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Exhibitions

Every year the Chris Beetles Gallery hosts a series of art exhibitions in London which usually change at least monthly. These have in the past included classic political cartoons by the likes of Peter Brookes, great 20th century photography from Eve Arnold, Bill Brandt and many others, 18th and 19th century watercolours and of course a wonderful selection of the great illustrators – every November the gallery offers its ‘The Illustrators’ exhibition. All our exhibitions offer the chance to buy traditional artwork, original cartoons and many other artforms for sale.

Current Exhibitions

THE WATERCOLOUR TRADITION IN LANDSCAPE

At Nunnington Hall, Near York, Yorkshire

23/04/2013 - 30/06/2013

In surveying the British art of watercolour from eighteenth-century topographers to contemporary masters, this exhibition will focus on the glories of each age, and especially the Early English, High Victorian and Modern British phases. It will also showcase great Yorkshire landscape subjects, from mountain to moorland, and castle and dale. For Nunnington Hall opening times please visit their website HERE.

THE SUMMER ILLUSTRATORS 2013

18/05/2013 - 22/06/2013

PORTRAYED: 50 YEARS OF GRIT AND GLAMOUR

21/05/2013 - 08/06/2013

Forthcoming Exhibitions

Previous Exhibitions

ERIC FRASER (1902-1983)
17/04/2013 UNTIL 11/05/2013
NICHOLAS ROMERIL: SAND SURF STONE
12/03/2013 UNTIL 11/05/2013
THE AGE OF THOMAS ROWLANDSON
17/10/2012 UNTIL 03/11/2012
MAGNUM 62
24/04/2012 UNTIL 19/05/2012
BILL HEWISON, ED MCLACHLAN, MIKE WILLIAMS
Three of the ALL-TIME Great Gag Artists of PUNCH
17/04/2012 UNTIL 05/05/2012
THE SPRING SHOW 2012
15/02/2012 UNTIL 28/04/2012
LUCIEN CLERGUE
28/02/2012 UNTIL 31/03/2012
VENICE AND THE LAGOON BY SARAH QUILL
20/01/2012 UNTIL 28/02/2012
ARNOLD NEWMAN
18/01/2012 UNTIL 11/02/2012
QUENTIN BLAKE 2011
Chocolate Fudge Banana Cake and other Delicacies
11/12/2011 UNTIL 07/01/2012
THE ILLUSTRATORS 2011
The British Art of Illustration 1837-2011
19/11/2011 UNTIL 07/01/2012
PERCEPTIONS, PATRICK LICHFIELD (1939-2005)
07/12/2011 UNTIL 07/01/2012
THE PHOTOGRAPHERS 2011
02/11/2011 UNTIL 26/11/2011
PRIVATE EYE CARTOONISTS
Private Eye the First 50 Years
13/10/2011 UNTIL 12/11/2011
HARD TIMES
PETER BROOKES
11/10/2011 UNTIL 05/11/2011
THE PHOTOGRAPHERS AT NUNNINGTON HALL
07/12/2011 UNTIL 31/10/2011
THE SUMMER SHOW 2011
Celebrating 25 years at 10 Ryder Street, St James's
28/06/2011 UNTIL 28/09/2011
STEVE MCCURRY
07/09/2011 UNTIL 24/09/2011
LESLEY FOTHERBY 2011
The World in Motion
03/10/2011 UNTIL 22/09/2011
JANE PINKNEY
A Retrospective
09/08/2011 UNTIL 18/09/2011
LOUIS WAIN & THE SUMMER CAT SHOW 2011
20/08/2011 UNTIL 10/09/2011
CORNEL LUCAS
20/07/2011 UNTIL 27/08/2011
THE GENIUS OF MERVYN PEAKE
A Centenary Exhibition of his Work
18/07/2011 UNTIL 13/08/2011
EASTERN EUROPEAN PHOTOGRAPHY AND ITS INFLUENCE
15/06/2011 UNTIL 16/07/2011
WIT AND WISDEN
A Celebration of Cricket
01/06/2011 UNTIL 18/06/2011
THREE CENTURIES OF CARTOON ART
At Nunnington Hall, North Yorkshire
12/04/2011 UNTIL 05/06/2011
BRUCE DAVIDSON
04/05/2011 UNTIL 28/05/2011
VAL ARCHER 2011
Touching the surface of time
10/05/2011 UNTIL 28/05/2011
WATERCOLOUR
A Celebration of Three Centuries of the English Art
02/03/2011 UNTIL 07/05/2011
TERRY O'NEILL: 50 YEARS AT THE TOP
10/03/2011 UNTIL 23/04/2011
HEATH ROBINSON - MACHINES AND INVENTIONS
At West House, Pinner, Middlesex
19/03/2011 UNTIL 17/04/2011
GERALDINE GIRVAN 2011
10/02/2011 UNTIL 31/03/2011
EVE ARNOLD
20/01/2011 UNTIL 05/03/2011
QUENTIN BLAKE 2010
Frabjous Beasts and Frumious Birds
02/12/2010 UNTIL 08/01/2011
FRANK HAMPSON
25/11/2010 UNTIL 08/01/2011
THE ILLUSTRATORS 2010
The British Art of Illustration 1870-2010
09/11/2010 UNTIL 08/01/2011
FROM ILKLEY MOOR TO SCARBOROUGH FAIR: 200 YEARS OF YORKSHIRE LANDSCAPES
13/09/2010 UNTIL 31/10/2010
THE PHOTOGRAPHERS
28/09/2010 UNTIL 30/10/2010
PATRICIA TOBACCO FORRESTER
15/09/2010 UNTIL 16/10/2010
THE SUMMER SHOW 2010
The best of 200 years of British Art
05/05/2010 UNTIL 30/09/2010
EDWARD WESTON
23/08/2010 UNTIL 25/09/2010
EDWIN SMITH
30/06/2010 UNTIL 01/09/2010
NORMAN PARKINSON
05/05/2010 UNTIL 12/06/2010
ROY HAMMOND
Near and Far: An Easier Way to Travel
08/05/2010 UNTIL 09/05/2010
THE 4TH ANNUAL CARTOON SHOW
01/04/2010 UNTIL 01/05/2010
KEITH GRANT
Elements of the Earth
26/02/2010 UNTIL 03/04/2010
HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY RONALD SEARLE!
19/02/2010 UNTIL 03/04/2010
TERRY O'NEILL: NEW & UNSEEN
02/02/2010 UNTIL 06/03/2010
ONLY YOUNG TWICE
The Lively Art of Quentin Blake
04/12/2009 UNTIL 09/01/2010
BRITISH PHOTOGRAPHY 2009
30/11/2009 UNTIL 09/01/2010
THE ILLUSTRATORS 2009
The British Art of Illustration 1870-2009
14/11/2009 UNTIL 07/01/2010
PETER BROOKES
The Best of Times
29/09/2009 UNTIL 31/10/2009
LOUIS WAIN AND THE CAT SHOW
03/09/2009 UNTIL 10/10/2009
ROWLANDSON AND HIS TIME
03/09/2009 UNTIL 03/10/2009
LOUIS WAIN AT NUNNINGTON HALL
The Cat Artist Who Went Mad
04/07/2009 UNTIL 13/09/2009
THE CHRIS BEETLES SUMMER SHOW 2009
03/07/2009 UNTIL 01/09/2009
A CELEBRATION OF CRICKET
From Ashes to Zooter
10/07/2009 UNTIL 01/08/2009
PAUL KENNY
Sea Works 2001-2009
27/07/2009 UNTIL 29/07/2009
BILL BRANDT
03/06/2009 UNTIL 18/07/2009
GERALDINE GIRVAN 2009
19/05/2009 UNTIL 27/06/2009
THE DEFINITIVE THELWELL
The first show of work by Norman Thelwell in 20 years
13/04/2009 UNTIL 13/06/2009
CECIL BEATON
In Association with Sotheby's
21/03/2009 UNTIL 16/05/2009
THE ILLUSTRATORS AT NUNNINGTON HALL, YORKSHIRE
18/02/2009 UNTIL 19/04/2009
THE ILLUSTRATORS 2008
The British Art of Illustration 1800-2008
30/10/2008 UNTIL 03/01/2009
'BLISS WAS IT IN THAT DAWN TO BE ALIVE'
British Watercolours & Drawings 1750-1850
22/09/2008 UNTIL 07/11/2008
THE LAST SOPER SHOW
A Final Exhibition of the Artwork of George and Eileen Soper
01/09/2008 UNTIL 27/09/2008
LOUIS WAIN & THE SUMMER CAT SHOW 2008
05/08/2008 UNTIL 06/09/2008
THE CHRIS BEETLES SUMMER SHOW 2008
11/06/2008 UNTIL 08/08/2008
LICHFIELD
14/05/2008 UNTIL 04/06/2008
THE CARTOONISTS 2008
The Second Annual Cartoon Show
08/04/2008 UNTIL 03/05/2008
JOHN SWANNELL
Portraits, Nudes and Fashion Photography
19/03/2008 UNTIL 03/05/2008
RECORDING BRITAIN
The Twentieth Century Landscape
20/02/2008 UNTIL 15/03/2008
THE ILLUSTRATORS 2007
The British Art of Illustration 1800-2007
24/11/2007 UNTIL 05/01/2008
VAL ARCHER
The Painter, The Cook and The Art of Cucina
22/10/2007 UNTIL 10/11/2007
BEASTLY FEASTS & OTHER ARTWORK BY RONALD SEARLE
08/10/2007 UNTIL 27/10/2007
TERENCE DONOVAN
Image Maker and Innovator
19/09/2007 UNTIL 13/10/2007
LOUIS WAIN & THE SUMMER CAT SHOW 2007
18 August - 8 September 2007
18/08/2007 UNTIL 08/09/2007
RONALD SEARLE AT NUNNINGTON HALL
03/07/2007 UNTIL 02/09/2007
ALBERT GOODWIN RWS (1845-1932)
06/06/2007 UNTIL 10/08/2007
THE CHRIS BEETLES SUMMER SHOW 2007
06/06/2007 UNTIL 10/08/2007
HAVING A LAUGH! - THE BRITISH ART OF THE CARTOON
24/04/2007 UNTIL 31/05/2007
QUENTIN BLAKE - A CELEBRATION
25/03/2007 UNTIL 07/04/2007