Discover the smallest paper sketch, to the colossal sculptures George turned to in later life. Each category below is carefully curated to reveal some of our most impressive and famous pieces, along with blogs going into the history and detail behind the art.
Watts Gallery’s collection of over 7,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, ceramics, prints and photographs is available to search online. This includes key works by both G F and Mary Watts alongside the work of their contemporaries. In addition, you can browse items from the Compton Potters’ Arts Guild and The Rob Dickins Collection of over 3,500 photographs of artists and leading personalities of the 19th century.
Discover over 7,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, ceramics, prints and photographs in Watts Gallery's collection.
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George and Mary Watts shared a vision that art had the power to change society and should be available for everyone to experience and enjoy. They both aimed to inspire and support emerging artists and creatives during their lifetimes and believed creativity served both a strong social and soulful purpose.
Our residency programme follows this ethos by inviting artists and makers to spend time with us, responding to our exhibitions, our site, and the art and ideas of our founders.
George Frederic Watts was one of the most successful British artists of the 19th century. Mary Watts was a renowned designer and founder of The Potters’ Arts Guild at Compton. They married in 1886 and formed a strong artistic partnership. In 1904 they opened Watts Gallery.
As the former studio home of George and Mary Watts, Watts Gallery - Artists' Village set up the Artist's Studio Museum Network to bring these stories to a wider public, and to bring single-artist museums, house museums and studio museums across Europe closer together in partnership.
Discover pottery and paintings from the De Morgan Collection at Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village in the exhibition 'Decoration or Devotion?'. Learn more about artists Evelyn and William De Morgan.
Find out more about Physical Energy, the monumental sculpture by George Frederic Watts with a complex past.
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