Paintings
J.M.W. Turner’s Dawn of Christianity (Flight into Egypt) (1841) is one of the most popular pieces in the Ulster Museum painting collection. Depicting Mary, Joseph and the infant Christ fleeing into Egypt to escape King Herod it is just one of the many striking and historically significant works that can be found in our collection.
Irish painting from the 17th century to the present
The Ulster Museum’s art collection has some of the finest Irish art found anywhere in the world. It includes scenes by Jack Butler Yeats, William Conor’s depictions of working class life in Belfast, and the vibrant and precise canvases of John Luke. Sir John Lavery’s grand, yet intimate, paintings were a significant gift to collection by the artist in 1929.
Works by contemporary artists continue to be collected such as Rita Duffy and Willie Doherty.
British painting from the 17th century to the present.
The Ulster Museum is home to notable examples of paintings by the British masters. We hold portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, and Sir Thomas Lawrence. Turner’s magnificent The Dawn of Christianity, donated to the museum in 1913, is a major highlight of this era.
International painting from the 20th century to the present.
British and international post-war art is at the core of Ulster Museum’s painting collection. We hold works by celebrated artists such as Francis Bacon, Ben Nicholson, and a piece by Morris Louis, an early champion of Colour Field painting.
Dutch, Flemish, and Italian painting from the 17th to the 19th century
Ulster Museum’s collection of Dutch, Flemish, and Italian painting demonstrates the significant influence that these traditions have had on British and Irish art. The highlights of the collection include two panel works by Pieter Brueghel the Younger, and Jacob Jordaens’ St Christopher Carrying the Christ Child.
Art UK
A wide selection of beautiful art prints from our collection can be purchased, both framed and unframed, from the Art UK website.
BELUM.U4961, C6284, C6285
1-11-92 oil bar (1992)
Drawing
BELUM.U519
1935 (painting)
Painting
BELUM.U720
3:8:68 (1968)
Painting
HOYFM.536.1995
4.5 Litre Bentley
picture, painting, oil painting
BELUM.U4724
6.10pm
Painting
BELUM.U2294
A and the Dog (1974)
Painting
BELUM.U3693
A Byzantine Church, Daphni, Greece
Drawing
BELUM.U173
A Cavalry Skirmish
Painting
BELUM.U5048
A Cold Day, Lincoln
Painting
BELUM.U5112
A County Down Cottage Bouquet
Painting
BELUM.U182
A Doctor Bleeding a Patient
Painting
BELUM.U4879
A Dying Animal (c.1943)
Painting
BELUM.U990
A French Hotel
Painting
BELUM.U472
A Freshening Breeze, St. Briac (c.1907)
Painting
BELUM.U1741
A Gnarled Tree Trunk
Painting
BELUM.U268
A Good Catch, Co. Donegal (1943-44)
Painting
BELUM.U3628
A Harbour by Sunset (1913)
Drawing
HOYFM.PCF26
A Judge
Painting
BELUM.U345
A Lough Neagh Fisherman (1920)
Painting
BELUM.U5001
A Man Of The Hills (1910-1913)
Painting
BELUM.U332
A Market in France (c1929)
Painting
BELUM.U473
A Mountain Landscape in Wales
Painting
BELUM.U2427
A Night at Home (c.1951-56)
Painting
BELUM.U4953
A Prayer for the Departed (1910 - 12)
Painting
BELUM.U511
A Rain Squall, Concarneau
Painting
BELUM.U4695
A Sonata of Daicellos (1907)
Painting
BELUM.U280
A Summer Day on the Thames (c.1930)
Painting
BELUM.U482
A View from the Artist's Studio (1931)
Painting
BELUM.U2255
A View of Glenarm Castle (c. 1768-1812)
Painting
BELUM.U1181
A View of Kilkenny
Painting
BELUM.U59
A View of the Canal between the Lakes of Killarney (c.1770)
Painting
BELUM.U644
A View of the Palace of the Dukes of Brabant, Brussels (poss. 1660s)
Painting
BELUM.U4813
A View of the River Boyne with Gentlemen and Horses by a Statue to William III in the Foreground, the Boyne Obelisk
BELUM.U2574
A View on the Seine (1915)
Painting
BELUM.U2559
Abstract
Painting
BELUM.U2296
Abstract (1922)
Painting
BELUM.U2024.13.2
Abstract (White, Blue and Orange)
Painting
BELUM.U523
Abstract in Black, White and Indigo (Floating World) (1960 - 1)
Painting
BELUM.U5105
Acqueous Currents (1964)
Painting, oil
BELUM.U721
Adoration of the Golden Calf
Painting
BELUM.U675
Adoration of the Infant Jesus
Painting
BELUM.U418
After Milking Time
Painting
BELUM.U5104
Air Currents (1964)
Painting, oil
BELUM.U4491
Alderman William John Johnston, JP 1821 - 97
Painting
BELUM.U81
Alice (1919)
Painting
BELUM.U2836
Allegorical Scene
Painting
BELUM.U36
Allegory of Fortune
Painting
BELUM.U2709
Aloes (1920's)
Painting
BELUM.U5161
Among the Reeds
Painting
BELUM.U11
An Alchemist and his Assistant
Painting
BELUM.U37
An Autumn Morning
Painting
BELUM.U121
An Irish Idyll (c.1894)
Painting