Paxton House Refreshes Picture Gallery Collection
Paxton House has recently unveiled its first re-hanging of paintings in their gallery for over a decade.
The painting collection curated by Kate Anderson senior curator of National Galleries Scotland, took five painstaking days to thoughtfully re-hang. The gallery not having re-hung paintings since 2003 decided to include works from the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth century curation showcasing themes such as portraits, stills lifes, landscapes and history paintings to showcase a great overview of Scottish art.
The paintings showcase Scottish artists such as Sir Henry Raeburn, William McTaggart and Sir William Allan. Alongside modern paintings by Samuel John Peploe & George Leslie Hunter and paintings by Anne Redpath and Sir William Gillies who have local connections to the borders.
The Paxton House gallery is the largest private gallery built in Scotland and is built inside a grand British country house built by John Adam between 1758 and 1763. With architect Robert Reid designing the gallery as an addition to the house in 1810. The gallery has been partnered with the National Galleries of Scotland to feature showcase paintings since 1992.
Sir John Leighton Director General of Paxton House commented “We are delighted to be able to enrich the display at Paxton in this way, and hope the new loan, which can be enjoyed in the house’s splendid early nineteenth-century gallery and features an impressive and diverse selection of works, will be enjoyed by many visitors.”
“Having seen the collection for myself I can see the dedication, hard work and passion that has been put in by both National Galleries of Scotland & Paxton House to bring this fantastic collection to life. I wish them luck and hope that future visitors enjoy the collection themselves in the coming years.”
Find out more about Paxton House:
www.paxtonhouse.com
www.placesinnorthumberland.co.uk/visit/paxton-house
Written By James Kirkland On 19 August 2015
Posted In: Visit
Tags: Art, Paxton House
