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Saw a couple of his paintings at The Courtauld Gallery yesterday when we were going in to see the Van Gogh Portraits exhibition.

Have fond memories of the now Musée de Montmartre where he worked & painted La balançoire. Plus his film director son, Jean's biography about him.

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2022-02-26

☁️🌊 Airy representations of sky and water are a prominent feature of Turner’s Lucerne subjects. The cliff in the mist has been identified as a rocky promontory between Brunnen and Fluelen in the Bay of Uri.

JMW Turner, On Lake Lucerne looking towards Fluelen © The Courtauld

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2022-02-15

Artist Henry Fuseli was born in 1741.

Rendered with exaggerated proportions and arranged in an impossibly sinuous pose, this enigmatic back view of an unknown woman exudes an unsettling eroticism.

Fuseli, Back view of a full-length female figure © The Courtauld

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2022-02-07

🎇 We’re celebrating with Oskar Kokoschka's beautiful painting of a landscape in Scotland, currently on display at The Courtauld Gallery.

Oskar Kokoschka, Landscape in Scotland - Findhorn River © The Courtauld/DACS 2003

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2022-01-26

A Woman Holding a Lily-of-the-Valley and a Pansy
attributed to Marx Reichlich, 1464–1538. (The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London)

You can never go wrong with lilies.

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2021-12-29

2 days until The Courtauld Gallery reopens!

Book to see 25 of Rubens’ paintings, 201 original letters, and an inventory handwritten after his death, much of which will be on display in 1 room: https://t.co/EQudZniB3o

Rubens, The Family of Jan Brueghel the Elder © The Courtauld

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2021-11-18

As the air cools and the daylight dwindles, we’re embracing the wintry grey, green and blue palette of Francis Towne’s watercolour

Francis Towne, Forest of Radnor, with the Black Mountains in the distance © The Courtauld

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2021-11-04

Today marks 115 years since the death of Paul Cézanne

To see the UK’s largest group of works by the artist in the UK from Nov 19, book here: https://t.co/EQudZniB3o

Cézanne, The Montagne Sainte-Victoire with a Large Pine © The Courtauld

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2021-10-22

Don’t miss ‘Hidden Figures: Unlocking The Courtauld Collection’ part of ’s Festival (20-25 Sept)

🗓Monday 20 September
⏰7-8pm BST
💻 Online

Free, book now 👉 https://t.co/ebAVtKW1o8

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2021-09-13

Hidden Figures: Unlocking the Courtauld Collection

20 SEPT

ONLINE

Join team as they unearth the hidden stories of people of colour in their collections through an exploration of both pictorial and material representation.

https://t.co/PZSXadA5VH

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2021-09-12

Hidden Figures: Unlocking the Courtauld Collection

20 SEPT

ONLINE

Join team as they unearth the hidden stories of people of colour in their collections through an exploration of both pictorial and material representation.

https://t.co/PZSXadA5VH

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2021-09-09

Don’t miss ‘Hidden Figures: Unlocking The Courtauld Collection’ part of ’s Festival (20-25 Sept)

🗓Monday 20 September
⏰7-8pm BST
💻 Online

Free, book now 👉https://t.co/ebAVtKW1o8

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2021-09-01

We hope your bank holiday looks as lovely as this painting ☀️

Geoffrey C. Nelson, Cafe on the Boulevard (1928) © The Courtauld

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2021-08-30

Cézanne painted and drew the Montagne Sainte-Victoire from different vantage points throughout his career, each time finding a new mood or atmosphere.

This painting is the most monumental and highly finished of three canvases he devoted to this particular view.

© The Courtauld

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2021-07-23

The first-ever exhibition of Vincent Van Gogh’s self-portraits in his entire career at The Courtauld Gallery
https://t.co/oXu29U94ol

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2021-07-22

With a blockbuster of Van Gogh self portraits announced at London's Courtauld Gallery, this PUNCH cartoon wonders about the great artist's paintings. "All right, have it your way, it's something to do with the greenhouse effect" Robert Wilson 1989

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2021-07-02

Édouard Manet -
Banks of the Seine at Argenteuil [1874]
London, Courtauld Gallery

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2021-05-23

Paul Cézanne - Montagne Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine, c. 1887. Oil on canvas, 67 x 92 cm. The Courtauld Gallery, London, UK

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2021-05-19

Paul Gauguin - Te Rerioa (The Dream), 1897. Oil on canvas, 95.1 x 130.2 cm. The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK

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2021-05-16

Happy We’re celebrating the natural world with this stunning moonlit scene by Peter Paul Rubens, one of the many landscapes he painted from his country estate just outside Antwerp 🌙

🎨 Landscape by Moonlight, 1635-40 © The Courtauld

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2021-04-23