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Beecroft Art Gallery is Essex’s largest permanent collection of historic and contemporary art with a year-round programme of free temporary exhibitions of art, fashion and photography.


Art Unlocked is an online talk series by Art UK in collaboration with Bloomberg Philanthropies. This Curation is based on a talk by Kevin Lang-Marsh, Assistant Curator of Art Exhibitions at Southend Museums Service, on 11th May 2022. You can find a recording at: https://youtu.be/LLYglMbuXhg

6 artworks
Windy Day on Marine Parade, Southend
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Windy Day on Marine Parade, Southend c.1925

Brynhild Parker (1907–1987)

Oil on canvas

H 49 x W 59.5 cm

Southend Museums Service

Easter Parcel
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Southend Museums Service

Easter Parcel 1958

Margaret Thomas (1916–2016)

Oil on canvas

H 72 x W 85 cm

Southend Museums Service

Saturday Morning at Priory Park
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Saturday Morning at Priory Park c.1952

Leo Hardy

Oil on board

H 49 x W 74.5 cm

Southend Museums Service

Proximity
© estate of Norman Blamey. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Southend Museums Service

Proximity 1960s

Norman Charles Blamey (1914–2000)

Oil on board

H 167.5 x W 104 cm

Southend Museums Service

The Bird's Nest
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The Bird's Nest 1976

Elizabeth Sorrell (1916–1991)

Watercolour on paper

H 14 x W 19 cm

Southend Museums Service

Sunday Visit to the Summerhouse
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Sunday Visit to the Summerhouse 1994

Karolina Larusdottir (1944–2019)

Oil on canvas

H 39.5 x W 49.5 cm

Southend Museums Service