Stunning paintings and pastels from Degas [National Gallery exhibition]

Posted on September 2, 2017August 29, 2017 by worldcityguides

Edgar Degas is a famous artist who lived between 1834 and 1917. His full name was Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, but most people refer to him simply as Degas.

The Burrell Collection in Glasgow, Scotland, holds one of the largest Degas collections in the world. Leaving Scotland for the first time together you can now see a collection of 20 pastels from Degas in this temporary exhibition in the National Gallery in London. Degas liked to experiment, and he fell especially in love with the pastels. For that reason, he stood out amongst the Impressionists, and that is what you can discover for yourself as you visit this exhibition.

Drawn in Colour: Degas from the Burrell

September 20th – May 7th
National Gallery

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Children reacts to A Roman Triumph by Rubens

Posted on May 26, 2017 by worldcityguides

Would you like to see what children think and how they react as they see A Roman Triumph, a work created by Peter Paul Rubens in 1630? Come to the National Gallery in London.

Every year the National Gallery in London arrange a “Take One Picture” event. This year children in the UK have been presented to the work A Roman Triumph by Rubens, and based on this they have decided to create their own works and show what they noticed and felt interesting about the picture.

This might not be a traditional art exhibition, but it is brilliant in its own way, and it for sure helps bring art closer to children and youth.

The exhibition will open on June 6th in the National Gallery and it will remain on display till September 24th.

For more information on the exhibition, visit the official homepage.

The history of Impressionism

Posted on January 13, 2015September 20, 2018 by worldcityguides

The exhibition Inventing Impressionism will take place from 4th March to 31st May in 2015 at the National Gallery in London.

Nowadays impressionism and impressionists are popular but there was a time when this was different. In the beginning of the 1870s impressionist and their works were not accepted. This exhibition is about Paul Durand-Ruel who saw the opportunity and the beauty in impressionism and dedicated his life to it. Paul Durand-Ruel was an art dealer and entrepreneurial in Paris. He discovered and supported the most outstanding young painters of the time including Monet, Degas, Manet, Renoir, Pissarro and Sisley.

After he discovered the opportunities in impressionism he tried to sell and make this new form of painting acceptable. Paul Durand-Ruel dedicated his whole life to build up an audience for the work of the young painters and to creat a market for their works as well. The exhibition Inventing Impressionism will show over 85 masterpieces of the greatest names of impressionism and the movement.

The exhibition will be held at the National Gallery in London from 4th March to 31st May 2015.

National Gallery
Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN, United Kingdom

For more information on the exhibition and the museum check the following site.

Peder Balke exhibition

Posted on November 11, 2014September 20, 2018 by worldcityguides

Peder Balke was a Norwegian painter who was born in 1804 and died in 1887 at the age of 82. He is best known for portraying the nature of Norway. Now you can get to know him better in the National Gallery in London.

Balke influenced a dramatic and romantic look of the landscape and nature of Norway. He is one of the most outstanding figures of the art in Scandinavia in the 19th century. At the exhibition visitors will have the chance to see the landscape and the nature of Norway and the whole Scandinavia from a new perspective. The exhibition will display a wide range of paintings and drawings from Balke and visitors can discover more on the work and life of the painter. The exhibition shows more than 50 pictures from Peder Balke and some of the art works are from private collections from all across Europe. Most of the paintings are shown the first time in the UK for the audience. The exhibition of Peder Balke and his art work will be take place at the National Gallery in London. The exhibition is held from 12th November in 2014 to 12th April in 2015. The entrance for the exhibition is for free.

If you want to know more on the exhibition and the museum check the official site for more information.

Rembrandt: The Late Works at The National Gallery

Posted on September 3, 2014September 19, 2014 by worldcityguides

This exhibition will take place at The National Gallery in London near to the Trafalgar Square. The museum will focus on Rembrandt late art work such as his paintings, drawings and prints as well.

Rembrandt was a dutch painter and he was born in 1606 and he died in 1669 in the Netherlands. He is one of the most outstanding painters of the 17th century. This exhibition was organized in collaboration with the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum and the collection has 40 paintings, 20 drawings and 30 prints from his late life work. It is a really unique opportunity to have a look in to his late life and to see the passion and innovation in Rembrandt’s late art work. Between the 1650s and 1669 he tried new techniques, new printing methods and tried to paint traditional subjects in a new exciting way. The pictures on display are the real proof that Rembrandt lived up to his great reputation until the last day of his life.

The exhibition will be shown from 15th October 2014 until 18th January 2015 in the National Gallery in central London. The entrance fee for the exhibition is for free.

For more information on the museum and the exhibitions, read our National Gallery article.