In the centenary year of Richard George Hatton’s death in February 1926 and the naming of the Hatton Gallery in his honour, this article follows on from the one in the Spring Bulletin that focused on Hatton’s life and achievements, to look at aspects of the art collection that also bears his name. In 1912, … Continue reading Richard Hatton’s “Store of Treasures”
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Richard George Hatton, “a great little man”
In 2015 I was very fortunate to start a PhD at Newcastle University, in collaboration with the University’s Hatton Gallery, researching aspects of the Hatton Gallery Collection. My focus was on a significant collection of old master and contemporary artworks acquired by Professor Lawrence Gowing (1918-1991) for the Fine Art School in the 1950s that … Continue reading Richard George Hatton, “a great little man”


