Posts by venue: Hatton Gallery

David Horsefield

We’re fast approaching our annual volunteer awards in November of this year. David won an award for his Outstanding Contribution to Customer Care last year after volunteering with us for over 8 years across all of our venues. I asked David, a… Read more

Tell us what you think of our blog!

We’d love to find out more about what you think of the Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums blog – what you like and dislike, and how you think we could improve. Please click here to complete a short online… Read more

George Baxter Prints

I am in the process of cataloguing a collection of oil colour prints by George Baxter (1804-1867). The Hatton Gallery hold a collection of around 500 Baxter prints. The prints are of exceptional quality and provide an illuminating insight into… Read more

Kurt Schwitters’ Portrait of Fred Uhlman

This portrait from 1940 is of particular significance within the Hatton Gallery’s permanent collection because of its interesting connections to a number of other works (and because it’s a wonderful painting!). It was painted when, as a German, Schwitters faced… Read more

Keeper of Art, Hatton Gallery

Between Friday 1 and Sunday 3 October I visited Elterwater in the shadow of the Langdale Pikes to attend ‘KS10’, the 4th annual ‘Kurt Schwitters Autumn School’ held on the site (and in nearby Chapel Stile village hall) where Kurt… Read more