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Laing Art Gallery
The gallery is free to enter and is located on a pedestrianised section of New Bridge Street by its junction with John Dobson Street. The gallery is named after Alexander Laing, who in 1900, offered to pay for the gallery to be built, to celebrate his 50 years of successful business in Newcastle. The gallery first opened to the public on 13th October 1904. The Laing is managed by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; the gallery is a Grade 2 Listed building on the National Heritage List for England.
"The gallery today is home to an internationally important collection of art, focusing on British oil paintings, watercolours, ceramics, silver and glassware. The Laing Art Gallery holds regularly changing exhibitions of historic, modern and contemporary art, and events including artist and curator talks and family activities. On the ground floor of the Laing is the Northern Spirit gallery which displays outstanding artwork and objects produced locally by people including Thomas Bewick, Ralph Hedley and John Martin. You can also see Newcastle silver, glass and ceramics on show. Also on the ground floor is the shop, café, learning space, under fives’ area and the beautiful Marble Hall, which is occupied by artworks by Henry Moore and Turner Prize nominee Paul Noble. Upstairs is the 18th and 19th century display, including internationally important paintings by John Martin, Paul Gauguin and Burne-Jones." (Laing Art Gallery)
The Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, is located on New Bridge Street. The gallery was designed in the Baroque style with Art Nouveau elements by architects Cackett and Burns Dick and is now a Grade II listed building. It was opened in 1904 and is now managed by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums and sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. In front of the gallery is the Blue Carpet. The building is Grade II listed.
The gallery collection contains paintings, watercolours and decorative historical objects, including Newcastle silver. In the early 1880s, Newcastle was a major glass producer in the world and enamelled glasses by William Beilby are on view along with ceramics (including Maling pottery), and diverse contemporary works by emerging UK artists. It has a programme of regularly rotating exhibitions and has free entry.
The gallery's collection of seminal paintings includes John Martin's dramatic The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, as well as important works by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edward Burne-Jones (Laus Veneris), William Holman Hunt (Isabella and the Pot of Basil), Ben Nicholson and others. Local paintings include pictures by Ralph Hedley. There is also an extensive collection of 18th and 19th-century watercolours and drawings, including work by J. M. W. Turner, John Sell Cotman etc.
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'Through Sea and Air' Charles Napier Hemy at The Laing Art Gallery
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'King Alfred in the Court of the Danes' by Daniel Maclise at Laing Art Gallery
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Albert Toft (1862-1949) - The Spirit of Contemplation (bronze) (1901)
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- Brief history of the Laing by Curator, Julie Milne. "In 1900, Alexander Laing, a wine and spirit manufacturer, offered to build an art gallery, bearing his name, to commemorate 50 …
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1904
- < 1903 | 1904 | 1905 > In Northern England: 1st July 1904: Opening of the Dorman Memorial Museum in Middlesbrough. 27th July 1904: Ridley Park in Blyth, officially opened by …
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New Bridge Street
- Overview History Map Street View Street View (west) New Bridge Street is a road running east from Newcastle city centre, forming part of the A193, which passes Shieldfield and Ousburn …
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Tyne and Wear HER(5975): Newcastle, Higham Place, Laing Art Gallery
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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 …
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John Martin (1789 - 1854)
- Overview About John Martin John Martin was an English Romantic painter, engraver and illustrator. He was born 19th July 1789 in Haydon Bridge, Northumberland. Initially he learned heraldic painting, as an …
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'Through Sea and Air' Charles Napier Hemy at The Laing Art Gallery
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'King Alfred in the Court of the Danes' by Daniel Maclise at Laing Art Gallery
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from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
061895:Laing Art Gallery John Dobson Street Newcastle upon Tyne; Trevor Ermel; 1995
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060940:John Dobson Street/New Bridge Street Newcastle upon Tyne Ermel Trevor 1995
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Albert Toft (1862-1949) - The Spirit of Contemplation (bronze) (1901)
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from http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/you…
More about Laing Art Gallery
- Brief history of the Laing by Curator, Julie Milne. "In 1900, Alexander Laing, a wine and spirit manufacturer, offered to build an art gallery, bearing his name, to commemorate 50 …
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Simon Cotterill
from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
015198:Higham Place Newcastle upon Tyne 1966
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from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
014675:Higham Place Newcastle upon Tyne 1965
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Co-Curate Page
1904
- < 1903 | 1904 | 1905 > In Northern England: 1st July 1904: Opening of the Dorman Memorial Museum in Middlesbrough. 27th July 1904: Ridley Park in Blyth, officially opened by …
Co-Curate Page
New Bridge Street
- Overview History Map Street View Street View (west) New Bridge Street is a road running east from Newcastle city centre, forming part of the A193, which passes Shieldfield and Ousburn …
from http://www.twsitelines.info/s…
Tyne and Wear HER(5975): Newcastle, Higham Place, Laing Art Gallery
- "Art Gallery. 1903-4 by Cackett and Burns Dick. Sandstone ashlar, stone dome to tower cupola...."
Added by
Simon Cotterill
Co-Curate Page
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 …
Co-Curate Page
John Martin (1789 - 1854)
- Overview About John Martin John Martin was an English Romantic painter, engraver and illustrator. He was born 19th July 1789 in Haydon Bridge, Northumberland. Initially he learned heraldic painting, as an …
List grade: 2
Tyne & Wear HER: 5975
Post code: NE1 8AG
Borough: Newcastle
Grid ref: NZ25106455
