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Now open until Sunday 19 March 2022, the Allen Gallery in Alton is hosting Dawn to Dusk: a new exhibition of original works by 19th and 20th century artist WH Allen.

William Herbert Allen’s life as a working artist spanned more than 50 years, from the late 1880s to the early 1940s. He became Art Master and later director at Farnham School of Art, whilst also painting thousands of pictures of the countryside around the south of England and the continent. Annual exhibitions of original WH Allen watercolours and oils, each year with a new theme, take place in the Allen Gallery, which was named in the artist’s honour after the bequest of his works to the Curtis Museum in Alton in 1979.

This year, the exhibition is titled Dawn to Dusk and will display a selection of WH Allen paintings which have been chosen from the collection cared for by Hampshire Cultural Trust that capture the changing light and atmosphere of the rural landscape from sunrise to sunset.

The Allen Gallery is operated by Hampshire Cultural Trust, an independent charity set up in 2014 to promote Hampshire as a county that offers outstanding cultural experiences to both its residents and visitors.   

For more information, please visit https://www.hampshireculture.org.uk/event/dawn-dusk-exhibition-work-wh-allen.

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