Beecroft Art Gallery

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Victoria Avenue
Southend-on-sea, England SS2 6EX
The Beecroft Gallery is the largest public art gallery in Essex and holds Southend's historic art collection. The collection holds works by the likes of Molenaer, Ruisdael and Berchem plus 19th-century artists including Rossetti, Constable and Edward Lear. Our photography collection includes notable works by Josef Koudelka and we have a large collection of historic costume. There are works by Carel Weight, the Great Bardfield Group, and a fine bronze by Jacob Epstein. The local artist Alan Sorrell is represented by his Drawings of Nubia series depicting a visit to Egypt prior to the building of the Aswan Dam. The Thorpe Smith Collection of local landscape views contains paintings, drawings and prints from as early as 1803. Due to the size of the collection, key works are displayed on a rotational basis. The Beecroft also has a rotating programme of touring exhibitions Some of our recent exhibitions have included 'Subcultures', 'Colour' and artwork from the local community.

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Cool shop and beautiful art
1/4/2024

Really good gift shop, probably the coolest shop in Southend, really makes up for how sad the high s...

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Beecroft Art Gallery 4.11.23
11/7/2023

We visited this excellent art gallery as part of weekend in Westcliff. We have visited this area ma...

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Enjoyed the art, but found the white jazz confusing
9/22/2023

Took my children as part of the elephant trail. The art gallery was very interesting and we were exc...

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