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Paintings in Hospitals

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Paintings in Hospitals
Current logos, used since 2011
Current logos, used since 2011
Current Paintings in Hospitals logos, used since 2011
Formation1959
FounderSheridan Russell
Founded atNational Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
TypeCharitable organisation
HeadquartersBorough, London
Region
England and Wales, Northern Ireland
Websitewww.paintingsinhospitals.org.uk

Paintings in Hospitals is an arts and health charity in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1959[1], it celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2019[2]. Paintings in Hospitals provides artwork loans, art projects and creative workshops for the benefit of patients and carers.[3]

The charity owns and manages the Paintings in Hospitals collection: a loan collection of modern and contemporary art.[4] The Paintings in Hospitals collection is the only national art loan collection dedicated to improving health and wellbeing.[5]

Paintings in Hospitals is partnered with the Arts Council Collection.[6] The charity was recognised by the Department of Health and Arts Council England as a key provider of arts and health services in the 2007 UK government publication "A prospectus for arts and health".[7][8]

History

Paintings in Hospitals was founded in 1959 by Sheridan Russell, Head Almoner at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.[9] From the early 1950s, Russell had observed that the paintings of contemporary artists were far more effective than the existing reproductions in brightening up the corridors and waiting rooms of the hospital.[10] Russell persuaded his art-world contacts to donate artworks for display in the hospital's corridors and waiting rooms. Initially, administration of the hospital art scheme was through an advisory committee of art experts, established under the leadership of Sir Dennis Proctor, former chair of the Tate Gallery.[10]

Russell formalised the art loan programme in 1959 under the name Paintings in Hospitals. In 1960 it gained significant financial support from the Nuffield Foundation over a period of 15 years to establish a permanent collection of artworks for loan to other hospitals.[11] Early acquisitions for the Paintings in Hospitals collection included paintings by John Bratby, Gillian Ayres and Mary Fedden.[12] Within a period of ten years, the Paintings in Hospitals scheme grew to include 40 hospitals.[10]

In 1971, when the scheme registered as a charity, a board of trustees administered the programme. Board members at that time included Sir Dennis Proctor, Lawrence Gowing, and Eric Newton, who were later joined by Roger de Grey, former President of the Royal Academy and Lord Croft.[10]

In the 1980s, the charity began to develop a regional network of volunteer committees, enabling hospitals and other types of care sites outside of London to access the Paintings in Hospitals collection.[13] In 1991, the charity provided seed funding and a loan of 100 paintings to establish Paintings in Hospitals Scotland. In 2005, Paintings in Hospitals Scotland became an independent Scottish charity with a name change to Art in Healthcare.[14]

Paintings in Hospitals celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2009.[15]

The Paintings in Hospitals collection

The Paintings in Hospitals collection is widely recognised as the first and only national collection of art specifically created to support physical and mental health.[13][12] The collection holds approximately 4,000 paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, animations and photographs from artists including Andy Warhol and Antony Gormley. Around 70% of the collection is on public display at all times.[16] Artworks on loan from Paintings in Hospitals to health and social care organisations around the United Kingdom are seen by 2 million patients every year.[17]

In January 2002, The Saatchi Gallery donated 50 artworks to Paintings in Hospitals, including works by artists Simon Callery, Nicholas May, Joanna Price, Stephen Murphy, Carol Rhodes and Robert Wilson.[18][19]

In 2011, Paintings in Hospitals unveiled their children's collection, designed to make healthcare sites more comfortable for children, especially teens and young adults. The artworks in the children's collection were chosen through workshops and discussions with young people from Tate Collective, the Tate's youth forum, and included artworks by Albert Irvin, John Hoyland, and Quentin Blake.[20][21] Paintings in Hospitals' discussions with Tate Collective also resulted in the charity commissioning three new artworks, to be permanently added to its collection, by New York-based artist Jon Burgerman.[21]

In 2012, Dame Stephanie Shirley donated the entirety of her art collection, including works by Andy Warhol and Elisabeth Frink, to Prior's Court School and Paintings in Hospitals.[22][7]

Partnerships

Paintings in Hospitals is the healthcare partner of the Arts Council Collection.[6] The Arts Council Collection has made nearly 100 works of art available to Paintings in Hospitals enabling the charity to bring a new selection of work by contemporary artists into the healthcare system.[6]

The charity has worked with the V&A Museum over a period of 15 years to produce seven hospital exhibitions of artworks from the museum's collection. For some of the artworks, these exhibitions marked the first time they had been exhibited publicly.[23][24]

In 2016, Paintings in Hospitals partnered with the Wallace Collection and artist Tom Ellis to commission four large-scale paintings for GP surgeries across London.[25][26]

References

  1. ↑ Lawes, Viv (2008-07-06). "Inside fundraising: art can provide charities with considerable funds ... and a touch of glamour". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  2. ↑ "Be Part of our 60th Birthday Celebrations!". Paintings in Hospitals. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  3. ↑ "Our mission". Paintings in Hospitals. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  4. ↑ "About our collection". Paintings in Hospitals. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  5. ↑ "Paintings in Hospitals | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Partners | Arts Council Collection". www.artscouncilcollection.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Paintings in Hospitals - The Hippocratic Post". The Hippocratic Post. 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
  8. ↑ A prospectus for arts and health. Arts Council England,, Great Britain. Department of Health,. London. pp. 110–111. ISBN 9780728713390. OCLC 234360837. Search this book on
  9. ↑ "Queen Square Archives - Artwork". www.queensquare.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Panirau Mulligan, Christine (21 October 2013). "The Dunedin Hospital Art Collection: Architecture, Space and Wellbeing" (PDF). ourarchive.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
  11. ↑ Chatterjee, Helen (2013). Museums, health and well-being. Noble, Guy. Farnham, Surrey, England: Routledge. ISBN 9781409425823. OCLC 858282212. Search this book on
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Paintings in Hospitals | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Our history". Paintings in Hospitals. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
  14. ↑ Mitchell, Matilda (February 2017). "Art in Healthcare History". Art in Healthcare. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
  15. ↑ Waters, Florence (2009-12-17). "Paintings in Hospitals: pictures of health". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
  16. ↑ "Being... Amisha Karia, Head of Collection, Loans and Programming, Paintings in Hospitals | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  17. ↑ "NHS at 70: How Art, from Andy Warhol to Quentin Blake, has helped to heal patients". inews.co.uk. 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
  18. ↑ "Saatchi Gallery". www.saatchigallery.com. Retrieved 2018-12-18.[permanent dead link]
  19. ↑ "Saatchi's modern art donated to hospitals". The Independent. 2001-12-03. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
  20. ↑ Waters, Florence (2010-03-03). "Paintings in Hospitals unveil their Children's Collection". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Young Curators with Tate". Paintings in Hospitals. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
  22. ↑ "Art Collection". www.steveshirley.com. Archived from the original on 2018-11-19. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
  23. ↑ "Arts and Healthcare - Hansard". hansard.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
  24. ↑ "Our major partners". Paintings in Hospitals. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  25. ↑ "The Wallace Collection » The Power of Uncertainty, The Power of Art". 2017-08-07. Archived from the original on 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
  26. ↑ "Artist Tom Ellis Creates Site-Specific Works at London's Wallace Collection". ArtfixDaily. Retrieved 2018-11-23.


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