Gainsborough House

Situated in the Sudbury, Suffolk house where Thomas Gainsborough was born in 1727, this museum and art gallery shows a large collection of his paintings, drawings and prints as well as temporary exhibitions. At the bottom of the garden is a coach house built in 1928 which has been converted for use as a print workshop. Gainsborough's House, at the timer of writing, is the only artist's birthplace open to the public in Britain and was established as a museum in 1961.

Works by other artists in the house include Gainsborough's House has works that relate to Gainsborough by, Hubert Gravelot, Francis Hayman, Gainsborough Dupont and others. It also has paintings and drawings that relate to the building or to Sudbury by artists such as J. Heins and John Constable. There is an extensive collection of work by Henry William Bunbury. Artists who have exhibited there include Ruth Collet, John Dodgson, Patrick George, Maggi Hambling, Glyn Morgan, Tessa Spencer Pryse, Claude Rogers and Michael Rothenstein.

Number of Artists referenced: 91