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In order to remain solvent, in July 2017, the Board of Directors at the Berkshire Museum announced a plan to sell the most significant portion of their art collection including two Norman Rockwell paintings, Blacksmith's Boy – Heel and Toe (Shaftsbury Blacksmith Shop) (1940) and Shuffleton's Barbershop (1950), which were given to the museum by Norman Rockwell himself.
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John Nash (1893–1977) 20th-century painter and war artist. Frederick Noad (1929–2001) guitarist, lutenist, author, and teacher. Gregory Norminton (1976–) novelist. George Orwell (1903–1950) author of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four (Easter Term 1917 only, in May 1917 he became a King's Scholar at Eton)
Stanley Spencer was born in Cookham, Berkshire, the eighth surviving child of William and Anna Caroline Spencer (née Slack). [4] His father, usually known as Par, was a music teacher and church organist. Stanley's younger brother, Gilbert Spencer (1892–1979), also became a notable artist, known principally for his landscape paintings. The ...
This list of museums in Berkshire, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The Stanley Spencer Gallery is an art museum in the South of England dedicated to the life and work of the artist Stanley Spencer. It was opened in 1962 and is located in the Thameside village of Cookham, Berkshire where the artist was born and spent much of his life. The gallery's collection comprises over 100 paintings and drawings, which ...
Henrietta 'Hetty' Lawes (October 1861 - March 1947) was a British artist and archaeologist, best known for illustrating Egyptian artefacts and assisting with the excavations at Hu, Egypt, led by Egyptologists Hilda Petrie and Flinders Petrie in 1899. Lawes later bequeathed numerous Egyptian artefacts and books about Egypt to the Ure Museum of ...
Artists from Reading, Berkshire (21 P) Pages in category "Artists from Berkshire" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.