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Sir Ivor was a notable collector of paintings, drawings,prints, ceramics, glass and bronzes who maintained a close relationship with the Fitzwilliam, and gifted several hundred works during his lifetime. He first made contact with the Museum in 1990 and supported it over the following 15 years.
On his death, much of the collection came to The Fitzwilliam Museum on long-term loan and now forms the basis of a substantial bequest to the Applied Arts and Paintings, Drawings and Prints departments. Sir Ivor specified that his collection should be bequeathed through Art Fund (or National Art Collections Fund as it appears in the will), and that the Fitzwilliam stage an exhibition of a selection of his collection ‘as soon as is convenient’ after receiving the bequest, which also includes funding to support a publication. The exhibition will illustrate the richness and diversity of the Batchelor Bequest and highlight the Fitzwilliam as a ‘collection of collections’ defined by connoisseurship.
The study morning will be led by Hettie Ward, Assistant Keeper, Paintings Drawings and Prints, and Dr Julia Poole, Honorary Keeper of European Ceramics.