The Hampshire Catalogue: Southampton and the Isle of Wight
Discover the Paintings you Own - The Hidden Heritage of Hampshire: Southampton and the Isle of Wight revealed.
The first complete catalogue of all paintings in public ownership in the county.
Published by The Public Catalogue Foundation
Publication date: 21st March 2007.
Galleries and civic buildings in the UK probably hold the greatest publicly owned collection of oil paintings in the world. However, an alarming four in five of these paintings are not on view! Have you ever wondered what paintings lie in the storerooms of your local museums or art galleries, or hang on the walls of your council offices?
The Public Catalogue Foundation has the answer, with its acclaimed county-by-county series of catalogues: Oil Paintings in Public Ownership. The catalogues, which are available in hardback and softback, may be purchased from most participating collections and selected bookshops, and at www.thepcf.org.uk (telephone: 0870 128 3566).
Southampton and The Isle Of Wight boast an enviably broad and exciting range of 2,131 oil paintings in 21 collections. They are brought together for the first time in one handsome volume by the Public Catalogue Foundation - and each painting is illustrated in colour.
