Glebe Gallery, Art museum in Letterkenny, Ireland.
Glebe Gallery occupies Glebe House, an 1828 building near Churchill outside Letterkenny, where painter Derek Hill lived from 1954 to 1982. His former studio now holds changing exhibitions, while his former home displays his collection, including works by Picasso, Braque, Renoir, Kokoschka, Jack Butler Yeats and Tory Island painter James Dixon, with European and oriental furniture and William Morris wallpapers and fabrics.
Glebe House was built in 1828. The English portrait and landscape painter Derek Hill lived and worked there from 1954 until 1982, when he presented the house and his art collection to the Irish state. His former studio was later converted into a modern gallery with changing exhibitions, and the house is run by the Office of Public Works.
The house displays artworks that Derek Hill gathered throughout his life, reflecting his personal taste in contemporary and non-Western art. The rooms preserve his original arrangements, giving visitors a sense of how he lived among these pieces.
The gallery opens for a limited season each year, around Easter and then from June to the end of September. The permanent collection in Glebe House can be seen by guided tour only, while the woodland gardens beside Lough Gartan stay open all year. The house was closed for conservation work in 2024 and was due to reopen in summer 2025.
The interior displays original William Morris textiles and Derek Hill's personal belongings arranged as he left them. This creates the striking impression that the artist continues to inhabit the space.
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