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Leeds Art Gallery

Leeds Art Gallery in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, is a gallery, part of the Leeds Museums & Galleries group, whose collection of 20th-century British Art was designated by the British government in 1997 as a collection "of national importance". Its collection also includes 19th-century and earlier art works. It is a grade II listed building owned and administered by Leeds City Council, linked on the West to Leeds Central Library and on the East via a bridge to the Henry Moore Institute with which it shares some sculptures. A Henry Moore sculpture, Reclining Woman: Elbow (1981), stands in front of the entrance. The entrance hall contains Leeds' oldest civic sculpture, a 1712 marble statue of Queen Anne.

History
'' The original concept of this gallery was initiated by an executive committee formed in 1876 for the purpose, by Leeds Fine Art Society. The original committee included its president, the Marquis of Ripon, Hon. Sec. John Joseph Willson, Rev. John Gott (vicar of Leeds, and son of Benjamin Gott), John Atkinson Grimshaw, and architect William Henry Thorp (1852–1944). The gallery was built between 1886–88 by Thorp, as an extension to the Municipal Buildings to the west (built 1878–84 by George Corson, now housing Leeds Central Library). What is now the Tiled Hall Café was the sculpture gallery, having been modified from the Reading Room of the adjacent public library, to be illuminated by electricity. All other galleries were lit by daylight from rooflights. The new building had a central court of two storeys with a glass roof and a fountain of Burmatofts faience. In 1982 it was modified, turning the entrance from the East side to the South, on the Headrow, with an extension for the sculpture collection. The new building was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 26 November 1982. A £1.5 million renovation was completed in June 2007, including opening up the magnificent Victorian Tiled Hall (used as a café and bookshop) which links the gallery and the library, and the former Queen's Gallery was named after local businessman and patron of the arts, Arnold Ziff. At first floor level there is direct access from the gallery to the Art Library. The gallery includes a ground floor lecture theatre named after Henry Moore which is used for a variety of events. It closed again in January 2016 for extensive renovation, re-opening 13 October 2017. The renovation uncovered the glass roof in the Central Court Gallery, which had been covered by a false ceiling. An abstract wall painting by Lothar Götz was provided to brighten up the Victorian staircase. File:LCAG Interior 26 June 2018 Queen Anne.jpg|1712 statue of Queen Anne File:Leeds City Art Gallery plaque 26 June 2018.jpg|1982 commemorative plaque File:LCAG Interior 26 June 2018 Ziff Gallery.jpg|Ziff Gallery (formerly the Queen's Room) File:LCAG Interior 26 June 2018 upper gallery 1.jpg|The glass roof uncovered in 2016 File:LCAG Interior 26 June 2018 1.jpg|Main staircase and lecture theatre File:LCAG Interior 26 June 2018 sculpture gallery.jpg|Ground floor sculpture gallery File:LCAG Interior July 2018 Landing 4.jpg|First floor landing and exhibition area ==On display==
On display
"Ten key works" The gallery's visitor leaflet suggesting "Ten key works" for a short visit lists the following items (listed here in date order): • Retribution, Edward Armitage, 1858 • The Age of Bronze, Auguste Rodin, 1877 (cast 1906) • The Valley of Shadows, Evelyn De Morgan, 1899 • Maternity, Jacob Epstein, 1910 • Praxitella, Wyndham Lewis, 1921 • Reclining Figure, Henry Moore, 1929 • Painting, Francis Bacon, 1950 • Postcard Flag (Union Jack), Tony Cragg, 1981 • Maquette for Brick Man, Antony Gormley, 1986 • The Artist in her Studio, Paula Rego, 1993 Other Other works on display in the galleries include : '' (1881) Elizabeth Thompson '' (1881) Atkinson Grimshaw • Paintings • The Shadow of Death (1870–73), William Holman Hunt • Boar Lane, Leeds (1881), Atkinson Grimshaw • Scotland Forever! (1881), Elizabeth Thompson • The Bridesmaid (1883–85), James Tissot • The Lady of Shalott Looking at Lancelot (c.1894), John William Waterhouse • The Tin Mine (1942), Graham Sutherland • Sculpture • Hieroglyph - Barbara Hepworth • Mother and Child - Henry Moore ==See also==
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