Name
 

The Hatton Gallery
 

Address
 

The Hatton Gallery
The Quadrangle
University of Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
 

Notes
 

The Hatton Gallery was founded in 1925 in honour of Professor Richard George Hatton, professor of what was then, the King Edward VII School of Art, Armstrong College, Durham University. Following its formal constitution, the Hatton maintained its relationship with the School of Art, which subsequently became the Department of Fine Art, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

The permanent collection had its origins in a small collection of 19th Century art works which were housed in the old school of art; it included Portrait of Cozens Way, by Alphonse Legros. In 1919 the Charlton Bequest, made by George Frederick Charlton, expanded the collection considerably. This consisted of watercolours, drawings, prints and oil paintings made by the turn of the century watercolourist, William Henry Charlton. In the 1920s, these works were passed on to the Hatton, and were complimented by donations from Professor Hatton, of Indian Miniatures and Burgkmair's Triumphal Procession.

Between the 1940s and 60s, under the guidance of a distinguished series of professors such as Lawrence Gowing, and art historians such as Ralph Holland, the Fine Art Department acquired paintings ranging from the Renaissance to Modern European works, which form the core of the collection today.

From the 1950s to 80s a large body of contemporary British work was donated by the Contemporary Art Society, and in addition, several important bequests were made including the Bosanquet Collection of European Textiles (dating from the 18th to 20th Century), and the Hall bequest of Baxter and Victorian Prints. In 1965, perhaps the most important donation to the gallery, of the internationally renowned Elterwater Merzbarn by Kurt Schwitters, came from Harry Pierce, and in 1984 Fred and Diana Uhlman donated their collection of West African Sculpture; both are on permanent display in the gallery.

A very generous personal gift from the late Dame Catherine Cookson in the 1990s and continued support from arts funds and the Friends of the Hatton, has ensured that the gallery will continue to expand its collection, develop its education programme and provide exciting, innovative, high quality exhibitions in the future.

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