Valence House holds a small collection of abstract artworks. This number significantly increased in 2021 with a donation of works by a local artist who experimented with the abstract style during the 1960s and 70s. The majority of these artworks have never been displayed before.

35 artworks
  • Throughout April 2022 the BBC’s nationwide Art That Made Us Festival celebrates creativity. It coincides with the broadcast of a major new BBC television series exploring our creative history. Valence House is just one of the many museums, libraries, archives and galleries across the UK proudly working with the BBC to give the public an opportunity to explore some of the country’s astounding art collections.


    This online curation of abstract artworks held by Valence House forms part of the Art That Made Us Festival.


  • Beach Life, St Cyprien

    Beach Life, St Cyprien 1976
    Colin Campbell (active 1970s)
    Oil on hardboard
    H 72 x W 79 cm
    Valence House Museum

  • Eastbury House, Doorways and Stairwells, Summer '94

    Eastbury House, Doorways and Stairwells, Summer '94 1994
    Paula Caiger (b.1967)
    Pastel on paper
    H 85 x W 69.2 cm
    Valence House Museum

  • Dagenham Breach

    Dagenham Breach 1963
    Harry Cunningham (active 1960s)
    Oil on board
    H 49 x W 60 cm
    Valence House Museum

  • Rose Lane Farm



  • A Coffee Pot

    A Coffee Pot 1983
    Michael (Mick) Finch (b.1957)
    Oil on canvas
    H 61 x W 45.5 cm
    Valence House Museum

  • Untitled landscape

    A Landscape 1986
    Michael (Mick) Finch (b.1957)
    Oil on board
    H 85 x W 125 cm
    Valence House Museum

  • Untitled landscape

    A Landscape 1986
    Michael (Mick) Finch (b.1957)
    Oil on board
    H 85 x W 121.5 cm
    Valence House Museum

  • Untitled landscape

    A Landscape 1986
    Michael (Mick) Finch (b.1957)
    Oil on board
    H 97 x W 83.5 cm
    Valence House Museum

  • The Face



  • St. Margaret's bay



  • Untitled landscape

    Possibly St. Margaret's Bay



  • Untitled ink study



  • Untitled study of a roof



  • Untitled landscape



  • Untitled landscape



  • Torcross, Devon



  • Untitled landscape



  • Torcross, Devon



  • Untitled landscape



  • Untitled landscape



  • Irish Castle



  • Untitled landscape



  • Acid Cliff



  • Hedgerow



  • Connemara landscape



  • Untitled study

    Abstract Composition* 1960–1975
    Clive Kidder (b.1930)
    Watercolour on paper
    Valence House Museum
    Abstract Composition*
    © Valence House Museum. Image credit: Valence House Museum

  • Untitled landscape



  • Untitled study



  • Field Folds



  • Untitled study



  • Untitled study



  • Untitled study



  • Man in space



  • Blackpool Sands. Devon



  • Untitled triptych