British Folk Art Collection
Compton Verney has the largest collection of British folk art in the country, acquired for the gallery in 1993 to prevent it being split up
and sold abroad. It is made up of a mixture of paintings and objects such as trade-signs and weathervanes. The term ‘folk art’ describes work produced by people
with no formal art training – for example, some works in the collection were made by travelling salesmen such as sign-painters
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Highlights of the British Folk Art Collection
Public House Sign, Swan
Whirligig, Soldier
Military Patchwork
English Provincial School, A Pair of Pigs
English Provincial School, Admiral Lord Exmouth
Attributed to John Collier, The Dentist