The Courtauld Gallery is home to one of the greatest collections of art in the UK and an annual programme of focused exhibitions, displays and contemporary commissions. All housed in a beautiful human-sized gallery at Somerset House.
The Courtauld Institute is a research-led, independent college of the University of London, offering world–renowned programmes in the history, conservation, curation and business of art.
We care for an outstanding art collection, advance the study and conservation of visual art, and share it through acclaimed exhibitions. Your support helps us inspire new ways of seeing and thinking about art.
...than Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) is for us; yet, he arguably failed to grasp the pathbreaking importance of the just-dead Caravaggio (1571-1610), which many of his contemporaries promptly understood. Even more...
...masterpieces such as Édouard Manet’s A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (1882), Vincent van Gogh’s Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear (1889), and the most significant collection of works by Paul Cézanne in...
...anecdotes about his friendships and opinions on the work of leading contemporary artists such as Degas, Pissarro, Signac and Cézanne, one of the key sections reflects on the brief yet...
...drawings. Spanning over 500 years, the exhibition includes rarely seen drawings by Dürer, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo as well as masterpieces by Rembrandt, Cézanne, Van Gogh and Matisse. This...
...by artists including Cézanne, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Rubens and Turner in extraordinary detail and experience them far beyond what is visible to the naked eye. A specially curated selection of 13...
...most famous masterpieces including Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, Manet’s A Bar at the Folies-Bergère and the most important collection of Cézannes in the UK, as well as works...
...Lucas Cranach the Elder, Bruegel, Chardin and Goya to Cézanne, van Gogh and early Picasso. The approximately 200 works of art also include masterpieces by Géricault, Manet, Monet and Toulouse-...
See below for a range of family activity sheets that explore artworks from our collection and beyond. Use these to create your own work of art and share it with...
...most famous masterpieces including Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, Manet’s A Bar at the Folies-Bergère and the most important collection of Cézannes in the UK, as well as works...
...that are important for him, such as those by Cézanne, Gauguin, Manet, Monet, Pissarro and Van Gogh. The exhibition will explore how Doig recasts and reinvents traditions and practices of...
...by artists including Cézanne, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Rubens and Turner in extraordinary detail and experience them far beyond what is visible to the naked eye. A specially curated selection of 13...
...contemporary works in the light of paintings by earlier artists in The Courtauld’s collection that are important for him, such as those by Cézanne, Gauguin, Manet, Monet, Pissarro and Van...
