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Hatton Gallery
The Hatton Gallery is located in the King Edward VII Building on Kings Road at Newcastle University. "Our painting collection includes works from the 14th century to the present day. Key pieces include work by Francis Bacon, Richard Hamilton, Palma Giovane, Thomas Bewick, Eduardo Paolozzi, Camillo Procaccini, Patrick Heron, William Roberts, Victor Pasmore and Richard Ansdell. Watercolours by Wyndham Lewis, Thomas Hair and Robert Jobling are also held. The Hatton stages a programme of historical, modern and contemporary art exhibitions, and events including artist and curator talks and family activities. We work closely with students from Newcastle University and exhibit their work on an annual basis." The gallery was founded in 1925 and named after Professor Richard Hatton, professor of what was at that time the King Edward VII School of Art, Armstrong College, Durham University. When Newcastle University was established he became Head of the Department of Fine Art. Kurt Schwitter’s work the 'Merz Barn Wall' was brought to the gallery in 1965 and incorporated into the fabric of the building. The gallery, as part of the Great North Museum, is managed for Newcastle University by Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums.
The Hatton Gallery is Newcastle University's art gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is based in the University's Fine Art Building.
The Hatton Gallery closes in February 2016 for a £3.5 million redevelopment and will reopen in 2017.
History
The Hatton Gallery was founded in 1925, by the King Edward VII School of Art, Armstrong College, Durham University (Newcastle University's Department of Fine Art), in honour of Richard George Hatton, a professor at the School of Art.
Richard Hamilton's seminal Man, Machine and Motion was first exhibited at the Hatton in 1955 before travelling to the ICA, so the Hatton can claim to have been the birthplace of Pop Art.
In 1997, the University authorities voted to close down the gallery, but a widespread public campaign against the closure, leading to a £250,000 donation by Dame Catherine Cookson, ensured the survival of the gallery.
As part of the Great North Museum project, the gallery's future is secure. Unlike the university's other collections, the Hatton Gallery was not transferred into the Hancock, but remained in the Fine Art Building.
The Hatton Gallery closes on 27 February 2016 for a £3.5 million redevelopment and will reopen in September 2017.
Exhibitions
The permanent collection comprises over 3,500 works, from the 14th century onward – including paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings – and starring the Merzbarn, the only surviving Merz construction by Kurt Schwitters, which was rescued from a barn near Elterwater in 1965 and is now permanently installed in the gallery.
Other important artists represented in the collection include Francis Bacon, Victor Pasmore, William Roberts and Paolo di Giovanni, Palma Giovane, Richard Hamilton, Panayiotis Kalorkoti, Thomas Bewick, Eduardo Paolozzi, Camillo Procaccini, Patrick Heron and Richard Ansdell. Watercolours by Wyndham Lewis, Thomas Harrison Hair and Robert Jobling are also held.
Important exhibitions held in the gallery in recent years include No Socks: Kurt Schwitters and the Merzbarn (1999) and William Roberts (2004).
Other logos
Hatton Gallery logo.png|The old Hatton Gallery logo, prior to the rebranding as Great North Museum.
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King Edward VII Building
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Installing the Victor Pasmore exhibition at the Hatton Gallery
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Ward C1, 1st Northern General Hospital during the First World War was housed in what is now the Hatton Gallery
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
Co-Curate Page
Newcastle University
- Overview About Newcastle University Timeline Map Street View Buildings Can you help build the: Visual Timeline ? Newcastle University (officially, the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a public research university …
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Thomas Bewick (1753-1828)
- Overview About Thomas Bewick Thomas Bewick (1753-1828). Bewick, the acclaimed wood engraver, artist and naturalist, was born in August 1753 at Cherryburn House, a small farm in the parish of …
from Geograph (geograph)
Entrance to the Fine Art Building from the Quadrangle
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from http://www.twsitelines.info/s…
Tyne and Wear HER(9223): Newcastle, University Quadrangle, Fine Art Department
- "College of art. 1911 by W.H. Knowles for Armstrong College. Dark red brick with ashlar dressings; roof of plain tiles. Tudor style. L-plan. Basement and one storey with one further …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
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looking at images made by members of Newcastle's Iranian community
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
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Hatton Gallery
- Official Website of the gallery.
Added by
Simon Cotterill
Co-Curate Page
Great North Museum: Hancock
- Overview About the Museum Map Street View The museum was established in 1884 to house the growing collections of the Natural History Society of Northumbria. It was named after John …
