NEWS
Conservation & Fund Raising To Date
Discover what conservation work has been completed since Friends was formed with money raised by the Friends & our magnificent donors.
Featured Artist: William Ewart Lockhart (1846-1900) – Queen Victoria’s Jubilee Service Painting
Queen Victoria commissions Scottish artist William Ewart Lockhart (1846-1900) to create her Golden Jubilee commemorative painting.
Antiques TV Personality Margie Cooper Visits Friends of the LSA Art Collection at Lytham Hall
Margie Cooper gives talk for Friends of the Lytham St Annes Art Collection at Lytham Hall!
Featured Artist: Henry Charles Fox, RBA (1855-1929) – A Lane Near Guildford Painting, 1912
Did you know that London born artist Henry Charles Fox, RBA (1855-1929) has 3 paintings in the Lytham St Annes Art Collection?
Featured Artist: Kathleen White (1922-1987) – Wyre Dock Painting
Lino cuts & scraperboards? Discover how this creative, Preston born artist was more than a painter.
Featured Artist: Thomas Greenhalgh (1848-1906) – Coaling, S S City of Rome In The Mersey
Find out more about Heywood born artist Thomas Greenhalgh and his steam clipper painting.
Featured Artist: Francois de Troy (1645-1730) – Portrait of an Artist
Who was French artist & engraver, Francois de Troy?
Missing The Drummer Boy Painting By Mark William Langiois (1848-1924) Discovered After 43 Years
What happened to The Drummer Boy painting? Find out here…
Heritage Open Day Season
The theme this year is Edible England & it seems fitting that we feature this beautiful painting of our sandhills being used for grazing.
Featured Artist: Thomas Greenhalgh (1848-1906) – Amiens Cathedral, France
Who was Heywood born artist Thomas Greenhalgh?
A Welcome Back Cream Tea & A Talk In The West Wing
Our first get-together since the start of the pandemic, a huge success!
Congratulations Barbara Cropper! Winner of Our Design A Christmas Card Competition 2021
The beautiful ‘Snow on Langdale Pikes’ wins our 2021 Christmas card competition.
Congratulations to our Highly Commended Design A Christmas Card Competition 2021 Runners Up!
Wendy Bingham & Ronald Haber shortlisted for 2021 Design A Christmas Card Competition.
Featured Artist: George Hamilton Constantine (1878-1967) – Harvest Time, Near Buxton
Seascapes, landscapes & a Royal Academy exhibitor 1916. Find out more about George Hamilton Constantine.
Featured Artist: Eugene Joseph Verboekhoven (1798-1881) – Cattle & Sheep In A Landscape, 1874
Discover more about Belgian born artist Eugene Joseph Verboekhoven 1798-1881, one of the most famous and successful artists of his day.
Featured Artist: Eugene de Blaas (1843-1932) – The Italian Flower Girl Oil On Canvas Painting
Born in Italy to Austrian parents, Eugene de Blaas became an artist… & a mill owner in Freckleton.
Featured Artist: Charles W. Oswald (1850) – Cattle at a Lakeside Drinking Oil On Canvas Painting
Do you know more about German born artist Charles W. Oswald?