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Parliamentary Art Collection

Parliamentary Art Collection

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Open to the public

Public building in Central London

663 artworks

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The Parliamentary Art Collection (made up of the House of Commons and House of Lords Works of Art Collections) uniquely illustrates in paintings, sculpture and other types of artwork, the history of Parliament and British politics over the centuries. The Collection includes over 600 paintings, the majority dating from the 18th to the 21st centuries. Over the last 20 years, a contemporary collection has also been built up, which reflects the areas of the UK represented by Parliament. This has been an opportunity to support and showcase the work of living artists around the country. New works of art are actively commissioned and acquired for the Collection. Further details about the Collection can be found at www.parliament.uk/art

The Curator's Office, Department of Information Services, House of Commons, 1 Canon Row, Greater London SW1A 0AA England

curator@parliament.uk

020 7219 3157

A range of public tours, free and charged, which include the highlights of the art collection are available throughout the year. See www.parliament.uk/visiting/visiting-and-tours/ for full details. Requests to see individual artworks for research purposes should be addressed to curator@parliament.uk

http://www.parliament.uk/art

Artworks

  • Her Majesty the Queen Addressing Both Houses of Parliament on the Occasion of Her Golden Jubilee, Westminster Hall
    Her Majesty the Queen Addressing Both Houses of Parliament on the Occasion of Her Golden Jubilee, Westminster Hall Julian Barrow (1939–2013)
    Parliamentary Art Collection
  • After the Storm, Kilbarchan
    After the Storm, Kilbarchan William Birnie (1929–2006)
    Parliamentary Art Collection
  • Captain The Right Honourable Edward Algernon Fitz Roy (1869–1943), Speaker
    Captain The Right Honourable Edward Algernon Fitz Roy (1869–1943), Speaker Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (1880–1952)
    Parliamentary Art Collection
  • Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh
    Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh Christopher Miers (b.1941)
    Parliamentary Art Collection
  • The Right Honourable Denis Healey, MP
    The Right Honourable Denis Healey, MP Henry Mee (b.1955)
    Parliamentary Art Collection
  • State Opening of Parliament, House of Lords, 1960
    State Opening of Parliament, House of Lords, 1960 John Thomas Young Gilroy (1898–1985)
    Parliamentary Art Collection
  • Eilan Donan Castle, Wester Ross
    Eilan Donan Castle, Wester Ross Donald Hamilton Fraser (1929–2009)
    Parliamentary Art Collection
  • 656 more

Artists

  • Robert d'Arcy (1718–1778), 4th Earl of Holderness
    George Knapton (1698–1778)
  • Frederick Richard Pickersgill
    Frederick Richard Pickersgill (1820–1900)
  • James Reid (1823–1894), of Auchterarder and Hydepark Locomotive Works
    George Reid (1841–1913)
  • The First Snow, from the NS8 Airship over the Lammermuirs
    Alfred Egerton Cooper (1883–1974)
  • White Text
    Tom Marine (b.1956)
  • Evening at Blackwater
    John Stanley Haggan (b.1946)
  • William Wilberforce (1759–1833)
    Karl Anton Hickel (1745–1798)
  • Sir Michael Howard (b.1922)
    Anthony Palliser (b.1949)
  • William Black (1891–1959), Lord Provost of Dundee (1952–1954)
    William Oliphant Hutchison (1889–1970)
  • Michael Foot
    Robert Oskar Lenkiewicz (1941–2002)

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