Plymouth & Torbay

August 2013
This catalogue contains over 1,200 full colour images within 204 pages. The dimensions are 29.5 x 23.5 cm and the catalogues typically weigh between 1.8 - 2.8 kg.

This catalogue brings together some 1,200 oil paintings from 16 publicly-owned collections across Plymouth and Torbay, a borough of Devon spanning the towns of Torquay, Paignton and Brixham. The largest collection is that of Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery with over 900 paintings spanning the sixteenth to twenty-first centuries. Torre Abbey boasts another large and important collection particularly rich in nineteenth-century works that reflect the taste of Torquay’s genteel families of the period. The collections of Plymouth and Torbay include many works by prominent local artists such as Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Luny, James Northcote, William Widgery, and the contemporary Robert Lenkiewicz. The collections are mixed and varied, inspired by Devon’s rich and rugged coastal landscapes and the people who have inhabited them.

Collections included

Brixham Heritage Museum; Brixham Maritime and Coastguard Agency; Mount Tamar School; Oldway Mansion, Torbay Council; Paignton Hospital; Plymouth Athenaeum; Plymouth City Council: Museum and Art Gallery; Plymouth National Marine Aquarium; Rowcroft Hospice; The Lenkiewicz Foundation; Torbay Hospital; Torquay Museum; Torquay Town Hall, Torbay Council; Torre Abbey Historic House and Gallery; University of Plymouth; University of St Mark & St John