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Former art gallery in London
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The Piccadilly Gallery was a London-based art gallery that operated from 1953 until its closure in 2007.

The gallery was originally founded in 1953, as the Pilkington Gallery, by married couple Eve and Godfrey Pilkington. They were joined the following year by Christabel Briggs. The gallery ceased its operations just prior to the death of co-founder Godfrey Pilkington.

The gallery focused on exhibiting the works of figurative artists in the styles of Art Nouveau as well as 19th and 20th Century Symbolism. It promoted artists Adrian Berg as well as Max Beerbohm, Gwen John, Eric Gill and William Roberts, and hosted major exhibitions including Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, and German artist Neue.

The gallery operated from a number of West End addresses, first from a bomb-damaged premises in the Piccadilly Arcade, and then on to 16A Cork Street in 1954. In 1978, it moved to 16 Cork Street, then again in 1999 to a temporary location on Dover.

Listings of the gallery's exhibitions and correspondences are held by the Tate Modern Gallery.

References

  1. ^ "Godfrey Pilkington Obituary", The Telegraph, 14 July 2007, retrieved 6 January 2014
  2. "The Piccadilly Gallery, London | CAS". contemporaryartsociety.org. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  3. Tate Archive Uncatalogued Collections Item: TGA 200722 Piccadilly Gallery, London (PDF), p. 57, retrieved 6 January 2014
  4. Archives, The National. "The Discovery Service". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2025.

Citation

Foot, Tom (24 August 2007), "Godfrey Pilkington - Gentlemanly art dealer and director of the Piccadilly Gallery", The West End Extra, retrieved 6 January 2014

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