Whitworth Art Gallery
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The Whitworth Art Gallery is an art gallery in Manchester, England, boasting about 31,000 items in its collection.
It was founded with a donation from Sir Joseph Whitworth.
It has notable collections of watercolours, wallpapers and textiles.
In the 1950s, it became part of the University of Manchester. The museum is located south of the university's campus, in Whitworth Park.
One of its most famous works is the marble sculpture Genesis (1929-1931) by Sir Jacob Epstein.
2003 Theft
On Saturday 26 April 2003, three paintings -- Van Gogh's The Fortification of Paris with Houses, Picasso's Poverty and Gauguin's Tahitian Landscape -- were stolen from the gallery. They were later found by a nearby public toilet and were subsequently put back on display.
External links
- The Whiworth Art Gallery, Manchester (http://www.whitworth.man.ac.uk/)Template:UK-struct-stub