LibGuides: Tate exhibitions bibliography: Tate Gallery 1930-1949

This bibliography compiles Tate exhibition catalogues from 1930-1949.

The Second World War saw the Gallery close in August 1939. Artworks were moved offsite to Eastington Hall, Upton -on-Severn, The Hellens, Gloucestershire, and Muncaster Castle in Cumberland and some Underground stations.

Telegram notifying John Rothenstein of bomb damage to the Gallery, December 1940. Photo: Tate

1930-1939

Exhibition of Jugoslav sculpture and painting.
Publication Date: 1930

Exhibition held: 10 April - 31 May 1930
Tate Gallery (London)
Catalogue of an exhibition organised by the Jugoslav Society of Great Britain and the Friends of Great Britain in Jugoslavia, and held in the National Gallery, Millbank.
A selection of works also travelled to City of Manchester Art Gallery, 15 May - 14 June 1931.
Exhibition of scenes of Gaucho life in the province of entre Rios by Quiros.
Publication Date: 1931

Exhibition held: Jan. 1931
Tate Gallery (London)
Exhibition of oil paintings by Camille Pissarro, 1830-1903.
Publication Date: London : National Gallery, Millbank, 1931.

Exhibition held: 27 June - 3 Oct. 1931
Tate Gallery (London)
Exhibitions of Turner's early oil-painting (1796-1815).
Publication Date: London : Tate Gallery, 1931.

Exhibition held: July - Sept. 1931
(Tate Gallery)
Loan exhibition of works by George Chinnery, R.H.A., 1774 - 1852.
Publication Date: 1932

Exhibition held: 1932
Tate Gallery (London)
Memorial exhibition of drawings in water-colour by Professor W.R. Lethaby
Publication Date: 1932

Exhibition held: 1932
Tate Gallery (London)
Centenary exhibition of paintings and drawings by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Bart., 1833-1898.
Publication Date: London : Westminster Press, 1933.

Exhibition held: 17 June - 31 Aug. 1933
Tate Gallery (London)
An exhibition of cricket pictures : from the collection of Sir Jeremiah Colman.
Publication Date: 1934

Exhibition held: 16 June - 30 Sept. 1934
Tate Gallery (London)
Sporting pictures at the Tate Gallery from the collection of Mr H. Arthurton.
Exhibition dates: 16 June - 30 Sept. 1934
No catalogue.
Centenary exhibition of paintings and water-colours by William McTaggart, R.S.A., 1835 - 1910.
Publication Date: 1935

Exhibition held: 1 May - 31 July 1935
Tate Gallery (London)
An exhibition of paintings by Joanna Mary Boyce (Mrs. H.T. Wells) 1831-1861.
Publication Date: London : Tate Gallery, 1935.

Exhibition held: 14 June - 27 July 1935
Tate Gallery (London)
An exhibition of sculpture by Paul Manship.
Publication Date: 1935

Exhibition held: 18 June - 31 July 1935
Tate Gallery (London)
Silver jubilee exhibition of some of the works acquired by the Contemporary Art Society 1910-1935.
Publication Date: 1935

Exhibition held: 2 July - 3 Aug. 1935
Tate Gallery (London)
Loan collection of paintings, drawings and engravings by contemporary British artists : recently exhibited in New Zealand and Australia under the auspices of the Empire Art Loan Collections Society.
Publication Date: London : Westminster Press, 1935.

Exhibition held: 17 - 31 Oct. 1935
Tate Gallery (London)
Exhibition of works by Professor Henry Tonks.
Publication Date: London : Tate Gallery, 1936.

Exhibition held: 6 Oct. - 15 Nov. 1936
Tate Gallery (London)
Centenary exhibition of paintings and water-colours by John Constable, R.A. (1776-1837).
Publication Date: London : Tate Gallery, Millbank 1937.

Exhibition held: 4 May - 31 Aug. 1937
Tate Gallery (London)
Exhibition of paintings and sculpture by the late Glyn Philpot, R.A., 1884-1937.
Publication Date: London : Tate Gallery, Millbank, 1938.

Exhibition held: 14 July - 28 Aug. 1938
Tate Gallery (London)
A century of Canadian art : catalogue.
Publication Date: London : Tate Gallery, 1938.

Exhibition held: 14 Oct. - 31 Dec. 1938
Tate Gallery (London)
Mural painting in Great Britain, 1919 - 1939 : an exhibition of photographs.
Publication Date: London : Tate Gallery, 1939.

Exhibition held: 25 May - 30 June 1939
Tate Gallery (London)

1940-1949

Walter Richard Sickert: organized by the Tate Gallery in conjunction with the National Gallery and held at the National Gallery.
Exhibition held: 22 Aug. - Dec. 1941
Tate Gallery (London)
No catalogue.
The Tate Gallery's wartime acquisitions.
Publication Date: London : National Gallery, 1942.

Exhibition held: April - May 1942
Tate Gallery (London)
A selection from the Tate Gallery's wartime acquisitions : 1942 C.E.M.A.
Publication Date: 1942

Exhibition held: 1942
Tate Gallery (London)
Organised by C.E.M.A. Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts.
Memorial exhibition of the works of Philip Wilson Steer, O.M., 1860-1942.
Publication Date: London : Tate Gallery, 1943.

Exhibition held: June - Aug. 1943
Tate Gallery (London)
British narrative paintings from the Tate Gallery : from the Regency to the 20th century.
Publication Date: London : Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts, 1944.

Exhibition held: 1944
Tate Gallery (London)
The Tate Gallery's wartime acquisitions : second exhibition.
Publication Date: London : C.E.M.A., 1945.

Exhibition held: June - July 1945
Tate Gallery (London)
Paul Klee, 1879-1940 : catalogue.
Exhibition held: Dec. 1945 - Feb. 1946
Tate Gallery (London)
Modern British pictures from the Tate Gallery exhibited under the auspices of the British Council : Brussels, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Paris, Berne, Vienna, Prague, Warsaw, Rome, 1946-1947.
Publication Date: London : Tate Gallery, 1946.

Exhibition held: 1946 - 1947
The works of James Ensor.
Publication Date: London: Arts Council of Great Britain, [1946]

Exhibition held: 27 Feb. - 31 Mar. 1946
Tate Gallery (London)
Braque and Rouault : [small guide] / an exhibition under the auspices of The British Council, La Direction Generale des Relations Culturelles and L'Association Francais d'Action Artistique.
Publication Date: London: British Council, 1946.

Exhibition held: 11 Apr. - 22 May 1946
Tate Gallery (London)
Paul Cézanne : an exhibition of watercolours.
Publication Date: London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1946.

Exhibition held: April - May 1946
Tate Gallery (London)
A collection of contemporary English painting.
Publication Date: London: Tate Gallery, 1946.

Exhibition held: Apr. - June 1946
American painting : from the eighteenth century to the present day.
Publication Date: London: Tate Gallery, 1946.

Exhibition held: June - July 1946
Tate Gallery (London)
An exhibition of a selection from the acquisitions of the Contemporary Art Society, from its foundation in 1910 up to the present day : catalogue, paintings, sculpture, drawings, etchings and pottery all of which the Society has given to various galleries
Publication Date: London: Tate Gallery, [1946?]

Exhibition held: 27 Sept. - 31 Oct. 1946
Tate Gallery (London)
Drawings and paintings by Alexander Cozens.
Publication Date: London: Tate Gallery, 1946.

Exhibition held: Dec. 1946
Tate Gallery (London)
Tate Gallery 1897-1947 : pictures from the Tate Gallery Foundation Gift and exhibition of subsequent British painting.
Publication Date: London: Tate Gallery, 1947.

Exhibition held: May - Sept. 1947
Tate Gallery (London)
William Blake, 1757-1827
Publication Date: 1947

Exhibition held: 1947
Tate Gallery (London)
Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890 : an exhibition of paintings and drawings.
Publication Date: 1947

Exhibition held: Dec. 1947 - Jan. 1948
Tate Gallery (London)
Marc Chagall : an exhibition of paintings, prints, book illustrations and theatre designs 1908-1947.
Publication Date: 1948

Exhibition held: 4 - 29 Feb. 1948
Tate Gallery (London)
Paul Nash, 1889-1946 : memorial exhibition : paintings, watercolours and drawings.
Publication Date: 1948

Exhibition held: 17 Mar. - 2 May 1948
Tate Gallery (London)
Westminster regained.
Exhibition held: 30 Mar. - 6 Apr. 1948
Tate Gallery (London)
Organised by The Architectural Review.
No catalogue.
Samuel Courtauld : memorial exhibition.
Publication Date: 1948

Exhibition held: 1948
Tate Gallery (London)
Pictures for schools.
Publication Date: 1948

Exhibition held: 18 June - 8 July 1948
Tate Gallery (London)
An exhibition of paintings by Jack B. Yeats.
Publication Date: 1948

Exhibition held: 14 Aug. - 15 Sept. 1948
Tate Gallery (London)
Exhibition of contemporary South African paintings, drawings and sculpture : with a prelude of historical paintings.
Publication Date: 1948

Exhibition held: 1948 - 1949
Tate Gallery (London)
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, 1848-1948 : catalogue of a centenary exhibition.
Publication Date: 1948

Exhibition held: Sept. 1948
Tate Gallery (London)
David, 1748-1825 : catalogue of exhibition of paintings and drawings.
Publication Date: 1948

Exhibition held: 4 Dec. 1948 - 16 Jan. 1949
Tate Gallery (London)
Arranged by courtesy of the French Government.
Catalogue of an exhibition of pictures by Richard Wilson and his circle.
Publication Date: 1949

Exhibition held: Jan. 1949
Tate Gallery (London)
Organised by the City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham.
Art treasures from Vienna : an exhibition.
Publication Date: 1949

Exhibition held: 12 May - 3 Sept.1949
Tate Gallery (London)
A memorial exhibition of works by James Pryde 1866 - 1941.
Publication Date: 1949

Exhibition held: Sept. - Oct. 1949
Tate Gallery (London)
Also held in Brighton.