the permanent collection
Jim Ede often described himself as a 'friend of artists', and much of his collection was acquired through these friendships. From the 1920s Ede knew Ben and Winifred Nicholson, Christopher Wood, David Jones, Henry Moore and others, and Kettle's Yard now houses several of their works. There is a substantial collection of paintings and drawings by Alfred Wallis whom Jim Ede never met but whose work was introduced by Ben Nicholson. Around 1926 Ede acquired a substantial body of works by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, who had been killed in World War I : 'A great quantity of his work was dumped in my office at the Tate.' Ede's collecting was largely suspended during his period abroad (1936-1956), and was actively resumed only in his later years at Kettle's Yard.
A list of artists whose work is displayed in the House follows.
Other work is held in the reserve and student loan collections.
| AUERBACH Frank BLACKBURN John BRANCUSI Constantin CLEGG John COLLINS Cecil CONGDON William DELPIERRE Francine DIXON James ELLISON Jan ERNST Max FINLAY Ian Hamilton GABO Naum GAUDIER-BRZESKA Henri GILL Eric HEPWORTH Barbara HILTON Roger ILLSLEY Bryan JONES David KAPP Edmund KENNETHSON George KENRICK Simon KOLAR Jiri LEACH Bernard LOWRY L S MAITEC Ovidiu MARINI Marino |
MARTIN Kenneth McPHAIL Tam McQUOID Winston MIRO Joan MOORE Henry NICHOLSON Ben NICHOLSON Kate NICHOLSON Simon NICHOLSON Winifred PEACE David PEARCE Bryan PINE Michael PIPER John PLEYDELL-BOUVERIE Katherine RICHARDS Ceri RIE Lucie SCOTT William SIRONI Mario STAITE MURRAY William STRATFORD Dorothy UMEDA Kenji VALENTI Italo VARDANEGA Gregorio VELLACOTT Elisabeth WALLIS Alfred WOOD Christopher |