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[[Image:New Gallery London Central Hall 1888.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Central Hall of the New Gallery, from the catalogue ''New Gallery Notes'', Summer 1888.]] |
[[Image:New Gallery London Central Hall 1888.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Central Hall of the New Gallery, from the catalogue ''New Gallery Notes'', Summer 1888.]] |
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The '''New Gallery''' was an [[art gallery]] founded at 121 [[Regent Street]] W., London, in 1888 by [[J. Comyns Carr]] and [[Charles Edward Hallé]]. Carr and Hallé had been co-directors of Sir [[Coutts Lindsay]]'s [[Grosvenor Gallery]], but resigned that troubled gallery in 1887. |
The '''New Gallery''' was an [[art gallery]] founded at 121 [[Regent Street]] W., London, in 1888 by [[J. Comyns Carr]] and [[Charles Edward Hallé]]. Carr and Hallé had been co-directors of Sir [[Coutts Lindsay]]'s [[Grosvenor Gallery]], but resigned from that troubled gallery in 1887. |
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==The building== |
==The building== |
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The New Gallery was designed by |
The New Gallery was designed by [[Edward Robert Robson]], F.S.A., and constructed in little more than three months to ensure that it could open in the summer of 1888.<ref name="Notes1">''New Gallery Notes'' No. 1</ref><ref name="Wildman198">Wildman, p. 198</ref> |
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The gallery was built |
The gallery was built on the site of an old fruit market.<ref name="Wildman268">Wildman, p. 268</ref> Existing [[cast-iron]] columns supporting the roof were encased with [[marble]] to give the impression of "massive marble shafts" topped with gilded [[Capital (architecture)|Greek capitals]]. The [[architrave]], [[frieze]], and [[cornice]]s above the columns were covered with [[platinum]] leaf.<ref name="Notes1" /> At the opening, the West and North Galleries on the ground floor were devoted to oil paintings, and the first floor balcony around the Central Hall displayed smaller works in oils, watercolours, etchings and drawings. Sculpture was displayed in the Central Hall itself.<ref name="Notes1" /> |
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==Artists and exhibitions== |
==Artists and exhibitions== |
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The New Gallery continued the ideals of the Grosvenor, and was an important venue for [[Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood|Pre-Raphaelite]] and [[Aesthetic movement]] artists. [[Edward Burne-Jones]], then at the height of his popularity, supported the new venture, serving on its Consulting Committee and lending three large oils for the opening, thus ensuring its financial success. [[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]] and [[William Holman Hunt]] also joined the Consulting |
The New Gallery continued the ideals of the Grosvenor, and was an important venue for [[Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood|Pre-Raphaelite]] and [[Aesthetic movement]] artists. [[Edward Burne-Jones]], then at the height of his popularity, supported the new venture, serving on its Consulting Committee and lending three large oils for the opening, thus ensuring its financial success. [[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]] and [[William Holman Hunt]] also joined the Consulting Committee,<ref name="Wildman268" /> and [[George Frederic Watts]] and [[Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton|Lord Leighton]] transferred their loyalty to the New Gallery.<ref name="Wildman198" /> |
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The [[private view]] of the first exhibition was held on Tuesday, 8 May 1888, and the exhibition opened to the public on Wednesday, 9 May, for three months.<ref name="Notes1" /> |
The [[private view]] of the first exhibition was held on Tuesday, 8 May 1888, and the exhibition opened to the public on Wednesday, 9 May, for three months.<ref name="Notes1" /> The private view was a great social success, with former [[Prime Minister]] [[William Gladstone]] among the early arrivals.<ref name="Wildman268" /> |
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The private view was a great social success, with former [[Prime Minister]] [[William Gladstone]] among the early arrivals.<ref name="Wildman268" /> |
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The New Gallery was the setting for a major Burne-Jones retrospective in 1892-93 and a memorial exhibition of his works in 1898.<ref>Wildman, pp. 33, 319</ref> |
The New Gallery was the setting for a major Burne-Jones retrospective in 1892-93 and a memorial exhibition of his works in 1898.<ref>Wildman, pp. 33, 319</ref> |
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Revision as of 01:28, 8 December 2008
The New Gallery was an art gallery founded at 121 Regent Street W., London, in 1888 by J. Comyns Carr and Charles Edward Hallé. Carr and Hallé had been co-directors of Sir Coutts Lindsay's Grosvenor Gallery, but resigned from that troubled gallery in 1887.
The building
The New Gallery was designed by Edward Robert Robson, F.S.A., and constructed in little more than three months to ensure that it could open in the summer of 1888.[1][2]
The gallery was built on the site of an old fruit market.[3] Existing cast-iron columns supporting the roof were encased with marble to give the impression of "massive marble shafts" topped with gilded Greek capitals. The architrave, frieze, and cornices above the columns were covered with platinum leaf.[1] At the opening, the West and North Galleries on the ground floor were devoted to oil paintings, and the first floor balcony around the Central Hall displayed smaller works in oils, watercolours, etchings and drawings. Sculpture was displayed in the Central Hall itself.[1]
Artists and exhibitions
The New Gallery continued the ideals of the Grosvenor, and was an important venue for Pre-Raphaelite and Aesthetic movement artists. Edward Burne-Jones, then at the height of his popularity, supported the new venture, serving on its Consulting Committee and lending three large oils for the opening, thus ensuring its financial success. Lawrence Alma-Tadema and William Holman Hunt also joined the Consulting Committee,[3] and George Frederic Watts and Lord Leighton transferred their loyalty to the New Gallery.[2]
The private view of the first exhibition was held on Tuesday, 8 May 1888, and the exhibition opened to the public on Wednesday, 9 May, for three months.[1] The private view was a great social success, with former Prime Minister William Gladstone among the early arrivals.[3]
The New Gallery was the setting for a major Burne-Jones retrospective in 1892-93 and a memorial exhibition of his works in 1898.[4]
Carr continued as co-director until 1908. The New Gallery was remodelled and converted to a cinema in the early 20th century.[5]
Notes
References
- Blackburn, Henry (May 1888). "New Gallery Notes No. 1". Chatto and Windus. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
- Wildman, Stephen: Edward Burne-Jones: Victorian Artist-Dreamer, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998, ISBN 0870998595