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Main picture gallery, Bowes Museum
The museum is a purpose-built structure that houses the art collection of John Bowes (1811-1885), who mostly made his money from coal, and his French wife, the actress and singer Joséphine Coffin-Chevallier (1825-1874). The couple employed the French architect, Jules Pellechet, to design the building.
Work began in 1869 and was completed in 1892, by which time the founders had died. The building was listed Grade I in 1950.
There's a Wikipedia page about the museum here and a personal appreciation here. The museum's full of fine and beautiful works -- sculptures, glass, fabrics, pottery, furniture and carvings, as well as paintings. There are 25 of the best exhibits shown here. (The Ottoboni portrait and the Canalettos are especially wonderful.)
Barnard Castle, County Durham.
Main picture gallery, Bowes Museum
The museum is a purpose-built structure that houses the art collection of John Bowes (1811-1885), who mostly made his money from coal, and his French wife, the actress and singer Joséphine Coffin-Chevallier (1825-1874). The couple employed the French architect, Jules Pellechet, to design the building.
Work began in 1869 and was completed in 1892, by which time the founders had died. The building was listed Grade I in 1950.
There's a Wikipedia page about the museum here and a personal appreciation here. The museum's full of fine and beautiful works -- sculptures, glass, fabrics, pottery, furniture and carvings, as well as paintings. There are 25 of the best exhibits shown here. (The Ottoboni portrait and the Canalettos are especially wonderful.)
Barnard Castle, County Durham.