The William Roberts Society

William Roberts:

Exhibitions

Art Gallery (pen and ink), 1956
© The Estate of John David Roberts

Galleries are in London unless otherwise indicated.

1913	New English Art Club, Dec. 1913 (Return of Ulysses)
1914	Fry's Grafton Group, Alpine Club Gallery, Jan. 1914
	New English Art Club, summer 1914 (Boxers)
	Rebel Art Centre (Dancers and Religion)
	Whitechapel Gallery, 'Twentieth Century Art', May–June 1914, (eight works, including The Resurrection and The Parting – 'an abstract work')
1915	London Group, 'Second London Group Exhibition', Goupil Gallery, Mar.1915 (exhibited three works: The Toe Dancer, The Boatman and The Boxers)
	Grosvenor Galleries, 'Vorticist Group', spring 1915
	Doré Galleries, 'Vorticist Exhibition', June–July 1915 (four paintings and two drawings, including Overbacks, Jeu, Two-step, The Party, Draughts Players and Theatre)
1917	New York, Penguin Club, 'Exhibition of the Vorticists', Jan. 1917 (four paintings and drawings, including Religion and Dancer)
1919	Royal Academy of Arts (1), 'Canadian War Memorial Exhibition', Jan.–Feb. 1919 (The 1st German Gas Attack at Ypres)
	Oxford, Hills and Saunders Gallery, 'Cubist Exhibition', June 1919
	New English Art Club, '60th Exhibition of Modern Drawings in Watercolour and Black and White by the New English Art Club', summer 1919 (Burying the Dead after Battle 1919, The Wiring Party 1918)
	Ministry of Information in New York?, 'War Paintings and Drawings by British Artists', 1919
	Royal Academy of Arts (2), 'The Nation's War Paintings and Other Records', 12 Dec. 1919–7 Feb. 1920
1920	Imperial War Museum at Crystal Palace, 'Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture', 1920
	Manchester City Art Gallery, 'The Nation's War Pictures from the Imperial War Museum', 10 Mar.–8 May 1920
	Goupil Gallery, Goupil Salon, 1920 (The Stockbroker's Clerk)
	Mansard Gallery (Heal's), 'Group X', Mar. 1920 (with Frederick Etchells and Edward Wadsworth) (Athletes Exercising in a Gymnasium, The Wedding, The Cockneys)
	New English Art Club, '62nd Exhibition of the New English Art Club', Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours Galleries, 7 June–3 July 1920 (The Travelling Cradle)
1921	Independent Gallery, 'Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture by Some Independent Painters and Sculptors', Feb. 1921 (The Travelling Cradle, 1920)
1922	London Group (1), Mansard Gallery (Heal's), May 1922 (The Last 'Bus, Novices)
	London Group (2), Mansard Gallery (Heal's), Oct.–Nov. 1922 (At The Hippodrome, Dock Gates)
1923	Chenil Galleries, 'Paintings and Drawings by William Roberts', Nov. 1923 (The Crucifixion, Dock Gates, Behind the Scenes, The Art Critic – P. G. Konody, Gymnasts, The Usurer, Portrait of Miss Tupper-Carey, Fred, Girl in Mauve Hat, Portrait, Elsie, River Scene, Le Patron, Brass Balls, The Banjo, The Box, Her Baby, The Tumbler, Sea Frolic, Captain Robin Buxton, A Girl's Head, Head of a Youth, Sarah, Jewish Melody, The Dance Club, Love Song in a Bar, Country Scene, Sarah, John, Aircraftman Ross (aka Portrait of T. E. Lawrence), Colonel S. F. Newcombe DSO, Colonel Sir Henry McMahon, General Sir Reginald Wingate, Lord Winterton, Camel March, The Joke, The Picture Dealer (aka The Connoisseur), The Toast, The Creole, Kit, study for Bank Holiday in the Park, Waiting in the Café (aka Discussion in a Café), The Poor Family, nine drawings (including Woman Standing?) – catalogue foreword by Muirhead Bone
	Grosvenor House, 'Contemporary Art Society. Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings', 30 June–8 July 1923 (The Red Turban, The Resurrection 1912, Infantry Fatigue Party: Forage Barn 1919)
1924	Edinburgh, 'The Ninety-Eighth Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture', Royal Scottish Academy, 19 Apr.–30 Aug. 1924 (Dock Gates 1920, The Picture Dealer 1923)
	New English Art Club, June 1924 (The Bus Stop 1924)
1925	New English Art Club, 'Retrospective (1886–1924)', Jan.– Feb. 1925 (Shipping 1922); Apr.–May 1925 (The Boat Pond)
	London Group, June 1925 (Rabbi's Wife, The Judgement of Paris, Bank Holiday in the Park)
	New Chenil Galleries, 'Inaugural Exhibition of Present-Day British Art', June–July 1925 (The Happy Family)
1926	London Group, Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours Galleries, Jan. 1926 (Esther)
	London Group, Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours Galleries, June 1926 (The Shimmey, Regrets)
	New Chenil Galleries (1), 'British, American, German, Swiss and Mexican Artists', 1926 (Dogs of Beni Hillal)
	New Chenil Galleries (2), 'First Annual Winter Exhibition', Nov. 1926 (Sarah 1922, A Gipsy Girl, Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple)
1927	Leicester Galleries (1), London, 'Exhibition of Paintings, Pastels, Drawings and Woodcuts Illustrating Col. T. E. Lawrence's Book, Seven Pillars of Wisdom ', 5 –21 Feb. 1927 (Camel March 1923)
	Vienna Secession, 'Meisterwerke Englischer Malerei aus drei Jahrhunderten', Sept.–Nov. 1927 (The Resurrection 1912)
	Leicester Galleries (2), London, 'Second Exhibition of the London Artists' Association', Nov. 1927 (Trafalgar Square, Susanna on the Beach, Dogs of Beni Hillal, Garden of Eden)
1928	Leeds City Art Gallery, 'Exhibition of the London Artists' Association', 31 Mar.–28 Apr. 1928
	London Group, Retrospective Exhibition 1914–1928, New Burlington Galleries (Dock Gates, Love-song in a Bar, Loading Ballast and Peasants)
	London Artists' Association, 'Recent Paintings by Members of the London Artists' Association' July 1928 (Jockeys, Love Song in a Bar)
	Venice Biennale, 1928
	Whitechapel Gallery, 'Contemporary British Art', Oct.–Dec. 1928
1929	London Artists' Association (1), 'Paintings by William Roberts', Cooling Galleries, 29 June–12 July 1929 (including Rhine Boat, Portrait of a Boy, The Prodigal Departs, Thoughts, The Boat Pond, Pawnshop, Anthony in Egypt, Deposition, Surprise, Garden of Eden, Susanna on the Beach, The Swimming Bath, Carpet Cleaning, Loading Ballast, Pigeon Fanciers, The Tea Garden)
	London Artists' Association (2), 'Recent Paintings by Bernard Adeney (and others)', Nov. 1929 (Portrait of an American)
	Manchester, 'The Hugh Blaker Collection', Platt Hall, Rusholme, May–June 1929 (The Stockbroker's Clerk 1920)
	Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, 1929 (Armistice Night)
	Whitechapel Gallery, 'Exhibition of Contemporary British Art, Including the Collection of Edward Marsh, Esq.', 24 Oct.–1 Dec. 1929 (The Return of Ulysses 1913, The Resurrection 1912, Kit 1923, Pigeon Fanciers 1928, Camel Corps 1929)
	Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, 'International Exhibition', Oct.–Dec. 1929 (Bank Holiday in the Park)
1930	Bradford, Cartwright Memorial Hall, 'Jubilee Exhibition', spring 1930
	Venice Biennale, 1930
	London Artists Association, 'Landscape and Flower Paintings', Cooling Galleries, June–July 1930 (Sawing Wood)
	Arthur Tooth & Sons, Nov.–Dec. 1930 (Feeding Gulls 1929)
1931	Newcastle upon Tyne, Laing Art Gallery, 'Modern Paintings and Drawings Lent by Edward Marsh, Esq.', 1931 (Camel March 1923)
	Whitechapel Gallery, 'Exhibition of the Contemporary Art Society's Paintings and Drawings', 27 Apr.–30 May 1931
	London Artists' Association, 'Recent Paintings and Drawings by William Roberts', Oct.–Nov. 1931 (A Gipsy Girl 1925–6, Going to Swim, Les Routiers, The Chess Players, Sun-bathing, Primrose Hill, Portrait of Artist Wearing a Cap, The Restaurant, The Schoolboy, A Talk about Buddha, Bank Holiday in the Park 1923, etc.)
	Abdy Galleries, 'Exhibition of Watercolours and Drawings by John Armstrong William Roberts', 1931–2 (Loading Ballast)
1932	Ottawa, National Gallery, 'Contemporary British Painting', Mar. 1932 (The Rhine Boat)
	London Artists Association, 'Flower and Figure Paintings', 29 June 1932 (Lord and Lady Keynes) One day only?
	Hamburg, 'Neue Englische Kunst', June–July 1932 (A Gipsy Girl 1925–6, The Restaurant, Portrait of an American)
	Venice Biennale, 1932 (The Return of Ulysses, Kit 1923, The Chess Players c. 1929, Les Routiers 1931)
	Arthur Tooth & Sons, 'Exhibition of Pictures Acquired by the Contemporary Art Society', 28 Sept.–15 Oct. 1932 (Jockeys, The Happy Family)
1934	London Artists Association, 'London Artists Association Retrospective Exhibition', Cooling Galleries, Mar. 1934 (The Judgement of Paris 1933)
	Newcastle upon Tyne, Laing Art Gallery, 1934 (The Happy Family 1924)
	Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, 'International Exhibition', Oct.– Dec. 1934 (The Masks)
	New Zealand and Australia, 'Loan Collection of Contemporary British Art', 1934–5 (Chess Players, The Stockbroker's Clerk)
1935	Mayor Gallery, 'Twenty-Five Years of British Painting, 1910–1935', Apr.–May 1935
	Lefevre Gallery, 'New Paintings and Drawings by William Roberts', Feb.–Mar. 1935 (The Judgement of Paris 1933, Spanish Beggars 1933, Mediterranean Folk 1934, The Family 1934, Sam Rabin versus Black Eagle 1934)
	Tate Gallery (1), 'Silver Jubilee Exhibition of Some Works Acquired by the Contemporary Art Society', July–Aug. 1935 (The Picture Dealer, Jockeys, The Creole)
	Tate Gallery (2), 'Loan Collection of Paintings, Drawings and Etchings by Contemporary British Artists', Oct. 1935 (The Chess Players, The Stockbroker's Clerk)
	Bath, Pump Room, 'Second Festival of Contemporary Arts', Apr.–May 1935 (Sam Rabin versus Black Eagle 1934)
	Bucharest, 'Desenul si Gravura Engleza (Secolele XVIII–XX)', Dec. 1935–Mar. 1936 (Burying the Dead after Battle 1919)
1936	Vienna, 'Ausstellung von Britischen Aguarellen, Zeichnungen und Stichen, 1735–1935', Apr. 1936 (Burying the Dead after Battle 1919)
	Johannesburg Art Gallery, 'British Council Empire Exhibition', 1936 (Camel March 1923)
	Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, 'International Exhibition', Oct.–Dec. 1936 (Sun-bathing)
1937	Redfern Gallery, 'Contemporary English Painters', 4 Feb.–27 Feb. 1937
	Leicester Galleries, London, 'Works by Members of the London Group', Mar. 1937 (The Judgement of Paris 1933)
	London Group, New Burlington Galleries, Oct. 1937 (A Party at Number Four)
1938	Lefevre Gallery, 'William Roberts', Mar. 1938 (15 paintings, 31 drawings – only four drawings were sold; works included Sun-bathing, The Masks, The Gutter, The Palm Foretells, The Orchard, Chamber Music, Bohemians, Spanish Beggars, Shuttlecock, The Tea Room)
	Leeds City Art Gallery, 'British Artists' Exhibition', Feb.–Apr. 1938 (Sam Rabin versus Black Eagle 1934)
	Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, 'International Exhibition', Oct.–Dec. 1938 (The Gutter 1934)
	London Group, New Burlington Galleries, Nov.–Dec. 1938 (Folk-dance – titled The Lambeth Walk (sic) – He Knew Degas 1938)
1939	Newcastle upon Tyne, Laing Art Gallery, 'Modern Drawings and Paintings Lent by Arthur Crossland Esquire', 1939 (Sarah 1925 (red chalk) and Sarah 1925 (pencil on red paper))
	Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 'Younger British Painters', 1939 (Errand Boys, The Toque)
	St Helens, 'English and French Paintings', Apr.–May 1939 (Park Café 1928)
	Morecombe and Heysham, 'English and French Paintings', June 1939 (Park Café 1928)
	British Council Tour of Northern Capitals, 'Contemporary British Art', 1939 (Pigeon Fanciers 1928, Sawing Wood 1930, The Chess Players 1929–30, Les Routiers 1931, study for The Palm Foretells 1937)
	Leicester Galleries, London, 'Selected Works lent by the Contemporary Art Society', Oct.–Nov. 1939 (The Chess Players 1929–30)
	New York, World's Fair, 'Contemporary British Art', 1939 and US and Canada tour (The Masks 1934, The Gutter 1934–5)
1940	'The Montague Shearman Collection', Apr.–May 1940 (Going to Swim 1930)
	Redfern Gallery, 'French and English Paintings, Drawings and Prints', 1940
	Royal Academy, 'United Artists' Exhibition', 1940 (Sun-bathing)
	National Gallery, 'British Painting since Whistler', 1940 (Camel March 1923, Feeding Gulls 1929)
	Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 'Modern British Paintings', 1940 (The Recorder Player 1935–6, The Toque 1939)
1941	Newcastle upon Tyne, Laing Art Gallery, 'Exhibition of Watercolour Drawings by Orpen, Sargent, Rothenstein, Muirhead Bone, Steer, etc. Lent by the Imperial War Museum', 1941
	Leeds, Temple Newsam, 'Drawings and. Watercolours by Augustus John and Other British Artists', Apr.–June 1941 (Feeding Gulls 1929)
	New York, Museum of Modern Art, 'Britain at War', 22 May–2 Sept. 1941
	Leicester Galleries, London, 'Modern Paintings', Oct. 1941
	Birkenhead, Williamson Art Gallery, 'Imperial War Museum: Exhibition of. Watercolour Drawings', 14 Dec. 1941–19 Jan. 1942
1942	Redfern Gallery, 'William Roberts', July–Aug. 1942 (18 oils, 23 drawings – only three paintings and four drawings sold; works included Sun-bathers, Errand Boys, The Toque, The Judgement of Paris 1933, Boy in a Blue Jersey, The River, Café-bar, Woman with a Red Collar, Demolition Squad, Errand Boys, Cow-men, Pigeons, He Knew Degas, The Recorder Player, Portrait of a Young Man, Folk Dance, Windy Day, study for The Masks 1934, No, No Roger 1934, Water Polo – watercolour 1938, Cricket 1938)
	CEMA (Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts) tour, 'British Paintings 1900–1940' (Sam Rabin versus Black Eagle 1934)
	Toledo Museum of Art, USA, 'Contemporary British Art', 1942 (The Gutter 1934)
1943	Leicester Galleries, London, 'Portraits for Collectors', Oct.–Nov. 1943 (The Toque)
	Allied Institutes, 1943 (Artist and Wife)
1944	CEMA (Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts) tour (?), 'English. Watercolour Paintings', 1944 (study for Sun-bathing 1931(?))
	Leicester Galleries (1), London, 'Selected Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture from the Collection of the Late Sir Michael Sadler, KCSI, CB, LL.D', 7 Jan.–10 Feb. 1944 (Gunners Pulling Cannons, The Judgement of Paris)
	Leicester Galleries (2), London, 1944? (Park Café 1928)
1945	Cairo, Gezira, 'Contemporary British Art', Jan. 1945 (Park Café 1928)
	Tate Gallery (1), 'The Tate Gallery's Wartime Acquisitions: Second Exhibition', June–July 1945 (Self-portrait Wearing a Cap)
	Tate Gallery (2), Contemporary Art Society, 1945 (The Picture Dealer 1923)
	Leicester Galleries, London, 'Drawings in Colour by William Roberts', Oct.–Nov. 1945 (25 drawings – eight sold; works included The Bathers 1943–4, The Tip 1944–5, Tropical Sea 1943–4, Farewell 1943–4, Cyclists 1943–4, News 1941)
	Royal Academy, 'National War Pictures', Oct.–Nov. 1945 (Munitions Factory)
	Arts Council tour, 'Portraits', 1945–6 (Sarah 1922)
1946	Paris, 'Exposition Internationale d'Art Moderne', Nov.–Dec. 1946 (The Judgement of Paris 1933)
	Tate Gallery, 'Acquisitions of the Contemporary Art Society', Sept.–Oct. 1946 (Jockeys, The Creole)
	Northampton, 'Art Alive', Mar.–Apr. 1946 (The Rhine Boat)
	Arts Council tour, 1946 (The Picture Dealer 1923)
1947	Leicester Galleries, London, 'New Year Exhibition', Jan. 1947 (The Resurrection 1912)
	South Africa, 'Contemporary British Paintings and Drawings', 1947–8 (The Family 1934, Woman Bathing Child 1939, The Try-on 1931, study for Sunbathing 1931(?))
	London Group, Royal Society of British Artists Galleries, May–June 1947 (The Artist and His Wife 1946–7)
	Toronto, 'Canadian National Exhibition', 1947 (The Palm Foretells 1937)
	Cairo, 'International Exhibition of Contemporary Art', 1947 (Bohemians 1937, Woman Bathing Child 1939)
1948	Leicester Galleries (1), London, 'Selected Painting, Drawing and Sculpture from the Hugh Blaker Collection', Mar. 1948 (The Stockbroker's Clerk, La Femme Tragique)
	London Group, 'Paintings and Drawings by William Roberts', Royal Society of British Artists Galleries, May–June 1948
	Leicester Galleries (2), London, 'Artists of Fame and of Promise', July 1948 (The Rhododendron)
	Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, '40 Years of Modern Art', Mar. 1948 (The Cinema 1920)
	Arts Council, 'A Selection of Paintings and Drawings acquired by the Contemporary Art Society', 1948 (Feeding Gulls 1929, The Creole)
	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1948 (Portrait of the Artist, The Gipsy)
	Royal British Artists Society, spring 1949 (The Tip, Portrait of a Woman)
1949	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1949 (Ernest Cooper Esq.)
	Leicester Galleries (1), London, 'New Works by Members of the London Group', Jan.1949 (After the Bath/War Baby 1946)
	Leicester Galleries (2), London, 'Artists of Fame and of Promise', July 1949 (Cantering to the Post)
	Leicester Galleries (3), London, 'New Drawings, Satirical and Otherwise, by William Roberts', Nov. 1949 (29 watercolour drawings – ten were sold; works included Spanish Rhythm, Channel Crossing 1934–5, Self-portrait 1936–7, Cricket 1938, The Guitarist 1943, The Gipsies 1946–7, Crossing the Minch 1946–7, Homage à Stulik 1948, A Reception at the London Group 1948–9, Bus-stop 1948–9)
	London Group, New Burlington Galleries, Dec. 1949–Jan. 1950 (The Sailor's Return, La Gitana)
1950	Leicester Galleries, London, 'Artists of Fame and of Promise', July 1950 (Donald Wolfitt as King Lear at The Old Bedford, The Guitar Lesson)
	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1950 (Primrose Hill, Portrait of a Man Lighting a Pipe)
1951	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1951 (The Temptation of St Anthony, Caught)
	Leicester Galleries, London, 'The Collection of the Late Sir Augustus Daniel', June 1951 (Burying the Dead after Battle 1919)
	Arts Council (1), 'British Painting 1925–1950: First Anthology', 1951 (Sarah 1922, A Gipsy Girl 1925–6, Going to Swim 1930)
	Arts Council (2), 'Some Recent Purchases of the CAS' 1951 (Chamber Music 1937)
	British Council tour (Germany, Japan, Israel, New Zealand, Korea, Portugal, Lebanon, Greece,Czechoslovakia, France and Hungary), 'British Drawings and Watercolours of the Twentieth Century', 1951–80
1952	Leicester Galleries (1), 'New Year Exhibition', Jan. 1952 (Indolence)
	Tate Gallery, 'Seventeen Collectors', Mar.–Apr. 1952 (The Resurrection 1912, The Return of Ulysses 1913, The Judgement of Paris 1933, Cricket 1938, Windy Day 1941)
	Leicester Galleries (2), London, 'Artists of Fame and of Promise', July 1952 (The Temptation of St Anthony)
	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1952 (The Revolt in the Desert)
	Leicester Galleries (3), London, 'A Selection of Pictures from the Collection of Wilfred Evill', Oct. 1952 (The Restaurant 1929, The Recorder Player 1935–6, The Grand Chantrey Stakes 1949)
1953	Leicester Galleries (1), London, 'New Year Exhibition', Jan. 1953 (Marking the Pose 1952, Self Portrait 1951)
	Football Association, 'Exhibition at Football Association', Arts Council exhibition, 1953 (The Lesson)
	Leicester Galleries (2), London, 'The Collection of the Late Sir Edward Marsh', May 1953 (The Return of Ulysses 1913, Pigeon Fanciers 1928, study for The Palm Foretells 1937)
	Hull, 'London Artists Association retrospective Exhibition', 15 Aug.–12 Sept. 1953 (The Restaurant, Lord and Lady Keynes)
	Dudley Public Library, 'Life in Industry 1900–50' (At the Hippodrome)
	Empire Art Loan Exhibition (Unidentified subject c. 1912)
	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1953 (Trafalgar Square)
1954	Bradford, Cartwright Memorial Hall, 'Jubilee Exhibition Fifty Years of British Art' 19 Mar.–8 June 1954 (Going to Swim 1930, Trafalgar Square 1952)
	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1954 (Masked Revels)
1955	Arts Council tour, 'A Selection of Paintings and Drawings from the Rutherston Collection', 1955 (Infantry Fatigue Party: Forage Barn 1919, Seated Woman 1920, Sarah 1922, A Gipsy Girl 1925–6)
	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1955 (The Birth of Venus)
	Café Royal, 'The Artist at the Café Royal', July 1955 (The Boat Pond 1925)
1956	Tate Gallery and Arts Council tour, 'Wyndham Lewis and Vorticism', 6 July–19 Aug. 1956 (Germans in Constantinople 1916, The Gas Chamber, preparatory sketch for Gas Attack)
	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1956 (The Rape of the Sabines)
	Copenhagen, 'Britisk Kunst 1900–1955', Apr. 1956; also shown in Oslo, June 1956 (Dock Gates 1920, Jockeys 1928, The Family 1934)
1957	Leicester Galleries, London, 'New Year Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture by Ninteenth and Twentieth Century Artists', Jan. 1957 (The Travelling Cradle, 1919)
	Geneva, 'Art et Travail', June–Sept. 1957 (Sawing Wood 1930)
	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1957 (The Canal Fishers)
	East and Central Africa, 'Contemporary British Painting', 1957–58 (The Stockbroker's Clerk 1920)
1958	Leicester Galleries, London, 'Paintings and Drawings by William Roberts', Feb. 1958 (Garden of Eden 1926, Bed-time Story 1943, The Ballet 1944, The Ferry 1944, The War Baby 1946, The Sailor's Return 1948, Marking the Pose 1952, The Rape of the Sabines 1955–6, The Boat Pond 1956, The Canal Fishers 1957, The Shoe Shop 1957, The Hungry Birds 1957–8, Powder-puff Referee 1957–8, Summer Night 1956–7, The Spring Board 1956–7, Window Dressing 1956–7, Under the Trees)
	Arts Council tour, 'The Arts Council Collection: After Impressionism', 1958 (Seated Woman, A Gipsy Girl 1925–6)
	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1958 (The Cockatoos)
1959	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1959 (Trooping the Colour, The Shoe-shop, The Hungry Birds)
1960	Leicester Galleries, London, 'New Year's Exhibition', January 1960 (Newspapers 1926)
	Tate Gallery, 'The Contemporary Art Society–The First Fifty Years 1910–1960', Apr.–May 1960 (Jockeys 1928)
	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1960 (The Guitarist /Flamenco, TV)
1961	Leicester Galleries, 'Artists of Fame and of Promise Pt 2', July–Sept. 1961 (Marking the Pose 1952)
	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1961 (Portrait of the Artist, The Dove, Sunflowers)
1962	Portugal, 'Arte Britanica no Seculo XX', 1962 (Jockeys 1928, Sawing Wood 1930)
	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1962 (The Vorticists, L'Algerienne)
	Leicester Galleries, London, 'Artists of Fame and of Promise', July–Aug. 1962 (Dock Gates 1920)
	Texas, University of Texas, 'T. E. Lawrence 1920–35', 1962 (George Ambrose Lloyd 1925)
	Bedford, Cecil Higgins Gallery, 'Watercolours from the Cecil Higgins Collection', Oct.–Nov. 1962 (The Boat Pond)
	Leeds City Art Gallery, 'A Commemorative Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures from the Collection of Sir Michael Ernest Sadler', Dec. 1962– Jan. 1963 (study for The Crucifixion 1919)
1963	Redfern Gallery, '20th Century French and English Drawings and Watercolours', Jan.–Feb. 1963 (Leadenhall Market 1913, Loading Barges 1913, Trafalgar Square 1926)
	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1963 (The Common Market, The Salute)
	Royal Academy Diploma Gallery, 'A Painter's Collection', Mar.–Apr. 1963 (Burying the Dead after Battle 1919, Going to Swim 1930, Cricket 1938, Intellectuals 1942)
	Leicester Galleries, 'Artists as Collectors', 1963
	Methodist Education Committee touring exhibition, 1963–5 (The Crucifixion 1919)
	British Council tour of Eastern Europe, 'British Painting 1900–60', 1963–4 (The Stockbroker's Clerk)
1964	Leicester Galleries, London, 'New Year Exhibition', Jan.–Feb. 1964 (Billingsgate 1913)
	Arts Council, 'Recent Acquisitions of the Contemporary Art Society', July–Aug. 1964 (Interval before Round Ten)
	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1964 (Guarding the Masterpiece, The Bicycle Lesson, Italian Peasants)
	Manchester City Art Gallery, 'Paintings and Drawings of the First World War', 18 Sept.–11 Oct. 1964
	Redfern Gallery, 'Summer Exhibition', June–Sept. 1964 (Trafalgar Square 1926)
	Tate Gallery, 'London Group Jubilee Exhibition', July–Aug. 1964 (Bank Holiday in the Park 1923, The Artist and His Wife dated as 1943, The Sailor's Return 1948)
1965	Arts Council tour, 'Decade 1910–20', May–Sept. 1965 (Feeds Round, A Shell Dump, Infantry Fatigue Party: Forage Barn 1919, The Travelling Cradle 1920)
	Brighton Art Gallery, 'The Wilfrid Evill Collection', July–Aug. 1965 (The Resurrection 1912, The Cinema 1920, The Restaurant 1929, Love Song in a Bar 1921, Dogs of Beni Hallal 1925, Park Café 1928, The Judgement of Paris 1933, The Masks 1934, Hanging a Masterpiece 1934, The Recorder Player listed as The Artist's Son Playing the Flute 1935–6, Bohemians 1937, Artist and Wife 1940, Windy Day 1941, The Grand Chantrey Stakes 1949, Self Portrait 1951, Summer Night (Lovers) 1956–7)
	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1965 (Teaching the Crawl, Woman Reading, The Shower, Distinguished Guest to the Tate)
	Grosvenor Gallery, 'Cubism and Its Influence', 26 Oct.–12 Nov. 1965 (Camel March 1923 not in cat.)
	Tate Gallery, 'William Roberts ARA Retrospective', 20 Nov.–19 Dec. 1965 (major retrospective – 107 oils on canvas; 98 watercolours, drawings and studies; 10 life drawings, and 1 poster)
1966	Newcastle upon Tyne, Laing Art Gallery, 'William Roberts ARA Retrospective', 1 Jan.–22 Jan. 1966
	Manchester, Whitworth Art Gallery, 'William Roberts ARA Retrospective', 29 Jan.–19 Feb. 1966
	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1966 (The Artist in a Paper Hat, The Kites ?, The Ball, The Lizard, Heatwave)
1967	William Ware Gallery, 'The Camden Town Group and English Painting 1900–1930s', 3–31 Mar. 67
	Southampton Art Gallery, 1967 (study for The Temptation of St Anthony, Mediterranean Folk 1934, Ritual Bath, London Group Gives a Reception, Graveyard at Barra, Portrait of Millie Kramer)
	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1967 (The Goats, The Washing Day, Autumn, The News, The Seaside)
	Folkstone, New Metropole Arts Centre, 'The War Artists, Memorial Exhibition', 4 Aug.–18 Sept. 1967
	Whitechapel Gallery, 'British Sculpture and Painting', Dec. 1967–Jan. 1968 (The Dentist 1925)
1968	Norwich, University of East Anglia, 'Art and the Machine', 1968
	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1968 (Mahomet's Ride, The Playground, The Fountain, The Necklace, The Card Trick, The Goal)
1969	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1969 (Gossips, Punting, Moving Day, The Diners, Snooker, The Towpath)
	Anthony d'Offay Couper Gallery (1), 'William Roberts R.A. Drawings and Watercolours, 1915–1968', 23 Sept.–10 Oct. 1969 (32 paintings and drawings; many of the dates are not consistent with those usually given)
	Anthony d'Offay Couper Gallery (2), 'Abstract Art in England 1913–1915', 11 Nov.– 5 Dec. 1969 (Two Step II, Theatre, St George and the Dragon)
1970	Leicester Museum, 21 Feb.–15 Mar. 1970 (The Dance Club 1923)
	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1970 (Saturday Night, Tree Felling, The Laundry-mat, The Climbers, The Horsemen)
	Hamet Gallery, 'Summer Exhibition 1970', 3 Aug.–28 Apr. 1970
	Arts Council, 'Abstract Art in England 1913–1915', 1970 (Theatre III – study 1915)
1971	Hamet Gallery, 'William Roberts RA: A Retrospective Exhibition', 16 Feb.–13 Mar. 1971
	Morley College Gallery, 'The Art of War 1914–18', 18 May–12 June 1971 (Soldiers Putting up Wagon-lines, Menin Road)
	Fine Art Society, 'British Drawings and Watercolours of the 20th Century', 7 June–25 June 1971
	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1971 (The Dancing Bear, The Promemade, The Love song, Orange Picking, The Accused, The Reed-pipe)
	Ohio, Colombus Gallery of Fine Art, 'British Art 1890–1928', 1971 (Chess Players)
	Exeter Museum and Art Gallery, 'William Roberts, Paintings and. Watercolours', 27 Nov.–18 Dec. 1971
1972	Manchester, The Tib Lane Gallery, 'Watercolours by William Roberts RA', 4–29 Jan. 1972
	Worthing Art Gallery, 'Paintings and Drawings by William Roberts from the Ernest Cooper Collection', 29 Apr.–3 June 1972 (study for First German Gas Attack at Ypres 1918, study for Errand Boys, Bank Holiday in the Park 1923, The Punt c. 1943, Woman and Her Cat c. 1943–4? Self-portrait 1948, Masked Revels 1953, The Recital c. 1968, Man and Woman Reclining by the Thames, The Drums, The Tea Party, The Tramp, Gypsy Flower Seller, Millie Kramer, Card Game, Under the Trees, Sun-bathing, Sarah with Guitar, Flower Arrangement, Sacrifice in the Rain, I'll Put a Tuck in 'Em, The Family, Boys Fishing, Hedgecutting)
	Nottingham University Art Gallery, Nottingham Festival 'British Artists of the First World War', 8–23 July 1972
	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1972 (Rush Hour, The Boat Pond, Strippers and Scrubbers, Dog Lovers, On the Wire, The Guitar Lesson)
	Parkin Gallery, 'The Café Royalists', 20 Sept.–14 Oct. 1972 (Dog-lovers 1971)
	Café Royal, 18 Oct.–8 Nov. 1972 (Dog-lovers 1971)
1973	Hamet Gallery, 'William Roberts R.A.', 3–28 Apr. 1973
	Michael Parkin Fine Art, 'The Appalling Loss. An Exhibition of 1914–18 War Artists', 8 June–14 July 1973
	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1973 (Ennui, Tiddler Fishing, Bath Night, The Grandchild, The Swans, The Soldier's Dream)
1974	Hayward Gallery, 'Vorticism and Its Allies', 27 Mar.–2 June 1974 (Toe-dancer, Street Games, Dominoes, Theatre I, Theatre II, Theatre III, Machine Gunners (photo), Combat (photo), St George and the Dragon, Sketches for Gas Attack, Dancers, The Vorticists at the Restaurant de la Tour Eiffel: Spring 1951 1961, study for The Vorticists)
	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1974 (Los Borrachos, The Seagulls, The Tiddlers, The Portrait, Reflections)
	Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, 'We are Making a New World. Artists in the 1914–18 War: Paintings, Sculpture, Prints and Photographs from the Imperial War Museum', 12 Oct.–10 Nov. 1974
	South London Art Gallery, 'Paintings 1914–24', 31 May–26 June 1974
1975	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1975 (The Siesta, The Vigilantes, The Vaulting Horse, The Pet, The Art Gallery)
1976	Hayward Gallery, 'The Human Clay', 1976 (Self Portrait 1911, The Flower Arrangement 1944)
	Liverpool, Bluecoat Gallery, 'An Honest Patron. A Tribute to Sir Edward Marsh', 5 May–5 June 1976 (A Street Fight c. 1916)
	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1976 (The Guitarists, The Wimpy Bar, The Life Class, Pleasure Cruise, Checkmate, The Clothes Line)
	Michael Parkin, 'William Roberts. An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings', 17 Nov.–4 Dec. 1976 (22 paintings, 44 drawings and watercolours, and 6 etchings, including Sun-bathing, Rush Hour, The Joke 1923, Self-portrait 1933–7, study for The Common Market 1963)
1977	Farnham, West Surrey College of Art and Design, 'Artists at War', 7 Jan.–26 Jan. 1977
	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1977 (Etretat, The Huntsman, Don't 'e know Jarge, tha be no Resurrection, By the Seaside, Fixing the Creeper, The See Saw, The Gypsies)
	Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van-Beuningen, 'La Bicyclette', 1977 (Errand Boys)
	Arts Council tour : Bradford (July–Aug.), Portsmouth (Aug.–Oct.), Newcastle upon Tyne, Laing Art Gallery (Oct.–Dec.) 1977 (At The Hippodrome 1920)
	New York, Davis and Long, 'Vorticism and Abstract Art in the Machine Age', 1977 (study for The Vorticists, study for St George and the Dragon)
1978	Royal Academy, 'Cityscape – Urban Themes in American, German and British Art', 19 Jan.–19 Mar. 1978 (At the Hippodrome 1920, Park Bench)
	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1978 (The Boating Lake, The Zoo, They Walked on the Sea)
1979	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1979 (Frolicking, The Music Lovers, Guarding the Masterpiece, The Hairdressers, Pussy-cats, The Truth and Nothing But the Truth)
	Hayward Gallery, 'Thirties: British Art and Design between the Wars', Oct. 79–Jan. 80 (Sawing Wood c. 1930, Sunbathing, He Knew Degas, No! No! Roger, Cezanne Did Not Use It 1934)
	Brighton Polytechnic Gallery, 'Made at the Slade. A Survey of Mature Works by Ex-Students of the Slade School of Art, 1892 –1960', 1–29 Nov. 1979
1980	Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy Galleries, 'Centenary Exhibition: The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour', 19 Jan.–14 Feb. 1980
	Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1980 – a mini-retrospective of seven works from various periods to mark Roberts's death earlier in the year (The Pipers, The Artist Looks Ahead, The Swan, Which is the Way to Barcelona, Parson's Pleasure, Combat, Robin Brook)
	Maclean Gallery, 'William Roberts R.A 1895–80', 24 Sept.–31 Oct. 1980 (thirty-three works)
	Sheffield, Arts Council at Graves Art Gallery, 'More Than a Glance', 4 Oct.–2 Nov. 1980
	Anthony d'Offay Gallery, 'William Roberts 1895–1980. Drawings and Watercolours', 28 Nov.–19 Dec. 1980
	Tate Gallery, 'Abstraction: Towards A New Art', 1980 (study for Two-step II c. 1915)
1981	Alsager Art Gallery, 'Exhibition of First World War Artists', 11 Nov.–8 Dec. 1981
	Paris, Pompidou Centre, 'Le Realisme Anglais entre les Deux Guerres', 1981 (The Poor Family, Self-portrait Wearing A Cap)
1982	Anthony d'Offay Gallery, 'British Drawings and. Watercolours', 20 Jan.–6 Mar. 1982 (Good Old Days, study for St George and the Dragon)
	Brighton Polytechnic Gallery, 'The Eye of the Storm', 5–27 May 1982
	New York, Salander–O'Reilly Galleries, Inc., 1982
	British Council in China, 'British Drawings and. Watercolours', 1982 (Hay Rick)
	British Council tour ( Scotland, Hong Kong and China), 'British Drawings and Watercolours from Rowlandson to Riley', 1982
1983	Reading Art Gallery, 'William Roberts', 5 Mar.–9 Apr. 1983 (large exhibition: numbers are approximate since some media are not specified in the catalogue: 31 canvases, 40 watercolours, 47 drawings, 66 vignettes, 1 etching, 2 posters. Paintings are mainly from the 1960s and '70s with some earlier portraits; drawings run from the 1920s to the 1970s. Some works are undated.)
	Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 'Maynard Keynes – Collector of Pictures, Books and Manuscripts', 5 July–29 Aug. 1983 (Labourers, Apple Pickers, Spanish Beggars, Shuttlecock, Boy Wearing a Sun-hat, Lord and Lady Keynes, Self-portrait, The Connoisseur, Street Acrobats, French Sailors on the Deck of a Ship, Family and Dog, Family at the Seaside, Male Nude, Lydia Keynes)
	New Haven, Conn., Yale Center, 'Blast: The British Answer to Futurism', 1983 (study for St George and the Dragon)
	Stow-on-the-Wold, Fosse Gallery, 'Ten Royal Acadamicians', 26 Sept.–15 Oct. 1983
1984	National Portrait Gallery, 'William Roberts 1895–1980. An Artist and His Family', 27 July–7 Oct. 84 (22 self-portraits, 14 of Sarah, 5 of John, and 2 others)
	Sheffield /Norwich/Coventry/Camden Arts Centre, 'The Forgotten Fifties', 1984 (Hampstead Fair)
1985	Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 'Watercolours, Drawings and Etchings', 1985 (98 artefacts, mainly chalk, pencil and ink drawings, owned by the Roberts family)
	Dulwich Picture Gallery, 'Introducing Sam Rabin', 1985
1986	Venice, Palazzo Grassi, 'Futurismo e Futurismi', 2 May–13 Oct. 1986 (Return of Ulysses watercolour, study for St George and the Dragon)
	Anthony d'Offay Gallery, 'Important English Drawings Relating to Cubism and Futurism', 1986 (study for St George and the Dragon)
	Gillian Jason Gallery (1), 'Pencil, Pen and Brush – Modern British Drawing', 10 Jan.–14 Feb. 1986 (Leah Kramer, The Grandmother)
	Gillian Jason Gallery (2), 'Double Sided Drawings', 26 Mar.–26 Apr. 1986
1987	Arts Council, 'Looking into Painting – Narrative', 1987 (The Vengeance of Odysseus 1974)
	Royal Academy, 'British Art in the Twentieth Century', 1987 (Red Turban 1921, Sarah 1927, Bank Holiday in the Park 1923, At The Hippodrome 1920, The Cinema, The Dance Club 1923, Les Routiers 1931)
1988	Spink & Son, 'Annual Exhibition of 20th Century British Paintings and Drawings', 10 June–8 July 1988 (Camel March 1923)
	National Portrait Gallery, 'T. E. Lawrence', 9 Dec. 1988–12 Mar. 1989
1989	Albemarle Gallery, 'Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours 1910–1978', Apr. 89 (22 drawings, 13 watercolours, 8 canvases)
	Hong Kong, Arts Council tour, 'Picturing People: British Figurative Art since 1945', 1989–90 (Rush Hour)
	Barbican Art Gallery, 'The Last Romantics', 1989 (Unidentified Subject c. 1912?)
	Entwistle Gallery, 'British Artists Works on Paper, 1900–1950', Apr. 1989
	Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, 'English Art 1920–60: Paintings of the Watt Bequest', Dec. 89–Jan. 90 (The Rhine Boat, The Ballet, Woman Reading)
1990	Gillian Jason Gallery, 'William Roberts – An Artist's View', 21 Mar.–27 Apr. 1990 (59 drawings and watercolours on the art world, including illustrations from pamphlets)
	British Council tour (USSR, Luxembourg, Bulgaria and Argentina), 'For a Wider World', 1990–91
1991	Gillian Jason Gallery, ' 40 Self Portraits', 20 Jan.–16 Feb. 1991 (many from the 1984 National Portrait Gallery exhibition)
	Hayward Gallery, 'British Contemporary Art 1910–90, Contemporary Art Society', 3 Dec. 1991–19 Jan. 1992 (The Dance Club 1923, Jockeys)
1992	Gillian Jason Gallery, 'Humour and Satire', May 1992 (61 works – mainly drawings and watercolours from the 1960s and '70s)
	Christopher Hull Gallery, 'Modern British Pictures and Work by Gallery Artists', 17 June–7 Aug. 1992 (Dancing to Music)
1993	Methodist Education Committee touring exhibition, Northampton and St Paul's, London, 'Images of Christ', Jan.–July 1993 (study for The Crucifixion)
	Gillian Jason Gallery, ' Pictures Pure and Pagan', 15 Sept.–8 Oct. 1993
1994	Barbican Art Gallery, 'A Bitter Truth: Avant-Garde Art and the Great War', 29 Sept.–11 Dec. 1994
	National Portrait Gallery, 'The Sitwells and the Arts of the 1920s and 1930s', 14 Oct. 1994–22 Jan. 1995 (A Shell Dump 1919, The Lord of Song 1913–14, endpapers)
1997	British Council tour (USA, Canada, Russia, UK and Poland), 'Drawing Distinctions – Twentieth Century Drawings and Watercolours of the British Artists', 1997–2003 (Howitzer in Action, Folk Dance)
1998	Gallery 27, 'Muddied Oafs: An Exhibition of Football', 22–27 June 1998
1999	Abbot & Holder, 'Selected Six (Twelve)', June 1999 (12 pen-and-ink drawings on the theme of healthy nutrition, c. 1945)
	Tate Gallery, 'The Art of Bloomsbury', Nov. 1999–Jan. 2000; then San Marino, 4 Mar.–30 Apr. 2000; then New Haven, Yale Center, 20 May–3 Sept. 2000 (No! No! Roger, Lydia Keynes)
2001	National Portrait Gallery, 'Painting the Century', 26 Oct.–4 Feb. 2001 (Maynard and Lydia Keynes)
	Munich, 'The Cool Gaze – Realism in the 1920s', 1 June–2 Sept. 2001 (Les Routiers, The Dance Club)
	Liverpool, Tate Liverpool, 'Modern British Art – Art and Lifestyle 1910–20', collection display 2001 (The Playground 1934, The Diners 1919)
	Artmonsky Arts, 'Slade Alumni 1900–1914', 11 Nov.–16 Dec. 2001 (watercolours and drawings including The Ballet, Vorticist Composition, Dancers, Trooping the Colour, Girl Playing Guitar)
	Newcastle upon Tyne, Hatton Gallery, 'Artists of the London Group', 2001 (Nude Study, Nude with Flute, 1928)
2003	Leeds, University Gallery, 'The Tortoise and the Hare', 30 Apr.–20 June 2003; then at Ben Uri Gallery, London, 7 July–7 Sept. 2003 (16 oils on canvas, 8 watercolours, 6 drawings and 10 printed artefacts)
	Austin/Desmond Fine Art, 'Modern British Art', July–Aug. 2003
	Museum of London, 'Twenties London', 16 Oct. 2003–20 July 2004 (The Bus Stop, Jazz Party)
	Newcastle upon Tyne, Hatton Gallery, 'Artists of the London Group', 2003
2004	Newcastle upon Tyne, Hatton Gallery, 'William Roberts (1895 –1980)', 20 Mar.–29 May 2004; also at Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, 12 June–4 Sept. 2004 (67 exhibits from 1909 to 1975, including 33 oil paintings, many from the Tate and regional galleries; the Sheffield exhibition was slightly smaller)
	Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, 'Blasting the Future! Vorticism in Britain 1910–1920', 4 Feb.–18 Apr. 2004; also at the Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester, 7 May–25 July 2004 (Gunners Turning out for an SOS, The Wiring Party, The Travelling Cradle, Athletes Exercising in a Gymnasium, Novices)
2005	Imperial War Museum, 'Lawrence of Arabia: The Life, the Legend', 14 Oct. 2005–17 Apr. 2006 (Aircraftman Ross, Dignity, The Dogs of Harith, Flashing Sword, Revolt in the Desert)
2006	Nottingham, Djanogly Art Gallery, University of Nottingham, 'A Day in the Sun – Outdoor Pursuits in Art in the 1930s', 18 Feb.–9 Apr. 2006; also at The Lowry, Salford Quays, 29 Apr.–25 June 2006 (Going to Swim, Sun-bathing 1936, Les Routiers, Parson's Pleasure)
2007	Chichester, Pallant Gallery, 'William Roberts: England at Play', 20 Jan.–18 Mar. 2007
	Birmingham, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham, 'The Parrot in Art', 26 Jan.–29 Apr. 2007 (The Cockatoos)
	Geffrye Museum, 'Home and Garden, Part 3: 1914–1960', 20 Feb.–24 June 2007 (The Flower Arrangement)
	Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, 'In a Strange Land: Modern Britain 1900–1960, Masterworks from Australian and New Zealand Collections', 15 Nov. 2007–24 Feb. 2008 (Interval before Round Ten, The Prodigal Sets Out, Sam Rabin versus Black Eagle, Trafalgar Square 1952, The Salute, The Model c .1956, The Something Road Group)