Horsham Museum The Landscape Collection

Horsham Museum
The Landscape Collection
Ackerman, Arthur Gerald
Gerald Ackermann was in London in 1876, the son of art dealer, Arthur Ackermann. He first went
to school in Eastbourne, East Sussex and went on to study art at Heatherley’s School of Fine Art,
Westminster School of Art and eventually the Royal Academy Schools; he was an excellent and
notable student. He especially enjoyed painting in Sussex. Ackermann has had one man shows at
the Fine Art Society Gallery and the Leicester Gallery and has also exhibited at the Royal
Academy (RA), Walker’s Galleries, the Royal Institute of Great Britain (RI) and the Royal Society
of British Artists (RBA). Gerald Ackermann died in 1960.
2012.273
20th century (1900-1950) watercolour painting;
signed
recto
‘Gerald
Ackermann’;
title
‘Chanctonbury Ring from Storrington Downs’;
South Downs, West Sussex; artist Arthur G
Ackermann.
Acton, Walter Robert Stewart
Stewart Acton was born in 1879 in Brighton, East Sussex. After his education at a local grammar
school, Acton became an antiques dealer like his father. He has showed work at the Royal
Academy (RA), the Brighton Arts Club and elsewhere, and has had several solo exhibitions in
Sussex.
2005.587
20th century (1900-1950) watercolour painting;
artist Stewart Acton; landscape view of
Chanctonbury Ring on the South Downs from
Washington, West Sussex.
Bramham, John William
Born in the north of England in 1905, John Bramham trained as a fitter and attended the
Doncaster School of Art part-time for six years, after which he was awarded a bursary to the
Slade School in London. From there he became Art Master at Maidstone Grammar School. After
the war he was appointed teacher in Fine Art at the School of Art in Johannesburg, where he
remained for 15 years, exhibiting regularly at the S.A. Academy during that time. In 1960, he
returned to England and lived for 30 years with his wife Kathleen at The Studio in Storrington,
West Sussex, teaching and painting. Sadly, he lost his sight and was partially blind for the last
years of his life. He died in 1990.
08/10/2014
2004.96
20th century (1960-1980) mixed media landscape
painting, watercolour, gouache and pastel, of a
view across a field; artist John Bramham.
2009.205
20th century (1960-1990) watercolour painting of
the South Downs looking towards Amberley
chalk pits with a glimpse of the River Arun;
signed recto ‘ J W Bramham’; artist John
Bramham.
2008.386
20th century (1951-1964) watercolour painting
near Sullington, West Sussex with the South
Downs in the background; signed recto ‘J W
Bramham’; artist John Bramham.
2003.997
20th century (1971) watercolour painting of a
Morris side dancing at a Lion’s Club fete with
Chanctonbury Ring, West Sussex in the distance;
signed ‘J W Bramham, 71’; John Bramham.
2014.233
20th century (1974) oil painting by John William
Bramham; shows a view the South Downs with
Chanctonbury Ring on the top; signed recto 'J W
Bramham'.
08/10/2014
Forbes, Leyton (1882-1953)
1996.2583
20th century (1903) watercolour painting white
cart horse; signed recto 'Leyton Forbes, 03'; 'site
and date not given and 'Leyton Forbes' pencilled
on the mount.
Goodman, John Reginald (1870-1962)
John Goodman was born in St Albans Hertfordshire. He studied with prominent watercolour artist
Wilfred Ball. In 1899, Goodman married fellow artist Kathleen Dix. Goodman travelled widely
overseas working in Holland, South Africa and New South Wales, and he also visited Australia in
1913. He served in the Royal Fusiliers Northamptonshire Regiment during the Served in the First
World War having lied about his date of birth, changing it to 1878, in order to be accepted. He
served in Salonika, Greece. It is known that sometime during 1918, he was a patient in Prees
Heath Hospital, Shropshire. He has lived at various times in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire,
Sherringham, Norfolk and towards the end of his life, in Kingswood, Surrey.
2013.454
20th century (1916) watercolour painting with
scratching out by John Reginald Goodman titled
'View of a Military Camp in the Valley of the
Vardar'; signed and dated.
Guthrie, Robin
Robin Guthrie was born in Harting, West Sussex in 1902. He was the son of artist and printer
James Guthrie and his first wife was the artist Kathleen Guthrie. His second wife was Deborah
Dering. Guthrie was a painter, draughtsman, illustrator and teacher. He studied at the Slade
School of Fine Art from 1918-1922 and went on to become in the early 1930s, joint director of
painting and drawing at the School of Museum Fine Art in Boston, USA. Guthrie has exhibited at
many venues including the NEAC, of which he was a member, the Leicester Galleries, Arthur
Tooth & Sons and the Tate Gallery. His work is held by the Tate, the British Museum, the Victoria
& Albert Museum and the National Portrait Gallery. Guthrie taught at St Martin’s School of Art,
the City & Guilds School and the Royal College of Art from 1950-1952. Robin Guthrie died in
1971.
2007.88
08/10/2014
20th Century pen and wash landscape
drawing of Small Dole, West Sussex;
text recto 'To Ena From Robin Christmas
1941'; shows hills in the background
with a small clump of buildings; open
ground with wildlife in the foreground;
artist Robin Guthrie.
Harms, Edith
Edith Margaret Harms (1868-1943) was born in Horsham, one of six children to Thomas, a
plumber and painter, and Ellen Harms. The family lived at Richmond Terrace, Carfax, Horsham.
Edith later became a teacher of drawing at the Horsham School of Art. She has exhibited in Paris
and often with the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour in London.
1976.66
20th century (1910-1930) watercolour painting;
signed 'Edith M. Harms'.
1976.56
20th century (1910-1930) watercolour painting;
signed 'Edith M Harms'.
Harris, Edwin Lawson James
Edwin Harris was born on 29th August 1891 in Littlehampton, West Sussex. He was the youngest
of four children born to Henry and Marie Harris. By the age of 19, he was already established as
an artist. He was a landscape painter who exhibited from 1912 at various galleries including the
Royal Academy.
Harris was also a cricketer, as was his father, playing first class cricket for Sussex from 1922 to
1924. During the First World War he served in the Royal Sussex Regiment. In 1939, he married
Mary Edwards and they lived both in Washington near Pulborough (1946-1954) and
Littlehampton (1955-1957). Harris died on 31st July 1961 at East Preston, Sussex aged 69 years.
2004.24
08/10/2014
20th century (1943) watercolour painting titled
‘Stormy Morning over Pulborough Marshes’;
signed ‘Edwin Harris, 1943’; artist Edwin Lawson
James Harris.
2008.25
20th century (1958) watercolour painting
believed to be of Amberley Mount on the road
from Bury Hill, West Sussex; signed and dated
recto ‘Edwin Harris. ’58.
2011.257
20th century (1945-1950) watercolour painting;
title 'Houghton Bridge'; signed ‘Edwin Harris’;
artist Edwin Lawson James Harris; depicts the
River Arun with Amberley chalk pits, West
Sussex.
1994.217
20th century (1931-1949) watercolour painting; artist Edwin Lawson James
Harris; unsigned; text recto ‘Hurston Common, West Chiltington, West Sussex’;
verso downland landscape.
2008.186
20th Century watercolour painting; signed by the
artist and dated 1951; artist Edwin Lawson
James Harris.
2013.374
20th century (1951-1960) watercolour painting
entitled ‘View of a River and Bridge’; artist Edwin
Lawson James Harris; signed by the artist recto.
08/10/2014
2014.123
20th century (1940-11960) watercolour
painting by Edwin Lawson James Harris
entitled 'Coastal View with Windmill';
signed 'Edwin Harris' recto.
2013.375
20th century (1951-1960) watercolour painting
entitled ‘Cattle grazing near Arundel’; artist
Edwin Lawson James Harris; signed by the artist
recto.
Holding, Edgar Thomas
Edgar Holding was a landscape painter in oils and watercolour. He was born on 7th March 1876
Horncastle, Lincolnshire. He became a full time artist in maturity having spent some years in
business. Holding became a member of the Royal Watercolour Society, of which he was at
various times president, in 1929. He regularly exhibited at the RWS, the Royal Academy, the Fine
Art Society, the Goupil Gallery, the Walker Gallery, Liverpool amongst others. Holding lived for
many years in Sutton, near Pulborough, West Sussex. He died on 29th July 1952.
2000.1980
20th century (1920-1950) watercolour painting of
a Sussex landscape looking towards the South
Downs; artist Edgar Thomas Holding; signed
recto 'E T Holding'.
Lambert, Clement (1854-1924)
2012.96
08/10/2014
20th century (1900-1925) oil painting
of the Steyning Bowl on the South
Downs, Sussex by Clement Lambert
(1855-1925); signed indistinctly recto.
Mann, Thomas
1998.299
19th century pencil drawing; signed recto;
‘T Mann’ and dated 1850; artist Thomas Mann.
1998.159
19th century (c.1845) watercolour painting;
mountains in the background; verso text ‘Note.
My 1st Painting. Ths. Mann 1891’; signed ‘T M
Mann 1845’.
Mead, David
David Mead probably first became interested in painting when in 1910 the family
moved from London, where he was born, to Whitstable in Kent. Here he lived next
door to Daniel Sherrin, a landscape painter. Due to his encouragement David was
able to sell his watercolours when still only 12 years old.
It was not until 1946 after his war service with the Air Ministry that he began to earn
his living by painting. Before this, while working in Local Government, he continued
to study painting and in 1944 had a picture accepted by the Royal Academy (RA).
Two years later was made a Fellow of the Central Institute of Art & Design-National
Gallery. He founded the Medway Art Society and remained as President for four
years.
2005.69
08/10/2014
20th century (1946-1986) oil painting of a
landscape near Amberley, West Sussex; signed
recto ‘David Mead’.
2012.49
20th century (1990-2000) mixed media etching
with hand colouring and heightened with gilt;
text ‘Battle Over Chanctonbury'; signed recto
'Alison Milner-Gulland'; Chanctonbury Ring, West
Sussex.
Muncaster, Claude
Claude Muncaster was born on 4th July 1903 at West Chiltington, West Sussex. He was a marine
and landscape painter in oils and watercolour, particularly of topographical subjects. Muncaster
was also a lecturer and writer. He was the son of Oliver Hall, RA. He first exhibited as Grahame
Hall but, from 1923, as Claude Muncaster, changing his name by deed-poll in 1945. During the
Second World War Muncaster served in the R.N.V.R advising on camouflage. He was
commissioned to do a series of watercolour paintings of royal residences during 1946–7. His
publications include Rolling Round the Horn, 1933 and Landscape and Marine Painting, 1958.
Claude Muncaster died in 1974.
1997.2772
20th century (1951-1960) watercolour painting;
artist Claude Muncaster; South Downs viewed
from the top of Bury Hill looking towards
Amberley, West Sussex; unsigned.
Savage, Ernest G
2010.22
20th century (1955-1975) watercolour painting of
a Sussex landscape with the South Downs in the
distance; signed recto ‘Ernest Savage’; verso
‘Floods Near Pulborough’.
Shrewsbury, J B
2010.38
08/10/2014
20th century (1930-1940) watercolour painting;
artist former curator J B Shrewsbury; signed
recto.
1999.806
Watercolour painting of a landscape; line of blue
hills in the far distance; lines of trees in the midground with a clump of larger trees to the right;
signed recto 'J B Shrewsbury'; titled verso 'By the
Arun'.
Stevens, Audrey G
2012.218
20th century (1996-97) hand tinted etching;
original artist Audrey G Stevens; title 'Amberley
Museum'; signed recto.
Trent, N A
2011.316
20th century (1931) oil painting; artist N A Trent
title 'Amberley from Bury Hill'; depicts the South
Downs, Amberley Chalk Pits and the River Arun;
signed and dated recto.
Williams, H
20th century (1931) watercolour painting
with ink by Hubert Williams entitled 'A
View of the Wild Brooks'; signed and
dated recto by the artist.
08/10/2014
Winder, J G
2011.321
20th century watercolour painting; artist J G
Winder; depicts a view of the South Downs
looking towards the sea; Arundel Castle in the
background; signed recto; date unknown.
Unknown Artists
1997.2990
19th century (1860-1880) watercolour painting of Horsham from Denne Hill
showing the spire of St Mary’s Parish Church in the distance; unsigned.
1997.618
20th century (1901-1920) watercolour painting;
view of the Denne Park estate, Horsham;
unsigned.
1997.2666
19th century (c.1800-1820) pencil drawing of a
view of Horsham town from Denne Hill with St
Mary’s Parish Church spire in the background;
text verso 'Horsham looking N. about 1800';
unsigned.
08/10/2014
1996.272
19th century (1840-1850) print of Horsham from
Denne Park with St. Mary's Parish Church in the
distance; text verso 'General View of Horsham
looking North pre-restoration of Church. Denne
Park and deer in the foreground. (Before the
building of St Mark's)’.
1996.1130
19th century (1820-1830) print of Horsham town
with the spire of St Mary’s Parish Church; printed
‘S Straker, Lith; 118 Bishopsgate, London',
'Horsham from Denne Park' and 'pre 1825'.
1997.617
20th century (1900-1920) pencil drawing; text
'Possibly a view from the south, of Horsham
parish church (steeple) and St Mark's (steeple);
unsigned.
1996.1440
19th century engraved print of Horsham from
Denne Park with St Mary’s Parish Church in the
distance; text 'Horsham From Denne Park', 'Pub
by F Clarke' and 'Eng by I Newman'.
1997.621
20th century (1910-1930) watercolour painting;
text verso 'Seat by tree Denne Park overlooking
Cricket Ground. Cricket field not shown but
would be in the foreground, and not included in
the picture'; unsigned'.
08/10/2014
1997.367
19th century pen and ink drawing of a landscape
depicting a bridge; text recto 'Near Horsham,
May 11th 1805'.
1930.318
19th century (1820) print of Shillinglee Park; text
‘Contributed by the Rt. Hon. Earl of Winterton';
engraved by M S Barenger.
2011.145.1
19th century (1871) watercolour painting of a view looking towards
Chanctonbury Ring and the South Downs; Ashington village church in the
foreground; artist unknown; text 'Ashington Church, 1871'.
2012.277.6
19th century print; text 'Warnham Court the Seat
of H Tredcroft Esq', 'T Henwood Del.', 'D
Wolstenholm Sculp' and 'Gad & Co Printers,
London'.
2014.93
20th century (1920-1940) watercolour painting of
a rural Sussex view by J B Shrewsbury; signed
by the artist recto; artist former curator of
Horsham Museum.
08/10/2014
2014.94
08/10/2014
20th century (1920-1940) Watercolour painting of
a rural Sussex view by J B Shrewsbury;
unsigned; artist former curator of Horsham
Museum.