Past Exhibitions
Christopher exhibited his work throughout Britain with many shows held in London, the south of England and Wales, his paintings seen in both mixed and one man shows. His first one man show took place in 1957 at Arthur Jeffress (Pictures) of London, ran by the prolific art collector Arthur Jeffress and influential art critic Robert Melville. In the sixties Christopher had many one man shows at the Portal Gallery and later the New Grafton Gallery. He also exhibited his work at the Royal Academy (see below), the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA), and the Royal Cambrian Academy (RCA). In addition to private sales and commissions, many public institutions, such as The National Museum of Wales, The Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology, Reading Museum, and the West Berkshire Museum purchased his work and can still be seen in their collections. (public collections). Below is listed by decade many of his exhibitions. Click on the decade to reveal a list of some of the exhibitions which took place in that decade. On some of the exhibits, you will see links to media reviews of that particular show. Click on these to open a new window/tab to view the article.
August 1948 – Paintings by Children from Bedales School, Petersfield. Archer Gallery, London
The Nineteen Fifties
1952 – Newbury District Arts SocietyAugust to September 1954 – “Artists of Fame and Promise” Leicester Galleries.December 1954 – “Artisti Recanatesi” La Mostra d’Arte Gruppo, Salone del Popolo. Reviews (in Italian) | il Resto del Carlino |1955 – Young Contemporaries 1955 RBA Galleries, London.September 1955 – Contemporary Paintings and Sculpture Artists International Association, Leicester Square, London. Review | The Manchester Guardian | The Times |1957 – “Recent Paintings” Arthur Jeffress (pictures), London.January 1958 – “Paintings by Christopher Hall” Arthur Jeffress (pictures), London.January 1958 – Reviews | The Studio | The Times | Art News and Review |March 1958 – Sixty-fifth Spring Exhibition of Contemporary British Art City of Bradford Art Gallery and Museum.April 1959 – Third Exhibition. The New Art Centre, Sloane Street, London.August 1959 – “Flowers & Fruit”.Arthur Jeffress (pictures), London
The Nineteen Fifties
1952 – Newbury District Arts SocietyAugust to September 1954 – “Artists of Fame and Promise” Leicester Galleries.December 1954 – “Artisti Recanatesi” La Mostra d’Arte Gruppo, Salone del Popolo. Reviews (in Italian) | il Resto del Carlino |1955 – Young Contemporaries 1955 RBA Galleries, London.September 1955 – Contemporary Paintings and Sculpture Artists International Association, Leicester Square, London. Review | The Manchester Guardian | The Times |1957 – “Recent Paintings” Arthur Jeffress (pictures), London.January 1958 – “Paintings by Christopher Hall” Arthur Jeffress (pictures), London.January 1958 – Reviews | The Studio | The Times | Art News and Review |March 1958 – Sixty-fifth Spring Exhibition of Contemporary British Art City of Bradford Art Gallery and Museum.April 1959 – Third Exhibition. The New Art Centre, Sloane Street, London.August 1959 – “Flowers & Fruit”.Arthur Jeffress (pictures), London
The Nineteen Fifties
1952 – Newbury District Arts SocietyAugust to September 1954 – “Artists of Fame and Promise” Leicester Galleries.December 1954 – “Artisti Recanatesi” La Mostra d’Arte Gruppo, Salone del Popolo. Reviews (in Italian) | il Resto del Carlino |1955 – Young Contemporaries 1955 RBA Galleries, London.September 1955 – Contemporary Paintings and Sculpture Artists International Association, Leicester Square, London. Review | The Manchester Guardian | The Times |1957 – “Recent Paintings” Arthur Jeffress (pictures), London.January 1958 – “Paintings by Christopher Hall” Arthur Jeffress (pictures), London.January 1958 – Reviews | The Studio | The Times | Art News and Review |March 1958 – Sixty-fifth Spring Exhibition of Contemporary British Art City of Bradford Art Gallery and Museum.April 1959 – Third Exhibition. The New Art Centre, Sloane Street, London.August 1959 – “Flowers & Fruit”.Arthur Jeffress (pictures), London
The Nineteen Fifties
1952 – Newbury District Arts SocietyAugust to September 1954 – “Artists of Fame and Promise” Leicester Galleries.December 1954 – “Artisti Recanatesi” La Mostra d’Arte Gruppo, Salone del Popolo. Reviews (in Italian) | il Resto del Carlino |1955 – Young Contemporaries 1955 RBA Galleries, London.September 1955 – Contemporary Paintings and Sculpture Artists International Association, Leicester Square, London. Review | The Manchester Guardian | The Times |1957 – “Recent Paintings” Arthur Jeffress (pictures), London.January 1958 – “Paintings by Christopher Hall” Arthur Jeffress (pictures), London.January 1958 – Reviews | The Studio | The Times | Art News and Review |March 1958 – Sixty-fifth Spring Exhibition of Contemporary British Art City of Bradford Art Gallery and Museum.April 1959 – Third Exhibition. The New Art Centre, Sloane Street, London.August 1959 – “Flowers & Fruit”.Arthur Jeffress (pictures), London
The Nineteen Sixties
November 1960 – Christmas Exhibition. Wilton Gallery, Belgrave Square, London.March 1961 – “Recent Paintings by Christopher Hall” Arthur Jeffress Gallery, London.December 1961 – Winter Exhibition. Foyles Art Gallery, Charing Cross Road, London.Feb-March 1963 – “Italian Landscapes” Ashgate Gallery, Farnham. Review | Arts Review |June 1964 – “Recent Paintings at Portal” Christopher Hall and Giles Auty. Portal Gallery, London. Review | Art News and Review |July-August 1965 – Christopher Hall “Paintings of Normandy & Brittany” Portal Gallery, London. Rewview | Arts ReviewJuly-August 1966 – Christopher Hall “Paintings of Wales” Portal Gallery, London. Reviews | Arts Review | Eastern Daily Press | New York Times |June 1967 – Paintings by Christopher Hall and Peter Bain Ashgate Gallery, Farnham. Reviews | Arts Review | Newbury Weekly News |September 1967 – Christopher Hall “Paintings of Italian Village Life” Portal Gallery, London. Reviews | Arts Review | International Herald Tribune | The Times |October-November 1968 – Christopher Hall “New Paintings” Portal Gallery, London. Review | Arts Review |June-July 1969 – “Small Paintings and Drawings” Ashley Gallery, Marlborough.
The Nineteen Seventies
June 1970 – Christopher Hall “Mainly Wales” Portal Gallery, London.
Spring 1972 – Christopher Hall – One Man Show Portal Gallery, London. Reviews | Arts Review | Daily Telegraph |June-July 1972 – Paintings by Christopher Hall Sands Gallery, Harrogate. Review | Yorkshire Post |April-May 1974 – Christopher Hall – One Man Show he New Grafton Gallery, London.July 1974 – Festival of the City of London Royal Exchange, London.August 1974 – Summer Exhibition – Mixed Show The Sackville Gallery, East Grinstead.November 1974 – Mixed Show Shed No. 58, Fife.June 1976 – Christopher Hall – One Man Show The New Grafton Gallery, London. Reviews | Daily Telegraph |Summer 1976 – Summer Exhibition The Royal Academy, London.May-June 1976 – Exhibition by Hampshire Artists Skipwith Gallery, Winchester.April 1977 – Exhibition of Oils & Drawings by Christopher Hall Tegfryn Art Gallery, Menai Bridge, Wales.July 1977 – An Exhibition of the Paintings of Christopher Hall Watermill Theatre in Association with Reading Fine Art Galleries.June-July 1978 – Vanishing Reading Reading Museum and Art Gallery. Reviews | Newbury Weekly News | Reading Post |September-October 1978 – Christopher Hall – One Man Show The New Grafton Gallery, London. Reviews | Homes and Gardens | Observer |March-April 1979 – Christopher Hall – One Man Show The Market Place Gallery, Colyton, Devon.May-June 1979 – Joint Exhibition with Sarah VanNiekirk Marlborough Galleries. Review | Newbury Weekly News |August 1979 – Summer Open Art Exhibition St. Edmund’s Art Centre, Salisbury. Review | Salisbury Journal |August-September 1979 – The Native Land – Mixed Show Mostyn Art Gallery, Llandudno, Wales.
The Nineteen Eighties
March-April 1980 – Mixed Exhibition New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey.
May 1980 – “Another View” Mixed Exhibition Wyvern Gallery, Taunton. Review | The Guardian |May 1980 – Exhibition of Oils & Drawings by Christopher Hall 980 Tegfryn Art Gallery, Menai Bridge, Wales.April-May 1981 – Christopher Hall – One Man Show The New Grafton Gallery, London.September 1981 – Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Christopher Hall Picton House Gallery, Broadway.October-November 1981 – “One Man’s View” – Rural & Urban Landscapes in Oils” Clarendon Fine Art Limited, Henley-on-Thames.July-August 1981 – “Art and the Sea 4 “ Mixed Exhibition Mostyn Art Gallery, Llandudno, Wales.September-October 1981 – “Art and the Sea 4 “ Mixed Exhibition City Art Gallery, Southampton.January-February 1982 – “Art and the Sea – The Complete Exhibition” Mixed Exhibition. Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall. London.May-June 1982 – Christopher Hall Paintings in Oil Linfield Galleries, Bradford-on-Avon. Review | Bath and West Evening Chronicle |April-May 1983 – Christopher Hall – One Man Show The New Grafton Gallery, London. Review | The Times |May-June 1984 – Paintings of Italy by Christopher Hall The Upstairs Gallery, The Royal Academy of Arts, London. Review | The Newbury Weekly News |March 1985 – An Exhibition of Recent Paintings by Mervyn Goode and Christopher Hall The Medici Galleries, London.May-June 1985 – Paintings by Christopher Hall Newbury District Museum, The Wharf, Newbury. Review | The Newbury Weekly News |May 1986 – “People and Place” – Oil Paintings by Christopher Hall Linfield Galleries, Bradford-on-Avon.May-June 1986 – Paintings by Christopher Hall The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.September-October 1986 – People and Places – One Man Show Stafford Art Gallery.April-May 1987 – “Living Landscapes” – Oil Paintings by Christopher Hall C.D. Soar & Son, London.May 1988 – Mixed Exhibition Lynne Stern Associates, London.
The Nineteen Nineties
February-March 1991 – Milne & Moller, London.
July 1991 – Artists of Today & Tomorrow Part 1 The New Grafton Gallery, London.August-September 1991 – Artists of Today & Tomorrow Part 2 The New Grafton Gallery, London.October 1991 – King Street Galleries, London.May 1992 – Christopher Hall – “A Journey through Italy” Waterman Fine Art Limited.October-November 1992 – “Light and Colour” by Five Painters Albany Gallery, Cardiff, Wales.December 1992 to January 1993 – Paintings of Wales by Christopher Hall The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.September to October 1993 – Wales Exhibition – One Man Show Rhondda Heritage Park, Trehafod, Wales. Review | The Rhondda Leader |November 1994 to January 1995 – “A Feast of Food in Art” Christmas Exhibition – Mixed Show Llewellyn Alexander Gallery, London.June 1997 – Christopher Hall R.B.A. – One Man Show The New Grafton Gallery, London.November 1998 – “Visits to Wales” One Man Show Ucheldre !Centre, Holyhead, Wales.June 1999 – Christopher Hall R.B.A. – One Man Show The New Grafton Gallery, London.January 1999 – “Visits to Wales” One Man Show Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy, Wales.February 1999 – “Visits to Wales” One Man Show The Tebernacle, Machynllech, Wales. Review | The County Times | Article from Unknown Paper |
The New Century
April-May 2000 – “Burgundy” – One Man Show Rona Gallery, London. Review | Article from Unknown Paper |
June-July 2002 – Summer Exhibition – Mixed Show Rona Gallery, London.November 2002 to February 2003 – “Travels through Umbria and the Marches” One Man Show Rona Gallery, London.March to April 2003 – Mixed Show The Russell Gallery, London.March 2004 – Christopher Hall RBA – One Man Show The Russell Gallery, London. Review | Putney Time Leisure |April 2005 – “Hidden France & Other Places” One Man Show Rona Gallery, London.September 2005 – Christopher Hall RBA & Nicholas Hardinge The Russell Gallery, London.November 2005 – Christopher Hall RBA & Mary Mabbutt The Cedar House Gallery, Ripley, Surrey. Review | The Surrey Advertiser |March to April 2007 – Travels in Northern France, Central Italy & Thailand – One Man Show Rona Gallery, London.April to May 2007 – Paintings, Drawings and Bronze Sculptures by Contemporary Artists. Woodhay Picture Gallery, Woolton Hill, Hampshire.May to June 2007 – “Encounters” Mixed Show Rona Gallery, London.February to March 2009 – David Eustace RBA and Christopher Hall RBA The Russell Gallery, London.
Twenty-Ten to Twenty-Sixteen
November 2010 – Paintings, Drawings and Bronze Sculptures by Contemporary Artists. Woodhay Picture Gallery, Woolton Hill, Hampshire.February 2011 – Mixed Show The Russell Gallery, London.February 2013 – The Small Paintings Group Exhibition The Piers Feetham Gallery, London.
From 1988 until 2016 Christopher also exhibited his paintings in the Newbury Spring Arts Festival Open Studio.
The Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions
In addition to the exhibitions shown above, Christopher submitted paintings to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions throughout his career starting from 1961.
The Nineteen Sixties
1961 – Washcommon, Berkshire and Waverly Walk, Paddington1962 – New Square, Newbury and Boundary Road, Newbury1964 – Massignano1967 – Nazareth, Caernavovonshire1968 – Votty Quarry, Blaenau Ffestiniog and Farmhouse, Ynys-y-Pandy1969 – Musellaro
The Nineteen Seventies
1970 – The Prince Arthur1972 – Blaenau Ffestiniog, Maentwrog and Appignano1975 – Hough Lane, Lower Broughton and Street Corner, Oxford1976 – Samuel Store, Artillery Lane and Albert Park Place, Bristol1978 – Sengennydd, Maud Street, Liverpool and Tanygrisiau
The Nineteen Eighties
1980 – Upper Clough and Two Girls at Easton1981 – Mavis Street, Bradford1982 – Carharrack1984 – Farmhouse at Montefiore1985 – The Railway, Ponte Pattoli and Barnabas Street, Bristol1986 – Whitstable1987 – Piazza Alemanni, Recanati1988 – Barjols Fire Station1989 – Bar-le-Duc
The Nineteen Nineties
1993 – Barjols Fire Station and Farmhouse, Villa Musone1994 – Sapulpa and The Gleaners, Recanati1996 – St. Valery-sur-Somme1997 – Bairro Alto1999 – Bates Salve
Two Thousand and Onwards
2001 – The Duddly Arms and Aubigny-en-Plaine2002 – Castelluccio2003 – Boules, Toulignan and Loscopino, Ancona2006 – Litchfield Road, Bow
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