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Quarry on Durdham Down

Quarry on Durdham Down Attributed to William Arnee Frank (1808-1897), Quarry on Durdham Down was painted in watercolour ... read more.

The Tam O’Shanter Coach

The Tam O’Shanter coach On 1 May 2007 Sheena Stoddard, the Curator of Fine ... read more.

Fruits of my Life

Fruits of my Life Kate Malone attended Henbury School and Bristol Polytechnic before moving to London and completing ... read more.

Richard Long’s installation in the West Foyer of M Shed

is a major talking point.  Richard is an artist of international standing with work in collections all over the ... read more.

Art in M Shed

What a difference 3 days can make!  From the clutter and disorganisation members saw on their visit to ... read more.

Announced today: two major commissions for M Shed

Friends put art at the heart of M Shed. The Friends of Bristol Art Gallery have been working ... read more.

The Modern British Gallery now has a great new look

Four paintings which had languished in the Fine Art Store for many years were conserved recently thanks to ... read more.

Terrace House Demolition, Barton Hill

Gerald Cains, a local artist, likes painting the decayed fringe of Bristol.  He describes his work as ... read more.

Broken Roundabout

This second painting by Gerald Cains is a smaller work, and very poignant (click on picture to ... read more.

Brisuanadon

This is the second of the works to be purchased from the ‘Crimes of Passion’ Exhibition.  Brisuanadon = ... read more.

Concrete Form II

Just over a year ago, in April 2009 members of The Friends committee attended the ‘Crimes of Passion’ ... read more.

Statue of Sir Charles Wetherell at The Red Lodge

Statue of Sir Charles Wetherell by Thomas Tyley of Bristol, 1839 stone (oolitic limestone)  (click on each ... read more.

Mahrous Abdou tapestry

Description: ‘Nile Flowers and Papyrus’ by Mahrous Abdou (born 1964), tapestry, hand-dyed wool with cotton warp, made in ... read more.

Sampler by Lucy Fripp 1830

This sampler, neatly worked in coloured silks on a wool fabric, is helpfully signed across the bottom ... read more.

Paper-cut Model of the South Front of Ashton Court cica 1834

Click to enlarge This cut-paper, wood, and watercolour model is made in an unusual technique and is a ... read more.

Coombs Plate

Description: Plate, porcelain, China, c.1730-50, repaired and marked on reverse in lustre glaze ‘Coombs Qn St Bristol 1811′. ... read more.

Two new watercolours

The Friends have recently helped purchase two new watercolours of Bristol life in the early 1800s. ‘Rownham Ferry’ ... read more.

Arthur Wilde Parsons (1854-1931)

Arthur Wilde Parsons RWA, lived in Redland, Bristol and was one of the celebrated Bristol Savages group ... read more.

Thomas and Florence Upton

This has been the year of the Smyths of Ashton Court! This pair of portraits are of ... read more.

The ‘Henbury Jug’

This painted jug is inscribed on the bottom ‘View of Diamond Cottage Henbury 1820″. It was ... read more.

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