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Buildings in London: Whitechapel Art Gallery

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Whitechapel Art Gallery

80-82 Whitechapel High Street
London
E1 7QX

Tel: + 44 (0)20 7522 7888

http://www.whitechapel.org/

Founded in 1901 to 'bring great art to the people of the East End of London', the Whitechapel Art Gallery occupies a distinctive Arts and Crafts building designed for the purpose by Charles Harrison Townsend. Its façade is a powerful composition with a massive, asymmetrically placed arch and very restrained decoration. The first exhibition at the gallery included the Pre-Raphaelites, Constable, Hogarth and Rubens, and attracted 206,000 people.