Collector’s Generous Bequest Brings Important 20th Century Works to 15 Museums in the UK

LONDON.- Membership charity the Art Fund has successfully placed 27 works of art from a major bequest in 15 museums across the UK . The works of art belonged to Ann Forsdyke (1913 – 2007), who worked at London ’s Whitechapel Art Gallery during one of the most vibrant periods in its history, at Apollo magazine, as assistant to Australian artist Sidney Nolan and at the British Museum . The Forsdyke Bequest includes pieces by Henry Moore and Prunella Clough, as well as works by Sidney Nolan and two other important Australian artists who worked in the UK , Arthur Boyd and Roy de Maistre. Ann Forsdyke bequeathed her art collection to the Art Fund in 2007 when it was valued for insurance at £516,700. Reflecting the connections made by Ann during her life, the Forsdyke Bequest contains several works by major Australian artists as well as other international and British artists supported by the Whitechapel during the late 1950

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