Pallant House Gallery in Chichester has been referred to by the Guardian as 'Second only to the Tate for Modern British Art'. Largely formed of donations from a series of collectors, namely Walter Hussey, Charles Kearley and Sir Colin Wilson and MJ Long, Lady Wilson, it combines the story of Modern British Art alongside artworks by major artists working in France and beyond in the Twentieth Century, and is brought together in an 18th Century Queen Anne townhouse with a contemporary extension. Part Two, covering from Ron Kitaj to Christopher Wood.

Artists featured in this Curation: Ronald Brooks Kitaj (1932–2007), Laura Knight (1877–1970), Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980), Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945), Henry Lamb (1883–1960), Mark Lancaster (1938–2021), Marie Laurencin (1883–1956), Edward Morland Lewis (1903–1943), Fernand Léger (1881–1955), Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887–1976), and 50 more
60 artworks
  • R. B. Kitaj (1932–2007)

    The Architects 1981
    Ronald Brooks Kitaj (1932–2007)
    Oil on canvas
    H 153 x W 122.2 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    The Architects
    © the estate of R. B. Kitaj. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Laura Knight (1877–1970)

    Gilding the Lily
    Laura Knight (1877–1970)
    Etching on paper
    H 29.5 x W 19.2 cm
    Pallant House Gallery

  • Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980)

    Tulips in a Tin Jug 1958
    Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980)
    Watercolour on paper
    H 63 x W 47.5 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Tulips in a Tin Jug
    © Foundation Oskar Kokoschka/DACS 2023. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945)

    Gesenkter Frauenkopf (Study of a Woman with Head Bent) 1905
    Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945)
    Soft ground etching on paper
    H 38 x W 32 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Gesenkter Frauenkopf (Study of a Woman with Head Bent)
    Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Henry Lamb (1883–1960)

    Plums on a Dish 1939
    Henry Lamb (1883–1960)
    Oil on canvas
    H 41 x W 51 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Plums on a Dish
    © estate of Henry Lamb / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Mark Lancaster (1938–2021)

    Post-Warhol Souvenir Marilyn (10–12 Nov. 1987) 1987
    Mark Lancaster (1938–2021)
    Oil on canvas
    H 30.5 x W 25.4 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Post-Warhol Souvenir Marilyn (10–12 Nov. 1987)
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Marie Laurencin (1883–1956)

    Depuis ce jour fatal (Since that Fatal Day) 1912
    Marie Laurencin (1883–1956)
    Etching on paper
    H 24.7 x W 19.6 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Depuis ce jour fatal (Since that Fatal Day)
    © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2023. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Edward Morland Lewis (1903–1943)

    Carmarthen Bay 1937
    Edward Morland Lewis (1903–1943)
    Oil on canvas
    H 51 x W 60 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Carmarthen Bay
    Image credit: Bridgeman Images

  • Fernand Léger (1881–1955)

    L'engrenage rouge – Nature morte en rouge et bleu (The Red Gear – Still Life in Red and Blue) 1939
    Fernand Léger (1881–1955)
    Oil on canvas
    H 49.2 x W 64.2 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    L'engrenage rouge – Nature morte en rouge et bleu (The Red Gear – Still Life in Red and Blue)
    © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2024. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887–1976)

    Going to the Mill 1925
    Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887–1976)
    Oil on wood panel
    H 43.2 x W 53.4 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Going to the Mill
    © The Estate of L.S. Lowry. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Leroy Leveson Laurent Joseph de Maistre (1894–1968)

    Christ Falls the First Time c.1947
    Leroy Leveson Laurent Joseph de Maistre (1894–1968)
    Oil on canvas
    H 41.4 x W 31.1 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Christ Falls the First Time
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Robert MacBryde (1913–1966)

    Apples on Paper
    Robert MacBryde (1913–1966)
    Oil on board
    H 30 x W 39.5 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Apples on Paper
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Margarete Marks (1899–1990)

    Untitled (Embracing Figures) 1923
    Margarete Marks (1899–1990)
    Pencil on paper
    Pallant House Gallery
    Untitled (Embracing Figures)
    © estate of Margarete Marks. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Leslie Marr (1922–2021)

    Cirque de Navacelles, France
    Leslie Marr (1922–2021)
    Oil on canvas
    H 76.2 x W 69.9 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Cirque de Navacelles, France
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Henri Matisse (1869–1954)

    The Dancer 1949
    Henri Matisse (1869–1954)
    Colour lithograph on paper
    H 80 x W 100 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    The Dancer
    © Succession H. Matisse/ DACS 2024. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • F. E. McWilliam (1909–1992)

    Study for 'Puy de Dôme' Figure I 1961
    F. E. McWilliam (1909–1992)
    Bronze
    H 20.5 x W 36.5 x D 15 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Study for 'Puy de Dôme' Figure I
    © copyright of the FE McWilliam Estate. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Bernard Meninsky (1891–1950)

    On the Beach, Spanish Bathers 1936
    Bernard Meninsky (1891–1950)
    Oil on canvas
    H 15.2 x W 30.5 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    On the Beach, Spanish Bathers
    Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Jean Metzinger (1883–1956)

    L'échafaudage c.1915–1916
    Jean Metzinger (1883–1956)
    Oil on canvas
    H 27.2 x W 35.2 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    L'échafaudage
    © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2023. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • John Minton (1917–1957)

    David Tindle (b.1932), as a Boy 1952
    John Minton (1917–1957)
    Oil on canvas
    H 35.8 x W 25.4 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    David Tindle (b.1932), as a Boy
    © Royal College of Art / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Dhruva Mistry (b.1957)

    Regarding Guardian 2 1985
    Dhruva Mistry (b.1957)
    Plaster
    H 123 x W 65 x D 123 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Regarding Guardian 2
    © the artist. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Denis Adeane Mitchell (1912–1993)

    Gorran 1968
    Denis Adeane Mitchell (1912–1993)
    Bronze
    H 45.4 x W 11.5 x D 11.8 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Gorran
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Henry Moore (1898–1986)

    Suckling Child 1930
    Henry Moore (1898–1986)
    Alabaster
    H 23 x W 20 x D 13 cm
    Pallant House Gallery

  • Cedric Lockwood Morris (1889–1982)

    French Partridge 1934
    Cedric Lockwood Morris (1889–1982)
    Oil on panel
    H 8.9 x W 12.2 cm
    Pallant House Gallery

  • Georg Muche (1895–1987)

    Komposition in vier Akzenten 1920
    Georg Muche (1895–1987)
    Oil on canvas
    H 59.4 x W 45.7 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Komposition in vier Akzenten
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • John Northcote Nash (1893–1977)

    The Lake, Chicknell 1952
    John Northcote Nash (1893–1977)
    Oil on canvas
    H 63 x W 76 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    The Lake, Chicknell
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Paul Nash (1889–1946)

    Landscape Composition (Objects in Relation) 1934
    Paul Nash (1889–1946)
    Tempera on hardboard
    H 13 x W 15.5 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Landscape Composition (Objects in Relation)
    Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Ben Nicholson (1894–1982)

    1946 (Still Life – Cerulean) 1946
    Ben Nicholson (1894–1982)
    Oil on canvas over board
    H 61.5 x W 63 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    1946 (Still Life – Cerulean)
    © Angela Verren Taunt. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • E. Q. Nicholson (1908–1992)

    The View From the Garden at Blagdon c.1950
    E. Q. Nicholson (1908–1992)
    Oil on canvas paper
    H 320 x W 420 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    The View From the Garden at Blagdon
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Mabel Nicholson (1871–1918)

    Portuguese Boy c.1913
    Mabel Nicholson (1871–1918)
    Oil on canvas
    H 70 x W 65 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Portuguese Boy
    Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • William Nicholson (1872–1949)

    Letterfrack 1931
    William Nicholson (1872–1949)
    Oil on canvas
    H 522 x W 595 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Letterfrack
    Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981)

    William Nicholson
    Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981)
    Oil on canvas
    H 55.8 x W 58.4 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    William Nicholson
    © Trustees of Winifred Nicholson. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Claes Oldenburg (1929–2022)

    London Knees 1966–1969
    Claes Oldenburg (1929–2022)
    Polyurethane-coated latex & acrylic
    H 36 x W 14.6 x D 17.1 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    London Knees
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi (1924–2005)

    Standing Figure c.1958
    Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi (1924–2005)
    Bronze & metal
    H 96.6 x W 26.5 x D 14.7 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Standing Figure
    © trustees of the Paolozzi Foundation, licensed by DACS 2024. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Samuel John Peploe (1871–1935)

    Still Life of Roses and a Bowl of Apples on a Green Tablecloth
    Samuel John Peploe (1871–1935)
    Oil on canvas
    H 508 x W 406.4 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Still Life of Roses and a Bowl of Apples on a Green Tablecloth
    Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Glyn Warren Philpot (1884–1937)

    Henry Thomas 1934–1935
    Glyn Warren Philpot (1884–1937)
    Oil on canvas
    H 52.5 x W 36.4 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Henry Thomas
    Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)

    Vingt poèmes de Góngora (Twenty Gongora Poems) 1948
    Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)
    Aquatint on paper
    H 37.5 x W 27.5 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Vingt poèmes de Góngora (Twenty Gongora Poems)
    © Succession Picasso/DACS, London 2023. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • John Piper (1903–1992)

    Redland Park Congregational Church, Bristol 1940
    John Piper (1903–1992)
    Oil on canvas
    H 61.4 x W 51.3 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Redland Park Congregational Church, Bristol
    © the Piper Estate / DACS 2024. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Victor Reinganum (1907–1995)

    Children Skipping 1939
    Victor Reinganum (1907–1995)
    Oil & gouache on board
    H 22.5 x W 30.5 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Children Skipping
    © the copyright holder. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Alan Reynolds (1926–2014)

    The Farm and Movement 1953
    Alan Reynolds (1926–2014)
    Oil on board
    H 31.1 x W 46.4 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    The Farm and Movement
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Ceri Giraldus Richards (1903–1971)

    Passing Train in a Landscape 1942
    Ceri Giraldus Richards (1903–1971)
    Oil on canvas
    H 50.6 x W 61 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Passing Train in a Landscape
    © estate of Ceri Richards. All rights reserved, DACS 2023. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923–2002)

    Composition 1949
    Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923–2002)
    Ink & watercolour on paper
    H 55 x W 74 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Composition
    © SODRAC, Montreal and DACS, London 2024. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Georges Rouault (1871–1958)

    Christ devant le ville (Christ before the City) 1935
    Georges Rouault (1871–1958)
    Coloured etching on paper
    H 30.7 x W 21.7 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Christ devant le ville (Christ before the City)
    © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2024. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Edward Brian Seago (1910–1974)

    The Rainbow after 1945
    Edward Brian Seago (1910–1974)
    Oil on board
    H 22.2 x W 27.1 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    The Rainbow
    © Seago Estate, courtesy of Portland Gallery, London / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Gino Severini (1883–1966)

    Danseuse No. 5 1915/1916
    Gino Severini (1883–1966)
    Oil on canvas
    H 93.3 x W 74 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Danseuse No. 5
    © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2023. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Walter Richard Sickert (1860–1942)

    Maple Street, London c.1915
    Walter Richard Sickert (1860–1942)
    Oil on canvas
    H 75.2 x W 88.6 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Maple Street, London
    Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Matthew Arnold Bracy Smith (1879–1959)

    Landscape near Cagnes, France c.1935
    Matthew Arnold Bracy Smith (1879–1959)
    Oil on canvas
    H 53 x W 64 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Landscape near Cagnes, France
    © by permission of the copyright holder. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Pierre Soulages (1919–2022)

    Composition: noire et ambre
    Pierre Soulages (1919–2022)
    Screenprint on paper
    H 64.4 x W 50 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Composition: noire et ambre
    © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2024. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Adrian Durham Stokes (1902–1972)

    Landscape
    Adrian Durham Stokes (1902–1972)
    Oil on canvas
    H 63.5 x W 76.2 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Landscape
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Graham Vivian Sutherland (1903–1980)

    Thorn Head 1947
    Graham Vivian Sutherland (1903–1980)
    Oil on canvas
    H 40.9 x W 40.9 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Thorn Head
    © estate of Graham Sutherland. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Joe Tilson (1928–2023)

    1–5 (The Senses) 1963
    Joe Tilson (1928–2023)
    Acrylic on wood relief
    H 233 x W 152.4 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    1–5 (The Senses)
    © DACS 2023. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Julian Trevelyan (1910–1988)

    Harvesting (also known as 'Threshing') 1955
    Julian Trevelyan (1910–1988)
    Oil on canvas
    H 406 x W 510 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Harvesting (also known as 'Threshing')
    © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Suzanne Valadon (1865–1938)

    Untitled (Three Figures in a Landscape) 1904
    Suzanne Valadon (1865–1938)
    Etching on paper
    H 19.2 x W 22.7 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Untitled (Three Figures in a Landscape)
    Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • John Keith Vaughan (1912–1977)

    Boy Carrying a Tomato Plant 1945
    John Keith Vaughan (1912–1977)
    Gouache on paper
    H 27.9 x W 38.1 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Boy Carrying a Tomato Plant
    © the estate of Keith Vaughan. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Édouard Vuillard (1868–1940)

    Modèle assise dans un fauteuil, se coiffant / Model Seated in a Chair, Combing Her Hair c.1903
    Édouard Vuillard (1868–1940)
    Oil on board, laid down on panel
    H 61 x W 67 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Modèle assise dans un fauteuil, se coiffant / Model Seated in a Chair, Combing Her Hair
    Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Edward Alexander Wadsworth (1889–1949)

    Conversation 1934
    Edward Alexander Wadsworth (1889–1949)
    Tempera on gessoed panel
    H 9 x W 12.7 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Conversation
    Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • John Wells (1907–2000)

    Painting 60/75 1960–1975
    John Wells (1907–2000)
    Oil on board
    H 30.5 x W 40.4 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Painting 60/75
    © the estate of John Wells. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Rachel Whiteread (b.1963)

    Untitled (For Frank) 1999
    Rachel Whiteread (b.1963)
    Plaster, polystyrene & steel
    H 26 x W 90 x D 26 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Untitled (For Frank)
    © Rachel Whiteread, courtesy of Gagosian Gallery, London. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Harold Sandys Williamson (1892–1978)

    Church and People 1948
    Harold Sandys Williamson (1892–1978)
    Oil on board
    H 19 x W 30 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Church and People
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Victor Willing (1928–1988)

    Painting with Stepladder 1976
    Victor Willing (1928–1988)
    Oil on canvas
    H 183 x W 152 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    Painting with Stepladder
    © the artist's estate. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  • Christopher Wood (1901–1930)

    China Dogs in a St Ives Window 1926
    Christopher Wood (1901–1930)
    Gouache on panel
    H 63.5 x W 76.8 cm
    Pallant House Gallery
    China Dogs in a St Ives Window
    Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester