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1. www.britannica.com › topic › National-Gallery-museumNational Gallery | History, Collection, & Facts | Britannica

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   4 days ago · National Gallery, art museum in London that houses Great Britain’s national collection of European paintings. It is located on the north side of Trafalgar Square, Westminster. The collection is regarded by many as the most representative sampling of European painting in the world.

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2. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › at-200-years-oldAt 200 Years Old, the London National Gallery Is Redefining ...

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   May 8, 2024 · Throughout the National Gallery’s 200-year history, the London museum’s collection has served as both a cultural touchstone and a flashpoint for political swirl.

3. www.theartnewspaper.com › 2024/05/10 › the-nationalThe National Gallery, London, celebrates its bicentenary with ...

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   5 days ago · It will be one big party at the National Gallery in London (10-12 May) which celebrates its 200th anniversary (NG200) with a raft of special events—and some big names—on its Big Birthday Weekend.

4. www.euronews.com › culture › 2024/05/10200 today: UK’s National Gallery kicks off bicentenary ...

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   5 days ago · The National Gallery is kicking off its 200th anniversary today (10 May) by launching a year-long commemorative programme. Located in London’s Trafalgar Square, the National Gallery, which is ...

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     Constable’s ‘The Hay Wain’: A Quiet but Radical British Icon

     'The Hay Wain' (1821) by John Constable (1776–1837) will be familiar to many as capturing quintessential English life in the Suffolk countryside. But does this familiarity stop us from seeing how radical this landscape picture was at the time it was made? Curator Mary McMahon shows us the artist's innovations.

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     Renoir’s 'The Umbrellas': Glimpses of Parisian Life

     Join us for a rainy day in Paris as National Gallery Educator, Belle Smith, introduces us to 'The Umbrellas' (about 1881–6) by the French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919). It was presented at an Impressionist exhibition in New York in 1886.

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     Canaletto’s 'The Stonemason’s Yard':

     The Stonemason’s Yard' (about 1725) by Canaletto (1697–1768) is considered the artist’s early masterpiece. It’s the picture that marks the beginning of Canaletto becoming Canaletto. Though, we don’t know who for,

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7. www.theguardian.com › artanddesign › articleInsight! Sensitivity! Genius! Our critic picks the top five ...

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   May 8, 2024 · T he National Gallery in London is 200 years old on Friday, but what makes it so special? Founded in 1824 when public museums of fine art were in their infancy, it was different from rivals such ...

8. www.nationalgallery.org.uk › exhibitions › acrossNational Treasures | Across the UK | National Gallery, London

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   5 days ago · As part of the programme of events to celebrate our Bicentenary, 12 of the nation’s most iconic and well-loved paintings from the collection are being lent to 12 venues across the UK.

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   Where is the National Gallery in London?

   • National Gallery, art museum in London that houses Great Britain’s national collection of European paintings. It is located on the north side of Trafalgar Square, Westminster. (Read Sister Wendy’s Britannica essay on art appreciation.) Visitor looking at a painting in the National Gallery, London.

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   What makes the National Gallery in London so special?

   • T he National Gallery in London is 200 years old on Friday, but what makes it so special? Founded in 1824 when public museums of fine art were in their infancy, it was different from rivals such as the Louvre (founded 1793) and the Prado (1819) because they inherited royal collections.

   Insight! Sensitivity! Genius! Our critic picks the top five masterpieces in t…

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   When was the National Gallery founded?

   • The National Gallery was founded in 1824 when the British government bought a collection of 38 paintings from the estate of the merchant John Julius Angerstein. The collection was first exhibited on May 10 of that year in Angerstein’s house at 100 Pall Mall, but in 1838 it was reopened to the public in its current premises.

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   When did modern British art come to the National Gallery?

   • Until the opening of the Tate Gallery in 1897, modern British art was also displayed at the National Gallery. (Read Glenn Lowry’s Britannica essay on "Art Museums & Their Digital Future.") A Wheatfield, with Cypresses, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, 1889; in the National Gallery, London.

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10. www.standard.co.uk › culture › exhibitionsThe National Gallery turns 200: London's 'beautiful jewelled ...

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    5 days ago · The gallery traces its roots back to 1824 when, under pressure from art activists keen for Britain to establish a national collection, the government bought works owned by London businessman John ...