear Tom Gentleman Mark Gertler Eric Gill Charles Ginner Derrick Greaves Robert Duckworth Greenham Dame Barbara Hepworth Josef Herman Patrick Heron Tristram Hillier Roger Hilton David Hockney Peter Howson James Hull Sir Augustus John Andrew Johnson Allen Jones David Jones Felix Kelly Eric Kennington R.B. Kitaj Dame Laura Knight Jacob Kramer Gerald Laing Henry Lamb Edward Le Bas Wyndham Lewis Alan Lowndes Peter McLaren Padraig MacMiadhachain Christopher Marvell Denis Matthews Bernard Meadows John Minton Sir Henry Moore John Nash C.R.W. Nevinson Mary Newcomb Ben Nicholson Winifred Nicholson Sir Eduardo Paolozzi Sir Robin Philipson Glynn Philpot John Piper Cyril Power Dod Procter Eric Ravilious Anne Redpath Alan Reynolds Ceri Richards Ray Richardson Bridget Riley William Roberts Leonard Rosoman Michael Sandle William Scott John Skeaping Austin Osman Spare Ruskin Spear Gilbert Spencer Sir Staney Spencer Blair Hughes Stanton Graham Sutherland Margaret Thomas Julian Trevelyan John Tunnard William Turnbull Leon Underwood Keith Vaughan Carel Weight Bryan Wynter
References
- ↑ The Ingram Collection of Modern British Art (2009) Michael Regan; Peter Hall; Claire Bailey-Coombs; ISBN 978-0-9555166-1-0
- ↑ Gleadell, Colin (23 January 2012). "Art Sales: Chris Ingram's passion for art". Daily Telegraph.
- ↑ Holledge, Richard (31 March 2012). "Collecting: Football meets fine art in winning combination". The Times.
- ↑ Stephen Deuchar CBE, Director, The Art Fund.