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The Whitworth

The Whitworth, The University of Manchester

Open to the public

Museum or gallery in Greater Manchester

356 artworks

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Throughout its history, the Whitworth has aimed to be a great gallery in a great city. It was founded more than 120 years ago as a source of pleasure and enjoyment for the citizens of Manchester and to provide opportunities for all to learn about the visual arts. The Whitworth houses collections of international significance including outstanding works on paper, ranging from Renaissance prints to British landscape watercolours, and modern and contemporary work by artists from Picasso to Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon and Tracey Emin. The holdings of fine art are matched in terms of interest and importance by large collections of world textiles and wallpapers.

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Oxford Road, Manchester, Greater Manchester M15 6ER England

whitworth@manchester.ac.uk

0161 275 7450

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http://www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/

Artworks

  • Wigan Street
    Wigan Street Theodore Major (1908–1999)
    The Whitworth
  • Fragment C. P. No. 6 (Mappin)
    Fragment C. P. No. 6 (Mappin) Tom Phillips (1937–2022)
    The Whitworth
  • Single Figure in a Landscape
    Single Figure in a Landscape Patrick Procktor (1936–2003)
    The Whitworth
  • Torso
    Torso Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975)
    The Whitworth
  • Cat
    Cat Elisabeth Frink (1930–1993)
    The Whitworth
  • Two Piece Reclining Figure: Maquette No. 6
    Two Piece Reclining Figure: Maquette No. 6 Henry Moore (1898–1986)
    The Whitworth
  • Beast XXI
    Beast XXI Lynn Chadwick (1914–2003)
    The Whitworth
  • 349 more

Artists

  •
    Ben Wilson (b.1963)
  • Effervescence
    Brendan Neiland (b.1941)
  • An Oriental Interior (A Startling Account, Constantinople)
    John Frederick Lewis (1804–1876)
  • The Homely Protestant…
    Adam Lowe (b.1959)
  • The Whitworth Park Obelisk
    Cyprien Gaillard (b.1980)
  • Landscape with a Cottage and a Brook
    Patrick Nasmyth (1787–1831)
  • Float
    Derek Boshier (b.1937)
  • Three Bob a Week
    Stephen Conroy (b.1964)
  • Going to the Fair
    Thomas George Webster (1800–1886)
  • Winged Figures
    Lynn Chadwick (1914–2003)

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Venues in Greater Manchester

  •
    Abney Hall
  • Altrincham Town Hall
  • Ashton Town Hall
  • Astley Cheetham Art Gallery
  • Bolton Museum and Art Gallery
  • Bolton Town Hall
  • Bramall Hall
  • Bury Art Museum
  • Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Chetham's Library