Nationwide Art Gallery Lietuvos Nacionalinis DailÄ—s Muziejus

This concept was firmly rejected by Winston Churchill, who wrote in a telegram to Kenneth Clark, “bury them in caves or in cellars, but not a picture shall leave these islands”. Instead a slate quarry at Manod, close to Blaenau Ffestiniog in North Wales, was requisitioned for the gallery’s use. In the seclusion afforded by the paintings’ new location, the Keeper Martin Davies started to compile scholarly catalogues on the gathering, with help of the gallery’s library which was additionally stored within the quarry. The move to Manod confirmed the significance of storing work at a relentless temperature and humidity,…

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