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How to Participate

If your collection has not been catalogued by the PCF and you would like to find out more about participation in the project, follow the link below.

Roberts, William Patrick (1895–1980)

Roberts, William Patrick (1895–1980) , Feeding the Seagulls (detail), 1974, oil on canvas Reading Museum Service © William Roberts Society

Over 1,600 collections have already participated in the PCF project. By completion it is expected that the PCF will have catalogued paintings from around 3,000 collections.

Benefits for Participating Collections

There are many significant benefits to participating collections. These include free high quality digital photographs of their paintings and a higher profile for the collections. These benefits come at no financial cost to the collections.

Cardiff Castle

Cardiff Castle © Dan Brown

Painting in Focus

Averil King tells us about a painting by one of her favourite artists, the early seventeenth-century, North Italian Giulio Cesare Procaccini

Procaccini, Giulio Cesare (1574–1625)

Procaccini, Giulio Cesare (1574–1625) , The Annunciation, 1605–1615, oil on wood York Museums Trust

Collection in Focus

The Government Art Collection, one of the most well travelled art collections in the world

Marcé, Marta b.1972

Marcé, Marta b.1972 , Untitled (MM 733), 2001, acrylic on canvas Government Art Collection © Marta Marcé