Image: Detail from Vincent Van Gogh, 'Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear', 1889 London, Courtauld Institute Gallery © Photo: Bridgeman Art Library, London Van Gogh is ...
Willem Cornelisz. Duyster was born and worked in Amsterdam. Because of the loss of the city’s guild records, his early career remains mysterious. He may have trained with Pieter Codde, and it is ...
Entry to the Gallery to view the collection is free – admission is now through the Portico Entrance. We encourage people to book a gallery entry ticket. Please note it may take longer to access the ...
Hidden in plain sight, discover a medley of creatures within the collection. Maurizio Patti will guide you on a walking tour ...
Attending a CPD training (continuing professional development) is a great way to start a Take One Picture Project. The session offers the opportunity to learn about the focus painting and develop ...
This triple portrait was intended as a model for a full-length statue of Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu (1585–1642), who became Cardinal in 1622 and the Chief Minister of France in 1624. He ...
The National Gallery had proved its value - and the value of art - in the darkest hours of the early 20th century. Its staff now hosted exhibitions, did scientific research, conserved the paintings, ...
Cornelia Homburg is the guest curator of 'Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers' and a specialist in Vincent van Gogh. She works as an ...
Sheyamali Sudesh leads this reflective session on ‘ Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers ’.
Joos van Cleve (also known as Joos van der Beke) became a master in Antwerp in 1511 and died in the winter of 1540-1. He evidently spent time at the French court where he painted pictures including ...
Image: Pierre Auguste Renoir, ‘Portrait of Claude Monet’, Musée d’Orsay, Paris © RMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Jean-Gilles Berizzi Monet was the leading French ...
Rosa was one of the least conventional artists of 17th-century Italy, and was adopted as a hero by painters of the Romantic movement in the later 18th and early 19th centuries. He was mainly a painter ...