Shipley Art Gallery. The Shipley Art Gallery is an art gallery in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, located at the south end of Prince Consort Road.
It has a Designated Collection of national importance. The Shipley Art Gallery opened to the public in 1917.
This was made possible by a bequest from wealthy local solicitor and art collector, Joseph Ainsley Davidson Shipley. Shipley was a rather enigmatic person about whom little is known.
He was born in Gateshead, near High Street. He was a solicitor in the Newcastle firm of Hoyle, Shipley and Hoyle.
From 1884 until his death, he leased Saltwell Park House, now known as Saltwell Towers. Shipley's main passion was art and collecting paintings. He bought his first painting when he was sixteen and by the time he died he had amassed a collection of some 2,500 paintings. On his death, Shipley left E30,000 and all his pictures to the City of Newcastle, which was to build a new gallery to house the collection. This was to be known as The Shipley Bequest. His will specifically excluded the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle from benefiting from the bequest, and this clause became the subject of much public discussion, and eventually led to Newcastle's rejection of the bequest. It was only following this that Gateshead Municipal Council was offered the collection. As it was impossible to house all of the paintings, 359 of the pictures recommended by the executor
It has a Designated Collection of national importance. The Shipley Art Gallery opened to the public in 1917.
This was made possible by a bequest from wealthy local solicitor and art collector, Joseph Ainsley Davidson Shipley. Shipley was a rather enigmatic person about whom little is known.
He was born in Gateshead, near High Street. He was a solicitor in the Newcastle firm of Hoyle, Shipley and Hoyle.
From 1884 until his death, he leased Saltwell Park House, now known as Saltwell Towers. Shipley's main passion was art and collecting paintings. He bought his first painting when he was sixteen and by the time he died he had amassed a collection of some 2,500 paintings. On his death, Shipley left E30,000 and all his pictures to the City of Newcastle, which was to build a new gallery to house the collection. This was to be known as The Shipley Bequest. His will specifically excluded the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle from benefiting from the bequest, and this clause became the subject of much public discussion, and eventually led to Newcastle's rejection of the bequest. It was only following this that Gateshead Municipal Council was offered the collection. As it was impossible to house all of the paintings, 359 of the pictures recommended by the executor
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