The Company’s Honorary Curator, Dr Andrew Wilton, will be writing occasional articles on works of art owned by the Company. Members can access the Honorary Curator's series of talks on the Company's paintings in the Members' Area.
Latest acquisition
Christopher John Twyman - FRSA Clerk to the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers. Daphne Todd OBE PPRP HRNEAC - Oil on board 137 x 61cm, Prov: Presented to the Company by the artist 11.2.2020
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Paintings – William Camden
Presented by Silvanus Morgan in 1676, the year in which Morgan was elected Master. Camden is shown three-quarter length, above the inscription on a stone cill.
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Paintings – Master John Potkin with his Wardens
The condition and recent conservation history of this triple portrait are similar to those of the Pargeter painting, though unlike the latter it has remained in the Company’s collection since it was painted.
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Paintings – Alderman John Browne
Browne (died 1532) was appointed one of the suppliers of heraldic painting for the funeral carriage in which the body of Henry VII’s elder son, Prince Arthur, was taken from Ludlow to Worcester in 1502.
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Marble Bust of Thomas Evans 1680
Thomas Evans was Upper Warden in 1664 and Master in 1666-67. Pearce’s bust may date from that time but is generally assigned to a decade later.
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