Messum's is an
art gallery
An art gallery is a room or a building in which visual art is displayed. In Western cultures from the mid-15th century, a gallery was any long, narrow covered passage along a wall, first used in the sense of a place for art in the 1590s. The lon ...
in
Bury Street
Bury Street is a one-way street in St James's, London SW1.
It runs roughly north-to-south from Jermyn Street to King Street, and crosses Ryder Street. Street history
Probably taking its name from Bury St Edmunds, Rushbrooke, the country seat ...
,
St. James's, London, with a branch in
Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Marlow (; historically Great Marlow or Chipping Marlow) is a town and civil parish within the Unitary Authority of Buckinghamshire, England. It is located on the River Thames, south-southwest of High Wycombe, west-northwest of Maidenhead and ...
and an associated gallery in
Tisbury, Wiltshire
Tisbury is a large village and civil parish approximately west of Salisbury in the English county of Wiltshire. With a population at the 2011 census of 2,253 it is a centre for communities around the upper River Nadder and Vale of Wardour. The ...
.
History
The gallery was founded by David Messum in 1963. The gallery exhibits
contemporary art
Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic com ...
and work by British
Impressionist
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...
,
modern
Modern may refer to:
History
* Modern history
** Early Modern period
** Late Modern period
*** 18th century
*** 19th century
*** 20th century
** Contemporary history
* Moderns, a faction of Freemasonry that existed in the 18th century
Phil ...
and
figurative painters and sculptors. Messum's has promoted the work of the early
Newlyn
Newlyn ( kw, Lulyn: Lu 'fleet', Lynn/Lydn 'pool') is a seaside town and fishing port (the largest fishing port in England) in south-west Cornwall, UK.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 ''Land's End''
Newlyn lies on the shore of Mount ...
and
St Ives painters.
Messum's has staged significant exhibitions of British Impressionism, and in 1985 David Messum's publishing company published ''British Impressionism: A Garden of Bright Images'' by Laura Wortley.
In 2012 a proposed development in Cork Street threatened to cause Messum's to move.
In 2016, Johnny Messum founded Messums Wiltshire, an art gallery based in the
tithe barn
A tithe barn was a type of barn used in much of northern Europe in the Middle Ages for storing rents and tithes. Farmers were required to give one-tenth of their produce to the established church. Tithe barns were usually associated with the vi ...
at
Place Farm, Tisbury
Place Farm is a complex of medieval buildings in the village of Tisbury, Wiltshire, England. They originally formed a grange of Shaftesbury Abbey. The farmhouse, the inner and outer gatehouses and the barn, reputedly the largest in England, are ...
, Wiltshire. This operates as an independent business.
Artists
Artists who have exhibited at the gallery include
William Bowyer William Bowyer may refer to:
Politicians
* William Bowyer (15th century MP), in 1411 MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme
* William Bowyer (died 1602), MP for Stafford
*William Bowyer (Keeper of the Records), MP for Westminster and Keeper of the Records in ...
,
Peter Brown,
James Dodds,
Rose Hilton
Rose Hilton née Phipps, (15 August 1931 – 19 March 2019) was a British painter living in Cornwall. Her husband said that he would be only artist in their relationship, but she achieved recognition after he died.
Life
Hilton was born in Kent, ...
,
Kurt Jackson,
Edward Piper,
John Piper[Musson, John]
John and Edward Piper
'' Country Life'', 7 June 2007. and Jeremy Annear.
References
External links
Messum's website
1963 establishments in England
Art galleries in London
Art galleries established in 1963
Contemporary art galleries in London
Buildings and structures in the City of Westminster
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