art gallery
An art gallery is a room or a building in which visual art is displayed. In Western cultures from the mid-15th century, a gallery was any long, narrow covered passage along a wall, first used in the sense of a place for art in the 1590s. The long ...
in
St James's
St James's is a district of Westminster, and a central district in the City of Westminster, London, forming part of the West End of London, West End. The area was once part of the northwestern gardens and parks of St. James's Palace and much of ...
, central
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...
,
England
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. The gallery specializes in British art, with a focus on works from the
St Ives group
The St Ives School refers to a group of artists living and working in the Cornish town of St Ives.British art
The art of the United Kingdom refers to all forms of visual art in or associated with the country since the formation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 and encompasses English art, Scottish art, Welsh art and Irish art, and forms part ...
, mainly art since
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
, particularly paintings and sculptures by
St Ives School
The St Ives School refers to a group of artists living and working in the Cornish town of St Ives. It also represents
contemporary art
Contemporary art is a term used to describe the art of today, generally referring to art produced from the 1970s onwards. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a ...
ists, holding regular group and solo exhibitions of artists including
Robert Fogell
Robert Fogell (born 1963) is a British sculptor, conservator-restorer, and art gallery owner.
Fogell trained in sculpture conservation under the artist Paul Giudici. His initial interest was in classical and modern stone sculpture. He has unde ...
Keith Milow
Keith Milow (born 29 December 1945) is a British artist. He grew up in Baldock, Hertfordshire, and lived in New York City (1980–2002) and Amsterdam (2002–2014), now lives in London. He is an abstract sculptor, painter and printmaker. His wor ...
London Art Fair
The London Art Fair (LAF) is an annual contemporary art fair held at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London.
Overview
The fair displays modern British and contemporary art, from the early 20th century onwards, presented by galleries ...
and the
British Art Fair
British Art Fair is a London-based art fair presenting modern, post-war and contemporary British art.
The fair was founded by Gay Hutson in 1988, and most of the major names in British art in the 20th and 21st centuries have been represented. ...
.
The gallery is a
private limited company
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. It is owned and run by Stephen and Sylvia Paisnel.
History
The gallery was originally founded in 1977 as the Paisnel Gallery. It was first on
Fulham Road
Fulham Road is a street in London, England, which comprises the A304 and part of the A308.
Overview
Fulham Road ( the A219) runs from Putney Bridge as "Fulham High Street" and then eastward to Fulham Broadway, in the London Borough of Hamm ...
,
London SW6
The SW (South Western) postcode area, also known as the London SW postcode area, is a group of 20 postcode districts within the London post town in England. The area comprises the South Western operational district (covering the subdivisions of ...
, before moving to 22
Mason's Yard
Mason's Yard is a Squares in London, square in London SW postcode area#SW1, SW1, England.
Overview
Mason's Yard is a Squares in London, square or cul-de-sac on the east side of Duke Street, St James's, Duke Street in the St James's area of Londo ...
,
London SW1
The SW (South Western) postcode area, also known as the London SW postcode area, is a group of 20 postcode districts within the London post town in England. The area comprises the South Western operational district (covering the subdivisions of ...
, in the early 1990s. The gallery was established at 9
Bury Street
Bury Street is a one-way street in St James's, London SW1.
It runs roughly north-to-south from Jermyn Street to Queen Street, London, King Street, and crosses Ryder Street. Street history
Probably taking its name from Bury St Edmunds, Rushbr ...
, London SW1, in 2006, hence its name.
The gallery changed its name to "The Nine British Art" in 2018. Since 2024, the gallery has been located in Pall Mall, London SW1.
Exhibited artists
The following selected artists have been exhibited at and had artworks handled by the gallery:
* Trevor Bell
*
Sandra Blow
Sandra Betty Blow (14 September 1925 – 22 August 2006) was an English abstract painter and one of the pioneers of the British abstract movement of the 1950s. Blow's works are characteristically large scale, colourful abstract collages made f ...
*
Frank Bowling
Sir Richard Sheridan Patrick Michael Aloysius Franklin Bowling ''('' Richard Sheridan Franklin Bowling;
born 26 February 1934), known as Frank Bowling, is a British artist who was born in British Guiana. He is particularly renowned for his larg ...
John Bratby
John Randall Bratby RA (19 July 1928 – 20 July 1992) was an English painter who founded the kitchen sink realism style of art that was influential in the late 1950s. He made portraits of his family and celebrities. His works were seen in tele ...
Prunella Clough
Prunella Clough (14 November 1919 – 26 December 1999) was a prominent British artist. She is known mostly for her paintings, though she also made prints and created assemblages of collected objects. She was awarded the Jerwood Prize for pain ...
*
Maurice Cockrill
Professor Maurice Cockrill, (8 October 1936 – 1 December 2013) was a British painter and poet.
Born in Hartlepool, County Durham, he studied at Wrexham School of Art, North East Wales, then Denbigh Technical College and later the Univers ...
*
John Copnall
John Bainbridge Copnall (1928–2007) was an English artist best known for his abstract expressionist painting of richly coloured stylised realism, often on a grand scale. He was also a teacher of painting for twenty years at the Central School ...
*
Alan Davie
James Alan Davie (28 September 1920 – 5 April 2014) was a Scottish painter and musician.
Biography
Davie was born in Grangemouth, Scotland in 1920, the son of Elizabeth (née Turnbull) and James William Davie, an art teacher and painter who ...
*
Robyn Denny
Edward Maurice FitzGerald "Robyn" Denny (3 October 1930 – 20 May 2014) was one of a group of young artists who transformed British art in the late 1950s, leading it into the international mainstream. Reacting against the mainstream St Ives S ...
Robert Fogell
Robert Fogell (born 1963) is a British sculptor, conservator-restorer, and art gallery owner.
Fogell trained in sculpture conservation under the artist Paul Giudici. His initial interest was in classical and modern stone sculpture. He has unde ...
Terry Frost
Sir Terence Ernest Manitou Frost RA (13 October 1915 – 1 September 2003) was a British abstract artist, who worked in Newlyn, Cornwall. Frost was renowned for his use of the Cornish light, colour and shape to start a new art movement in ...
William Gear
William Gear RA RBSA (2 August 1915 – 27 February 1997) was a Scottish painter, most notable for his abstract compositions.
Early life
Gear was born in Methil in south-east Fife, Scotland, the son of Janet (1886-1955) and Porteous Gea ...
*
Frederick Gore
Frederick John Pym Gore CBE RA (8 November 1913 – 31 August 2009), was an English painter.
Biography
Gore was born into the world of art; his father, Spencer Frederick Gore, was a painter, President of the Camden Town Group until his earl ...
*
Adrian Heath
Adrian Paul Heath (born 11 January 1961) is an English football manager and former player. He most recently served as head coach of Major League Soccer club Minnesota United until October 2023. As a player, he is best known for his six season ...
*
Barbara Hepworth
Dame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth (10 January 1903 – 20 May 1975) was an English artist and sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism and in particular modern sculpture. Along with artists such as Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo, Hepworth was a leadin ...
*
Patrick Heron
Patrick Heron (30 January 1920 – 20 March 1999) was a British abstract and figurative artist, critic, writer, and polemicist, who lived in Zennor, Cornwall.
Heron was recognised as one of the leading painters of his generation. Influenced ...
*
Ivon Hitchens
Ivon Hitchens (born London, 3 March 1893 – 29 August 1979) was an English painter who started exhibiting during the 1920s. He became part of the 'London Group' of artists and exhibited with them during the 1930s. His house was bombed in 1940 d ...
Peter Lanyon
George Peter Lanyon (8 February 1918 – 31 August 1964) was a British painter of landscapes leaning heavily towards abstraction. Lanyon was one of the most important artists to emerge in post-war Britain. Despite his early death at the ag ...
*
Keith Milow
Keith Milow (born 29 December 1945) is a British artist. He grew up in Baldock, Hertfordshire, and lived in New York City (1980–2002) and Amsterdam (2002–2014), now lives in London. He is an abstract sculptor, painter and printmaker. His wor ...
Henry Moore
Henry Spencer Moore (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was an English artist. He is best known for his semi-abstract art, abstract monumental Bronze sculpture, bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art. Moore ...
*
John Plumb John Plumb may be:
* John Plumb (painter) (1927–2008), British abstract painter
* John Plumb (politician) (1846–1891), Australian politician
* John F. Plumb, American aerospace engineer and politician
* John H. Plumb (1911–2001), British hi ...
*
Graham Sutherland
Graham Vivian Sutherland (24 August 1903 – 17 February 1980) was a prolific English artist. Notable for his paintings of abstract landscapes and for his portraits of public figures, Sutherland also worked in other media, including printmakin ...
*
Julian Trevelyan
Julian Otto Trevelyan (20 February 1910 – 12 July 1988) was an English artist and poet.
Early life
Trevelyan was the only child to survive to adulthood of Robert Calverley Trevelyan and his wife Elizabeth van der Hoeven. His grandfather wa ...
*
John Tunnard
John Samuel Tunnard (7 May 1900 – 12 December 1971) was an English modernist designer and abstract painter, and anti-hunting activist. He was the cousin of landscape architect Christopher Tunnard.
Life
Tunnard was born in Sandy, Bedfordshi ...
Keith Vaughan
John Keith Vaughan (23 August 1912 – 4 November 1977), was a British painter. His work is held in the collections of the Government Art Collection, National Galleries Scotland, National Portrait Gallery, Tate and Victoria and Albert Museum in t ...
*
Brian Wall
Brian Wall is a British-born American sculptor now living in California. His work consists mainly of abstract welded steel constructions, and his career stretches over six decades. He has had numerous solo shows, and his sculptures reside in man ...
*
Billie Waters
Phyllis Mary Waters (6 April 1896 – 1979), known as Billie Waters was a British artist.
Biography
Waters was born in Richmond, Surrey and studied art at the Heatherley School of Fine Art and then at the Grosvenor School of Modern Art. From ...
*
Frank Avray Wilson
Frank Avray Wilson (3 May 1914 – 1 January 2009) was a British artist, author and vegetarian. He was one of the first British artists to use Tachist or action painting techniques.
Bryan Wynter
Brayane Herbert Wynter (8 September 1915 – 2 February 1975)
The gallery produces print and digital publications to accompany its exhibitions, with its online catalogues freely available via the
Issuu
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electronic publishing platform. Examples of exhibition publications include:
* ''On View at Pall Mall'' (2024)
* ''Modern British & Contemporary'' (2023)
* ''Leigh Davis – Pushing Boundaries'' (2022)
* ''St Ives Modern British Contemporary'' (2021)
* ''Leigh Davis – Further into Abstraction'' (2021)
* ''Jeremy Gardiner – South by Southwest'' (2020)
* ''St Ives, Modern British, Contemporary'' (2019)
* ''Jeremy Gardiner –
Tintagel
Tintagel () or Trevena (, meaning ''Village on a Mountain'') is a civil parishes in England, civil parish and village situated on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village and nearby Tintagel Castle ...
to
Lulworth Cove
Lulworth Cove is a cove near the village of West Lulworth, on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, southern England. It is privately owned by the Weld family along with Durdle Door and the Lulworth Estate. The cove is one of the world's finest examples ...
'' (2019)
* ''Leigh Davis – A New Perspective'' (2018)
* ''St Ives & Post-War'' (2017)
* ''Gary Wragg – Still Soaring at 70'' (2017)
* ''Jeremy Gardiner – Drawn to the Coast'' (2017)
* ''40 Years On'' (2017)
* ''Jeremy Gardiner – Pillars of Light'' (2016)
* ''St Ives and Post-War'' (2016)
* ''20th Century British Art'' (2015)
* ''John Plumb – A Retrospective'' (2015)
* ''Peter Haigh – Paintings '84–'94'' (2015)
* ''20th Century British Art'' (2014)
* ''Jeremy Gardiner – Exploring the Elemental'' (2013)
* ''Sculptures of Note and Prospect'' (2013)
* ''20th Century British Art'' (2013)
* ''20th Century British Art'' (2012)
* ''Frank Avray Wilson – The Vital Years'' (2011)
* ''20th Century British Art'' (2010)