The Leicester Galleries and its Exhibition Catalogues

Title

The Leicester Galleries and its Exhibition Catalogues

Description

The Leicester Galleries was a commercial art gallery that operated in central London between 1902 and 1977. It was particularly known for exhibiting British and French artists’ work and for promoting the work of leading modernist painters and sculptors. The Centre’s Library holds one-third of the gallery’s entire output of 1,400 exhibition catalogues, donated by Peter and Renate Nahum in January 2020. The collection is fully catalogued and available for research. This spotlight feature highlights some of the key artists and themes promoted by the gallery and illustrates some of the catalogues in the Library’s holdings.

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Contributor

Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

Type

Online Exhibition

Date

2025

Subject

Art and Architectural History

Collection Introduction

Cultural History

Period

18th-19th Century

20th Century

Geographical Area

Britain and Ireland

Europe

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This item was submitted on October 13, 2025 by [anonymous user] using the form “Contribution” on the site “History Day”: https://exhibitions.london.ac.uk/s/history-day-discover-collections