Messum's
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Messum's is one of the best known art galleries
in Cork Street
, Mayfair
, a street with a concentration of art galleries in London
, England
. It was founded by David Messum in 1963 . The gallery exhibits British Impressionist, modern and traditional paintings, as well as contemporary art
.
Notable artists whose work has been exhibited at the gallery include William Bowyer
, Peter Brown
, Rose Hilton
, Kurt Jackson
, Edward Piper
, John Piper
and Jeremy Annear
.
Founded by David Messum in 1963, Messum's have been Fine Art dealers for over 40 years; a family firm offering professional expertise and an individual service in the acquisition of fine art. The gallery is renowned for its eye in British painting from the last two centuries, and in particular for pioneering the reappraisal of British Impressionist painters. A series of ground-breaking catalogues in the 1980s culminated in the publication of “British Impressionism, A Garden of Bright Images”, the first overview of the impressionist tradition in Britain. This spirit of discovery continues and the company publishes biannually on its recent acquisitions and research to aid and enlighten the collector.
The gallery also represents some of this country's strongest figurative artists working today and promotes a tradition of fine painting that it sees as the backbone to British art through the centuries. Exhibitions of contemporary artists are almost always on view at our Cork Street gallery, and there are around 10 in the year, each accompanied by a fully illustrated and authoritative catalogue.
The company attends the major Art Fairs in England and in America, and is a member of BADA, SLAD and LAPADA trade affiliations.
Art gallery
An art gallery or art museum is a building or space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art.Museums can be public or private, but what distinguishes a museum is the ownership of a collection...
in Cork Street
Cork Street
Cork Street is a street in Mayfair in the West End of London, England. It is very well known in the British art world for the commercial art galleries that dominate the street. It is located to the north of Burlington House, which houses the Royal Academy, a leading British art institution...
, Mayfair
Mayfair
Mayfair is an area of central London, within the City of Westminster.-History:Mayfair is named after the annual fortnight-long May Fair that took place on the site that is Shepherd Market today...
, a street with a concentration of art galleries in London
London
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, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It was founded by David Messum in 1963 . The gallery exhibits British Impressionist, modern and traditional paintings, as well as contemporary art
Contemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...
.
Notable artists whose work has been exhibited at the gallery include William Bowyer
William Bowyer (artist)
William Bowyer RA is a contemporary British portrait and landscape painter, who works in a traditional manner.-Life and work:...
, Peter Brown
Peter Brown (British artist)
Peter Edward Mackenzie Brown is a British Impressionist painter popularly known as "Pete the Street" from his practice of working on location in all weathers...
, Rose Hilton
Rose Hilton
Rose Hilton née Phipps, is a painter associated with the St. Ives School. Born in Kent, in 1931, she attended the Royal College of Art in London, winning the Life Drawing and Painting prize as well as the Abbey Minor Scholarship to Rome ....
, Kurt Jackson
Kurt Jackson
Kurt Jackson is an English painter whose large canvases reflect a concern with natural history, ecology and environmental issues. Born in Blandford, Dorset, he developed an early interest in natural history and landscape. He studied zoology at St...
, Edward Piper
Edward Piper
Edward Blake Christmas Piper was an English painter.Edward Piper was the eldest son of the artist John Piper and his wife Myfanwy. He was educated at Lancing College and later studied under Howard Hodgkin at the Bath Academy of Art in Corsham and later at the Slade School in London.He produced...
, John Piper
John Piper
John Piper may refer to:* John Piper , 20th century English painter and printmaker* John Piper , 20th century BBC radio host* John Piper , 19th century lieutenant-governor of Norfolk Island...
and Jeremy Annear
Jeremy Annear
Jeremy Annear is a late generation Modern British Artist. He is married and lives with his wife, the painter Judy Buxton, and his daughter on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall. He describes himself as a European Modernist and has painted within that genre all his life...
.
Founded by David Messum in 1963, Messum's have been Fine Art dealers for over 40 years; a family firm offering professional expertise and an individual service in the acquisition of fine art. The gallery is renowned for its eye in British painting from the last two centuries, and in particular for pioneering the reappraisal of British Impressionist painters. A series of ground-breaking catalogues in the 1980s culminated in the publication of “British Impressionism, A Garden of Bright Images”, the first overview of the impressionist tradition in Britain. This spirit of discovery continues and the company publishes biannually on its recent acquisitions and research to aid and enlighten the collector.
The gallery also represents some of this country's strongest figurative artists working today and promotes a tradition of fine painting that it sees as the backbone to British art through the centuries. Exhibitions of contemporary artists are almost always on view at our Cork Street gallery, and there are around 10 in the year, each accompanied by a fully illustrated and authoritative catalogue.
The company attends the major Art Fairs in England and in America, and is a member of BADA, SLAD and LAPADA trade affiliations.