A few months ago, I asked our staff and volunteers to choose their top ten works from the Gallery's collection. For most of us, the selection wasn't just about the paintings that we personally love the most (although of course, that did come into it), but also the works that our visitors most enjoy.
While we're closed, I hope this selection is a reminder of what we're all missing.
Katharine Wall, Collections Manager, Victoria Art Gallery
The Watersplash 1900
Henry Herbert La Thangue (1859–1929)
Oil on canvas
H 116.8 x W 94 cm
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Hans Holbein the younger (c.1497–1543) (after)
Oil on board
H 90.5 x W 73 cm
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Anna Bilinska (1857–1893) 1884
Emmeline Deane (1858–1944)
Oil on canvas
H 128 x W 90.7 cm
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Hugo van der Goes (c.1440–1482) (circle of)
Oil on board
H 43.3 x W 72.3 cm
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Thomas Rumbold (1736–1791), and Son
Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)
Oil on canvas
H 234 x W 153 cm
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The Foreign Bloke c.1933
Rex Whistler (1905–1944)
Oil on board
H 35.7 x W 24.7 cm
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The Bride of Death 1839
Thomas Jones Barker (1815–1882)
Oil on canvas
H 124.5 x W 167.1 cm
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The Truant in Hiding 1870
John Callcott Horsley (1817–1903)
Oil on canvas
H 74.3 x W 71.7 cm
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Charles Baker (1841–1932), the Chairmaker, Bath 1930
Frederick George Swaish (1879–1931)
Oil on canvas
H 74 x W 61.5 cm
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Saint Dorothea 1895
George James Frampton (1860–1928)
Oil on panel
H 96.3 x W 35.5 cm
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Posh Art
Posh Art 1992 Grayson Perry (b.1960)
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Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788) -
Frederick George Swaish (1879–1931) -
Thomas Jones Barker (1815–1882) -
Emmeline Deane (1858–1944) -
Rex Whistler (1905–1944) -
John Callcott Horsley (1817–1903) -
Hans Holbein the younger (c.1497–1543) -
George James Frampton (1860–1928) -
Hugo van der Goes (c.1440–1482) -
Henry Herbert La Thangue (1859–1929)