Colchester Art Collection
The Colchester art collection focuses on the local area. It represents...
Colchester Art Collection
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People discussing art in the Wolsey Art Gallery, Ipswich
What?
Do you have any pictures in your house? Or saved on your mobile phone? What do you think they say about you? Art can be a visual record of our lives and a creative response to the world around us. The human instinct to create and express our imagination has been with us for thousands of years.
Where?
The art collections in Colchester are housed in Hollytrees Museum and the Museum Resource Centre.
The majority of the art collections on display in Ipswich can be found in the Wolsey Art Gallery in Christchurch Mansion
Who?
Emma Roodhouse - Art Curator
Thomas Gainsborough
Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) Thomas Gainsborough was born in...
Thomas Gainsborough
John Constable
John Constable (1776-1837) John Constable was born and lived in the...
John Constable