Southwark Art CollectionSouthwark Culture and Heritage Services currently cares for the Southwark Art Collection which was formally housed at the  South London Gallery. The South London Gallery became an independent charitable trust in October 2003.
The collection contains a variety of fine art including approximately 250 Victorian oil and water-colour paintings and around 2000 works on paper, including prints. The works on paper are mainly local and topographical. The prints are particularly important, being a largely unique collection of contemporary British print making from the 1950s and 1960s. The collection also includes contemporary art by artists connected with South London.
Artists represented within the collection include
- Honore Daumier
- Christopher Le Brun
- William Hogarth
- William De Morgan
- Walter Crane
- Ford Madox Brown
- John Piper
- Austin O Spare
- David Coster
- Peter Blake
- Elizabeth Blackadder
Southwark Culture and Heritage Services is currently working towards raising funds for a large project which will improve access to the collection. In the meantime the collection is frequently included in exhibitions at the Cuming Museum and at the Livesey Museum for Children. The collection is searchable via the Southwark Collections Online database.
To see information about two previous exhibitions held at the Cuming Museum that featured important parts of the Southwark Art Collection see the Southwark Art Collection Previous Exhibitions page.
For inquiries about the Southwark Art Collection contact Chris Jordan on 020 7525 3795 or email christopher.jordan@southwark.gov.uk.
Contact us
Chris Jordan
Collections assistant
Tel: 020 7525 3795
christopher.jordan@southwark.gov.uk
151 Walworth Road
London
SE17 1RS
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