Falmouth Art Gallery

The Permanent Collection

1. Artists A-Z >

1. Art Fund Acquisitions >
2. Artists of the Fal Area >
3. Automata Collection >
4. British Impressionists >

1. Children's Illustration Archive >
2. Innocent Eye >
3. Local Views >
4. Maritime Art >

1. Master of Photography >
2. Master Prints >
3. Pop Art >
4. Portrait Collection >
5. Surrealists Collection >

The Origins of the Collection

Falmouth Art Gallery has one of the leading art collections in Cornwall and features work by old masters, major Victorian artists, British Impressionists, leading maritime artists and contemporary painters and printmakers.

The core of the town's art collection dates from 1923, with gifts made by Alfred Aaron de Pass (1861-1952), a South African businessman and art benefactor. This has encouraged other major donations, most notably from Richard Harris, Grace Gardner and Sue and Ron Astles. The gallery has also benefited from purchases made through grant funding from organizations such as The Art Fund, The Heritage Lottery Fund, MLA/V & A Purchase Grant Fund and the Nerys Johnson Contemporary Art Fund.