The George Dannatt Trust, a registered charity, was established in 1986 by collectors George & Ann Dannatt. The primary purposes of the trust are to further the education of the public in the visual arts and, in support of this, to promote the work of George Dannatt as an artist and to manage George & Ann Dannatt collection of post war lyrical abstract artworks primarily associated with the St. Ives (West Penwith) area.
About
For more than half a century, between 1955 and 2009, two remarkable individuals, George and Ann Dannatt, devoted themselves single-mindedly to collecting the work of artists such as Patrick Heron, Terry Frost, Bryan Wynter, Peter Lanyon, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, John Wells and Paul Feiler, as well as many others with St Ives connections such as William Scott, Robert Adams, Roger Hilton, John Tunnard and Alfred Wallis.
Activities
Beginning in 1995, discussions were held with various organisations with a view to making gifts. Most recently, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester and Southampton City Art Gallery became the recipients of two bequests. The Pallant House Gift includes one and half thousand books on art history, aesthetics and criticism together with art periodicals and books illustrated by artists, some of…
2015 CENTENARY EVENTS
Centenary Events In 2015 the George Dannatt Trust celebrated the Centenary of George Dannatt’s birth, by organising exhibitions and events that highlighted George and Ann’s involvement in the art world as collectors, and George’s life as an artist. St Ives and British Modernism: The George and Ann Dannatt Collection Pallant House Gallery, Chichester 13 June –…
