Grosvenor Gallery was first established by the American sociologist and writer Eric Estorick (1913-1993) who began to collect works of art when he came to live in England after the Second World War. In the initial years, Eric and his wife developed a major collection of Italian art, which at one time was considered the most important collection of Italian art outside Italy. It was then that Estorick became a full time art dealer and went on to establish the Grosvenor Gallery in 1960, with its first premise on Davies Street. It was the largest and best equipped gallery in...
Grosvenor Gallery was first established by the American sociologist and writer Eric Estorick (1913-1993) who began to collect works of art when he came to live in England after the Second World War. In the initial years, Eric and his wife developed a major collection of Italian art, which at one time was considered the most important collection of Italian art outside Italy. It was then that Estorick became a full time art dealer and went on to establish the Grosvenor Gallery in 1960, with its first premise on Davies Street. It was the largest and best equipped gallery in England at the time. Grosvenor Gallery went on to exhibit some of the major European artists of the time - some for the first time in London such as Magritte, Picasso, Sironi and Chagall. Grosvenor Gallery also represented an impressive group of young artists such as Michael Ayrton, Jack Smith and Prunella Clough. Estorick also added the already well-known artists Francis Newton Souza and Paul Feiler. In 2006, Grosvenor Gallery collaborated with Vadehra Art Gallery in New Delhi to promote international art in India and Indian art in the UK. International exhibitions in India includea Pablo Picasso exhibition in 2006 and a highly acclaimed exhibition of Lucien Freud and Francis Bacon along with Tyeb Mehta and Francis Newton Souza in 2007. Since then the Gallery has continued to exhibit modern and contemporary South Asian art, predominantly the work of mid-20th century Indian modernists such as the Bombay Progressives, as well as Chughtai, Gulgee and Sadequain from Pakistan. Our contemporary program includes exhibitions of work by Rasheed Araeen, Faiza Butt, Olivia Fraser and Dhruva Mistry amongst others. Going forward Grosvenor Gallery will continue to focus on showing the best modern and contemporary Art from South Asia.
