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The
Walker Art Gallery is an art gallery in
Liverpool, which houses one of the largest art collections in England, outside of
London. It is promoted as "the
National Gallery of the North".
History
The Walker Art Gallery was designed by local architects Cornelius Sherlock and H.H. Vale it opened in
1877, it's named for its founding benefactor,
Sir Andrew Barclay Walker (1824-1893), a former mayor of Liverpool and wealthy
brewer born in
Ayrshire who expanded the family business to
England and moved to live in
Gateacre.
The Walker Art Gallery is located on
William Brown Street (the only street in the UK to consist of nothing other than Museums, Galleries and Libraries) in a neo-Classical building.
It houses a collection including many Italian and Netherlandish paintings from 1350–1550, European art from 1550–1900 including works by
Rembrandt,
Poussin and
Degas, 18th and 19th century British art, including a major collection of Victorian painting and many
Pre-Raphaelite works, a wide collection of prints, drawings and watercolours, 20th century works by artists such as
Lucian Freud,
David Hockney and
Gilbert and George and a major sculpture collection.
The Gallery holds the
John Moores painting exhibition every year, with a regular programme of temporary exhibitions which has recently included
Rossetti,
Holbein's Henry VIII and
Heath Robinson. In 2004, it staged
The Stuckists Punk Victorian, the first national museum exhibition of the
Stuckist art movement.
The Gallery also takes part in the
Liverpool Biennial.
The neighbouring area includes the
William Brown Library,
World Museum Liverpool,
St. George's Hall,
Wellington's Column,
Lime Street Station and the entrance to the
Queensway Tunnel. The other major art gallery in Liverpool is
Tate Liverpool, at the
Albert Dock, which houses modern art.
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