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.
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...Post-Impressionist masterpieces, including Manet’s A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (1882), Van Gogh’s Self- Portrait with Bandaged Ear (1889), and the most significant collection of works by Cézanne in the UK...
...Van Gogh’s skin tone – specifically his cheeks. I also have a great love for the natural world and this painting represents how I perceive myself at my happiest, as...
Ellie, Untitled, Sense of Self Online Exhibition 2025 | The Courtauld. Ellie, aged 17 Acrylic paint on canvas In this painting, I drew inspiration from Vincent van Gogh’s use of...
Bedroom Gallery, Flo, Sense of Self Online Exhibition 2025 | The Courtauld. Flo, aged 17 Acrylic paint on canvas board What most sticks out to me about Vincent van Gogh’s...
Sense of Self, Harri-Sue, Sense of Self Online Exhibition 2025 | The Courtauld. Harri-Sue, aged 17 Acrylic paint on canvas Like Vincent van Gogh, I have explored bright, opposing colours....
...A further highlight is the pair of celebrated paintings by Van Gogh, A Ward in the Hospital at Arles and The Courtyard of the Hospital at Arles (1889), which illustrate...
...by Cézanne, Manet, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Renoir, and Monet will be reunited in the spectacularly restored LVMH Great Room – London’s oldest purpose-built exhibition space and the largest space in...
Join us for a sensory trail at The Courtauld Gallery, exploring European Art 1400 to 1800. Meet us in each of the galleries on Floor 2 – you will see...
The Courtauld is home to one of the most significant collections of works on paper in the UK, with approximately 7,000 drawings and watercolours, and 26,000 prints ranging from the...
...loans and partnerships. The Gallery is most famous for its iconic Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces – such as Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Manet’s A Bar at the...
...Van Gogh, and others. The Blavatnik Fine Rooms, spanning the entire second floor, provide a beautiful setting for works from the Renaissance to the 18th century. New rooms devoted to...
...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 Gogh....
