3. Detail of Hendrick Avercamp, 'A Scene on the Ice near a Town', about 1615 ...

Step into 14th-century Siena and discover how artists broke from tradition and pioneered new ways of storytelling. Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime celebration marking the rise of Western painting.

'The Triumph of Art' by artist Jeremy Deller is a nationwide performance that marks how festivals are part and parcel of art, culture and civic life, and that art and artists can be catalysts of ...

We asked Ben Mercer, author, content creator and strategist for the books that he would recommend as gifts. His choice ...

Often referred to as the ‘painter’s painter’ due to his influence on artists through the decades, Nicolas Poussin is well represented in the National Gallery Collection.

For centuries, the artforms of painting and poetry have been in dialogue, each informing the other, whilst artists and poets have often attempted to translate their unique essence. Following a series ...

'The Finding of Moses’ depicts an Old Testament story. This monumental painting was commissioned by King Charles I and ...

Born in Paris, the son of a grocer, Monet grew up in Le Havre. Contact with Eugène Boudin in about 1856 introduced Monet to painting from nature. He was in Paris in 1859 and three years later he ...

Individuals and small groups (of up to four people) are welcome to join these 60-minute taster tours of the collection. If you are interested in booking a private guided tour for your group, you can ...

Johannes Vermeer is one of the great Dutch masters, though only about 35 paintings by him are known. Born in Delft in 1632, he may have been a pupil of local history painter Leonaert Bramer. Vermeer ...

What characterises Impressionism for most people nowadays, is both the subject matter and the technique. Landscapes, and scenes from modern urban and suburban life painted in bright, pure colours are ...

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