hOWARD HADLEY GALLERY
The Howard Hadley Gallery is a dynamic exhibition and event space. It provides access to other spaces and is best used for more casual cocktail events. It features temporary exhibitions and regular displays of some of John Eldershaw’s early watercolours which were exhibited at Hadley’s long ago, artworks by Tom Samek, and some of the winning artworks of the Hadley’s Art Prize.
This gallery is named after Howard Hadley, one of the early landlords who was himself an artist and art collector. Howard and his father were passionate about art and their collection was shown throughout the hotel, including works by prominent landscape artists such as Haughton Forrest.
about the gallery
past exhibitions
Howard himself won a landscape art prize in 1895. In 1926 Hadley’s Orient Hotel hosted a major exhibition of landscape paintings by prominent watercolourist John Eldershaw. Then after, the hotel hosted several exhibitions in the early twentieth century by artists such as James Flett and Jessie C. A. Traill.
the gallery today
The Howard Hadley Gallery features a range of landscape art, including some of Eldershaw’s early watercolours which were exhibited at Hadley’s long ago, and some of the winning artworks of the Hadley’s Art Prize.
