Burlington Gallery

Several galleries operated using the name Burlington Gallery in London, the earliest recorded being based at 191 Piccadilly, (1878-80) and at 27 Old Bond Street, (1889-1893). This Burlington will NOT be discussed in this entry.

The Burlington Gallery referred to here is also referred to as Burlington Galleries, New Burlington Gallery and occasionally as Burlington Art Gallery. They are all I believe to be the same 'organisation'. This 'Burlington' opened in the summer of 1918 its aim being the most unbiased centre showing Modern British Art in Great Britain. This exhibition included the work of John Noble, William Barribal, David Murray Smith, William George Robbs, Dudley Hardy, Leslie Hunter, E. A. Taylor, Cecil King, J. D. Fergusson and Samuel Peploe. The New Burlington Gallery staged an exhibition in 1931 of Shell poster designs. The sixty or so exhibits included works by Harold Sandys Williamson, Andrew Johnson, Tom Purvis and McKnight Kauffer.

The New Burlington Galleries was an art gallery at 5 Burlington Gardens, Mayfair, London. Located at 5 Burlington Gardens, Mayfair, London it is thought to have opened for business in December 1927 when Frederick George Plummer (b. 1858-), applied for a music and dancing licence for the Gallery. The New English Art Club was an early user of the gallery space as were the London Group. We would welcome any information on the various Burlington galleries and their locations as well as any corrections on the above information.

Arguably, the New Burlington Galleries greatest claim to fame was in June and July 1936 when it staged the International Surrealist Exhibition. It was the first full exhibition of surrealist art in the United Kingdom. In October 1938 the 'Burlington' exhibited Picasso's Guernica together with preparatory paintings and sketches to raise funds for the National Joint Committee for Spanish Relief.