Ravilious Gallery and Collection Library

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The Ravilious Gallery and Collection Library, supported by Eastbourne Arts Circle, is a room in Gallery 1 presenting changing exhibitions of artworks from the Towner Collection. The current display features local landscapes by Eric Ravilious alongside animal sculptures, drawings and prints by artists including Chris Drury, Elisabeth Frink, Roland Jarvis, Henry Moore, John Skeaping and more. Inspired by the museum setting of Gerard Byrne's film, exhibited next door, this display engages with the elements of a natural history diorama - from the animals and artifacts presented within, to the painted landscapes and qualities of light that complete the illusion. A study space and library, which focuses on the artists in the collection, offers the opportunity for our visitors to spend time getting to know the artists and works in the Towner Collection. Downs in Winter, 1935 Beachy Head, 1939 Cuckmere Haven, 1939 Pond at Birling Manor Farm (East Dean), 1925 Litlington, Sussex, undated Boy Birdnesting, 1927 Sussex Church, 1924 Title Page and Headpieces, Kynoch Press Note Book 1933, 1932 Wedgwood 'Boat Race' Bowl, 1938 Illustrations from 'The Natural History of Selbourne; by Gilbert White, selected and edited by HJ Massingham, published by The Nonesuch Press Limited, 1937: Untitled: (Hoopoes and arbour) Untitled: (Stork and pond) Untitled: (Tortoise, man and greenhouse) Untitled: (Wheelbarrow and pigeons) Other collection artists with work on display: Elizabeth Andrews, Margaret Dora M. Benecke, Leslie Charlotte Benenson, Christine Binnie, Gerard Byrne, Chris Drury, Elisabeth Frink, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, William Gear, Roland Green, Tom Hammick, Innes Hart, Gertrude Hermes, Roland Jarvis, John Gascoigne Lake, Henry Moore, Eduardo Paolozzi, Orovida Camille Pissarro, Alan Reynolds, John Skeaping, Cyril Saunders Spackman, Edward Stott, Iosif Teodorescu, William Turnbull Download this list of works To continue exploring the Towner Collection, you can book one of our regular Behind the Scenes tours.