It has been the practice from the early years of the Society for a work from an exhibition to be selected by the President, Chairman of Selectors and members of the Panel and purchased for the Permanent Collection.
This collection is now a significant representation of much of the best work that has been produced by artists in East Anglia over the past half century.
The society also has a small library of books by or about artists who were members or worked locally which are available for loan to members of the society.
The titles are listed below and to borrow members are asked to contact David Marshall
Title
Author
In Perspective: Colchester Art Society
Elaine Coppen
Wladyslaw Mirecki at Fifty
A Chappel Galleries Monograph
Joy Clucas
Her own story
Oil Paintings in Public Ownership;Essex
Roderic Barrett
David Buckman
John Nash at Wormingford
Ronald Blythe
Pippin's Progress, a Soldier Artist's War
Richard Heseltine
Artists at the Fry - Art & Design in the N.W. Essex Collection
East Anglian Sketchbook
Andrew Dodds
Charles Debenham's East Anglia
David Buckman
Benton End Remembered, the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing
Ivor Weiss(1919-1986) Memories of a Jewish Artist
Artists at Work*
Roderic Barrett
The Alchemy of paint
Spike Buckman
Journeys East to West
Katherline Hamilton
'50/60' works by the tutors and students of Colchester Art School in the 1950s ans 60s.(Exhibition June August 2008)
Illustrated Catalogue
Colchester Art Society Permanent Collection (October - November 2008) 3 copies.
Illustrated Catalogue
Colchester Fine Art Open (July - September 2009)
Illustrated Catalogue
* This is a draft of an unpublished book and as such is irreplaceable. For this reason members are required to leave a £50 deposit when borrowing it.
*Attention - Members Only!
Pieces from the collection can be hired for a modest fee for periods agreed with the Curator. The borrower is responsible for caring for and insuring the work whilst it is in their possession. Please contact David Marshall for details.
