Editing Burrell Collection (section)

==History==
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The eclectic collection was acquired over many years by [[William Burrell|Sir William Burrell]], a wealthy Glasgow shipping magnate and art collector, and his wife Constance, Lady Burrell, who then gave it to the city of [[Glasgow Corporation]] in 1944.<ref name="arch">{{cite web|title=The Collection, the gift to Glasgow and the charity that cares for it|url=https://burrellcollection.com/the-collection-the-gift-to-glasgow-and-the-charity-that-cares-for-it/|accessdate=2 October 2021|publisher=Glasgowarchitecture.co.uk}}</ref> Throughout his collecting career, Burrell lent many of the works in his collection to special exhibitions and for display in museums. Sometime {{circa|1930}}, he decided that he was going to donate his entire collection to the public.<ref name=":2">{{cite book |last=Bellamy & MacDonald |title=William Burrell: A Collector's Life |publisher=Birlinn |year=2022 |isbn=9781780277608}}</ref>

Burrell then began the process of finding a home for the remaining 6,000 items. He initially wanted it to go to London, which he saw as the centre of the art world. He approached the Westminster government with the idea that he would leave his collection to the nation as a separate government institution, like the [[Wallace Collection]]. Although the government took the offer seriously, it had more pressing wartime priorities. Burrell then approached [[London County Council]] with a similar offer. Negotiations got to an advanced stage, but in the end the cost of maintaining the collection proved too much and the offer was declined.<ref name=":2" />

Burrell then turned to Glasgow. He had already gifted 48 paintings and 30 prints to the [[Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum]] in 1925, and much of his collection was already on semi-permanent display there, particularly the Chinese works. The museum had recently appointed [[Tom Honeyman|Dr T. J. Honeyman]] as director, a man whom Burrell admired and trusted. His influence was instrumental in Burrell's final decision to offer his collection to the city of Glasgow.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{cite book |last=Honeyman |first=T.J. |title=Art and Audacity |publisher=Collins |year=1971 |location=London}}</ref>