St Ives and British Modernism: The George and Ann Dannatt Collection; Dorset County Museum

Well worth seeing. I will go again.

St Ives and British Modernism: The George and Ann Dannatt Collection

3rd October 2015 – 2nd January 2016

"Marking the centenary of George Dannatt's birth in 1915, this exhibition will explore one of Dorset’s most significant collections assembled by George and Ann Dannatt. The collection includes a largely unseen and newly conserved group of paintings, drawings, sculptures and prints by key figures associated with the St Ives Group of Close Artists in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, including Terry Frost, Roger Hilton, Peter Lanyon, Ben Nicholson, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham and John Tunnard. The collection is one of the most significant private collections of its type, not least because Dannatt was a friend of many of the artists, and was himself an abstract artist. A selection of his own works will be included in the display, as well as archival photographs of the Dannatts with their artist friends and rare artists' books and illustrated volumes. In addition to the St Ives Group, the collection includes works by artists associated with a poetic strain of Neo-Romanticism in Britain, including Paul Nash, David Jones, Prunella Clough and Keith Vaughan, as well as interesting prints by international artists such as Jean Arp and Eduardo Chillida".

With support from Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Mansel-Pleydell Trust,The George Dannatt Trust and the Arts Council England.