This selection is a reprise of an exhibition I curated at the Whitechapel Gallery in 2011, entitled Richard of York Gave Battle In Vain. All the works in the Whitechapel exhibition were taken from the Government Art Collection and chosen for their content and also their colour.The paintings were displayed in a salon hang, ordered according to their hue. For the ArtUK website I have similarly chosen works for their colour. I loved coming across paintings of ladies wearing red dresses, green dresses, blue dresses and yellow dresses.
The title Richard Of York.. is a mnemonic intended to help remember the colours of the rainbow. I dedicate this rainbow selection, chosen during the lockdown days of the Covid Pandemic, to our wonderful NHS.
A Man Wearing a Red Coat c.1700–1710
Luca Carlevarijs (1663–1730)
Oil on canvas
H 19.2 x W 9 cm
Paintings Collection
Red Self Portrait 1992
Shani Rhys James (b.1953)
Oil on canvas
H 183.1 x W 122.2 cm
Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
Red Landscape 1942
Graham Vivian Sutherland (1903–1980)
Oil on canvas
H 68 x W 99.8 cm
Southampton City Art Gallery
Red Lacquer 1922
Stanley Cursiter (1887–1976)
Oil on canvas
H 40.4 x W 45.6 cm
Orkney Islands Council
Red Painting: 25 July 1963 1963
Patrick Heron (1920–1999)
Oil on canvas
H 121.9 x W 152.4 cm
National Galleries of Scotland
15 – 1959 (Red Saturation) 1959
William Turnbull (1922–2012)
Oil on canvas
H 178 x W 178 cm
National Galleries of Scotland
Portrait of a Girl in a Red Beret (Marjorie Hatton, 1895–1981) 1905
Brian Hatton (1887–1916)
Oil on canvas
H 75 x W 66 cm
Hereford Museum and Art Gallery
Exposed Painting, Cadmium Red Deep 1996
Callum Innes (b.1962)
Oil on canvas
H 170.7 x W 163 cm
Government Art Collection
Still Life with Red Roses and Other Flowers
Georges van Houten (1888–1964)
Oil on canvas
H 44 x W 25 cm
Examination Schools, University of Oxford
The Red Shawl 1908
John Duncan Fergusson (1874–1961)
Oil on canvas
H 200 x W 84.8 cm
University of Stirling
Composition: Red, Black and Grey 1958
Adrian Heath (1920–1992)
Oil on canvas
H 71 x W 76 cm
Jerwood Collection
Portrait of a Lady in a Red Scarf 1954
Georges van Houten (1888–1964)
Oil on canvas
H 47 x W 37 cm
Examination Schools, University of Oxford
James McBey (1883–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 55.1 x W 42.1 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Untitled 2010
Kelly Gray
Oil, emulsion & gloss paint on board
H 200 x W 51 cm
University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College Collection
Gertrude Ellen Burrard (1860–1928)
Oil on canvas
H 59.3 x W 44.2 cm
National Army Museum
Prince Maurice of Orange-Nassau (1567–1625), General and Stadtholder of the Netherlands
Jan Anthonisz. van Ravesteyn (c.1570–1657) (after)
Oil on canvas
H 60.5 x W 47.7 cm
National Galleries of Scotland
Untitled 1969
Geoff Machin (b.1937)
Emulsion on canvas
H 150.5 x W 210.8 cm
Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre
No. 7/73 1973
Jeremy Moon (1934–1973)
Oil on canvas
H 98 x W 103.5 cm
National Galleries of Scotland
Edmund Kean (1787–1833), as Sir Giles Overreach in 'A New Way to Pay Old Debts' by Philip Massinger 1820
George Clint (1770–1854)
Oil on canvas
H 28 x W 22.9 cm
Paintings Collection
Yellow and Grey 1962
Michael Kidner (1917–2009)
Oil on canvas on board
H 121 x W 101 cm
Kirklees Museums and Galleries
Sketch of a Still Life with Patterned Bowl and Oranges 1920–1930
George Clausen (1852–1944)
Oil on canvas
H 29 x W 36 cm
Royal Academy of Arts
Exposed Painting, Cadmium Red Pale,Orange 2000
Callum Innes (b.1962)
Oil on canvas
H 92.8 x W 89.6 cm
Government Art Collection
After the Deluge 1885–1886
George Frederic Watts (1817–1904)
Oil on canvas
H 104 x W 178 cm
Watts Gallery – Artists' Village
Portrait of a Seated Lady in Yellow and Green Reading
Georges van Houten (1888–1964)
Oil on canvas
H 91 x W 73 cm
Examination Schools, University of Oxford
Daffodils 2005
Michele Elizabeth Field (1953–2014)
Acrylic on canvas
H 76.1 x W 30.6 cm
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Three Quinces 1964
Eliot Hodgkin (1905–1987)
Tempera on panel
H 25 x W 24 cm
The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Lucian Freud (1922–2011)
Tempera on board
H 32.5 x W 23.6 cm
Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre
Late Summer in the Severn Valley
Alastair Frederick Flattely (1922–2009)
Oil on canvas
H 99 x W 150 cm
RWA (Royal West of England Academy)
Yellow Chrysanthemum 1997
Yasuo Imai (b.1965)
Acrylic on wood panel
H 80.5 x W 60.5 cm
The Aldrich Collection, University of Brighton
Girl in a Yellow Jumper c.1940–1945
Emmanuel Levy (1900–1986)
Oil on canvas
H 60.5 x W 50 cm
Salford Museum & Art Gallery
Two Boats with Yellow Sails and Lighthouse
Alfred Wallis (1855–1942)
Oil & graphite on card
H 10.5 x W 17.5 cm
Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge
Alton Peters 1983
Craigie Ronald John Aitchison (1926–2009)
Oil on canvas
H 76 x W 63 cm
Government Art Collection
The Yellow Parasol 1935
Lotte Laserstein (1898–1993)
Oil on paper
H 58 x W 44 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
Pauline in the Yellow Dress 1944
Herbert James Gunn (1893–1964)
Oil on canvas
H 150 x W 120 cm
Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library
'Yellow Bow' 1970s
George Mackie (1920–2020)
Acrylic on board
H 25.5 x W 31.5 cm
Aberdeen Maritime Museum
George Herbert Buckingham Holland (1901–1987)
Oil on board
H 18.5 x W 25.5 cm
West Northamptonshire Council
Verge 1976
John Hoyland (1934–2011)
Acrylic on canvas
H 190 x W 129.8 cm
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Lady in Green Evening Dress 1921
Georges van Houten (1888–1964)
Oil on canvas
H 73 x W 60 cm
Examination Schools, University of Oxford
Green Tree Form 1940
Graham Vivian Sutherland (1903–1980)
Oil on canvas
H 60.5 x W 54.5 cm
British Council Collection
Chance and Order 4 (Green) 1970
Kenneth Martin (1905–1984)
Oil on canvas
H 122 x W 122 cm
Government Art Collection
The Green Roof 1963
Ian Simpson (1933–2011)
Oil on hardboard
H 75.9 x W 91.4 cm
Glasgow Life Museums
Composition in Pink and Green 1931
Cathleen Mann (1896–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 111.7 x W 82.1 cm
Sheffield Museums
Daphne Spencer with a Green Scarf 1953
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 45.5 x W 35.5 cm
Jerwood Collection
Green and Brown Windbreakers c.1955
Albert Reuss (1889–1975)
Oil on canvas
H 59.7 x W 71 cm
Newlyn Art Gallery
Lady in Green 1905
Édouard Vuillard (1868–1940)
Oil on millboard
H 30.2 x W 22.5 cm
Glasgow Life Museums
Flower Pots in a Greenhouse 1950–1968
John Randall Bratby (1928–1992)
Oil on canvas
H 68.6 x W 48.2 cm
Manchester Art Gallery
Green Head 1978
Elisabeth Frink (1930–1993)
Pencil & watercolour on paper
H 78.7 x W 55.9 cm
The Ingram Collection of Modern British and Contemporary Art
David Batchelor (b.1955)
Acrylic steel & paint
H 40 x W 100 x D 13 cm
Government Art Collection
Green Apples on a Bamboo Table 1941
Lawrence Gowing (1918–1991)
Oil on canvas
H 21.6 x W 40 cm
Nottingham City Museums & Galleries
A Dancer in a Green Dress, Marie c.1916
Walter Richard Sickert (1860–1942)
Oil on canvas
H 49.5 x W 39.4 cm
British Council Collection
The Yellow Sleeve 1903–1904
Walter Richard Sickert (1860–1942)
Oil on canvas
H 38.5 x W 46.1 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
Untitled c.1960–1961
Helen Frankenthaler (1928–2011)
Acrylic on paper
H 58 x W 73 cm
Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge
Guild Street No. 3 1983
Alexander 'Sandy' Fraser (1940–2020)
Acrylic on canvas
H 213.4 x W 125 cm
Chelmsford Museums
Alexander 'Sandy' Fraser (1940–2020)
Oil on canvas
H 212 x W 212 cm
Grampian Hospitals Art Trust
Process Painting-Blue Vertical LXXIII(i)-IIIm-26
Eric Cameron (b.1935)
Oil on canvas
H 122.5 x W 122.2 cm
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds
Lady in Blue and White Reading a Letter 1946
Georges van Houten (1888–1964)
Oil on board
H 61 x W 50 cm
Examination Schools, University of Oxford
The White Hat 1934
Brynhild Parker (1907–1987)
Oil on canvas
H 60.9 x W 50.1 cm
Manchester Art Gallery
Portrait of a Lady in Blue, Modelled on Queen Henrietta Maria 19th C
Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641) (style of)
Oil on canvas
H 77.5 x W 66 cm
National Trust, Lodge Park and Sherborne Estate
'I will be good' 2002
Toby Mott (b.1964)
Acrylic on canvas
H 80 x W 30 cm
Victoria and Albert Museum
Self Portrait at 70 1987
Victor Willing (1928–1988)
Oil on canvas
H 56 x W 56 cm
Pallant House Gallery
Adrian Maurice Daintrey (1902–1988)
Oil on canvas
H 61.2 x W 51.1 cm
Manchester Art Gallery
Seascape from the 'Umberleigh' 1933–1934
John Everett (1876–1949)
Oil on paper
H 25.5 x W 35.5 cm
National Maritime Museum
Head of a Child c.1953
Archibald A. McGlashan (1888–1980)
Oil on canvas
H 38.8 x W 43.2 cm
Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture
Untitled (White Dungarees on Blue Background) 1999
Lucy Jones (b.1955)
Oil on canvas
H 119.4 x W 88.9 cm
Yale Center for British Art
The Blue Blouse (Eléni Zompolides, 1880–1958) c.1910
Harold Gilman (1876–1919)
Oil on canvas
H 60.9 x W 45.7 cm
Leeds Museums and Galleries
Jessie McTavish 1921
Robert Duddingstone Herdman (1863–1922)
Oil on board
H 30 x W 22.5 cm
Maggie's Dundee
Lady in a Blue Shirt Tending a Plant 1955
Georges van Houten (1888–1964)
Oil on canvas
H 73 x W 60 cm
Examination Schools, University of Oxford
Still Life with Blue Jug, Fan and an Apple
Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell (1883–1937)
Oil on panel
H 35.5 x W 44 cm
National Trust for Scotland, Brodie Castle
Geoffrey Teasdale (b.1943)
Oil on canvas
H 182.9 x W 182.9 cm
Leeds Museums and Galleries
Edward Austen (1767–1852) as a young man c.1783
British (English) School
Oil on canvas
H 73.5 x W 63 cm
Jane Austen’s House
No. 2 Untitled 1976
Barrie Cook (1929–2020)
Acrylic on paper
H 114.6 x W 139.4 cm
Government Art Collection
Blue Pietà 1992
Joanna Price (b.1956)
Oil on canvas
H 183 x W 183 cm
Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre
Memories 1926
George James Coates (1869–1930)
Oil on panel
H 50.4 x W 37.9 cm
Manchester Art Gallery
Aeroplane 1977–1983
Peter Kinley (1926–1988)
Oil on canvas
H 154.3 x W 188 cm
Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre
Winspit, Dorset 2008
John Bowen (b.1940)
Acrylic on canvas
H 75.5 x W 75 cm
Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Grahame Ashcroft (b.1943)
Oil on board
H 25.4 x W 20.4 cm
Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust
Gracie Fields (1898–1979) 1998
Keith John Turley (b.1950)
Oil on canvas
H 59 x W 49 cm
Rochdale Arts & Heritage Service
Landscape, Aix-en-Provence 1937
Matthew Arnold Bracy Smith (1879–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 53.3 x W 81.7 cm
British Council Collection
White Dahlia in a Blue Jug 1937
Matthew Arnold Bracy Smith (1879–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 81.5 x W 65 cm
British Council Collection
Guinea Pig 1995
Dan Hays (b.1966)
Oil on canvas
H 16 x W 22 cm
Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre
Still Life with Shadow of Kettle 1966
James H. Fairgrieve (b.1944)
Oil on canvas
H 26 x W 36 cm
Edinburgh College of Art (University of Edinburgh)
Portrait of a Young Girl with a Book
Marie-Louise Roosevelt Pierrepont (1889–1984)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 51 cm
The Pierrepont Collection
Principal J. Maxwell Irvine 1996
Alexander 'Sandy' Fraser (1940–2020)
Oil on canvas
H 114 x W 100 cm
University of Aberdeen
A Group of Polish Pilots 1960s
Patrick Procktor (1936–2003)
Oil on canvas
H 17.5 x W 25 cm
Royal Air Force Museum
Hilda, née Davenport, Mrs Cuthbert Leicester Warren (1879–1954) 1950
Simon Elwes (1902–1975)
Oil on canvas
H 89 x W 68.6 cm
Tabley House Collection
Mervyn Peake (1911–1968)
Oil on canvas
H 34.3 x W 25.4 cm
Nottingham City Museums & Galleries