Learning Resources

Our Learning Department uses a combination of art history and practical art-based approaches to uncover the intentions and processes behind works of art. These resources can be used by teachers, young people and anyone interested in finding out more about the artists and artworks in the collection.

If you would like to speak to anyone in our team about a particular resource, please contact education@courtauld.ac.uk

Painting by Claude Monet of Waterloo Bridge. A small boat is visible in the right foreground, and the entire image is coloured in pinks and oranges; it looks hazy, with billowing smoke from factories visible in the background on the South of the River.

FOCUS: The Changing City: Monet and London

FOCUS: Frank Auerbach. The Charcoal Heads

drawning of a black woman reclining on a chair against a blue background

FOCUS: Drawing The Human Figure

FOCUS: Connecting People with Landscape

FOCUS: Helen Saunders and the Modern City

A field of peach trees with houses dotted about; there are mountains in the background.

FOCUS: Favourite Place Triptych

A Collection of collections

FOCUS: Repeat Pattern Design and the Omega Workshops

A touching portrait of the family of the artist Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625) by his close friend and collaborator Peter Paul Rubens

FOCUS: Light Touch, Hands and Experimental Drawing

This three-panel work, known as ‘The Seilern Triptych’, is one of the finest examples of Northern Renaissance painting. The central panel depicts Christ’s burial, shortly after his body is taken down from the cross (seen in the left wing, where the two thieves executed with him remain).

FOCUS: Draw to Discover Detail and Space

painting of a woman bartender looking straight ahead

FOCUS: Impressionism and Sensory Atmospheres

A self-portrait of Van Gogh wearing a green coat, a blue hat with a black trim, and a bandaged left ear. A Japanese print and an easel can be seen behind him.

Portraiture Toolkit

Secondary Architecture Resource

Face to Face: Portraits in The Courtauld Collection

Schools and Colleges

We have a wide choice of programmes bringing art history and the collection to life....

Tours and Workshops

We provide free workshops, resources and teachers' events for secondary school teachers (KS 3-5) that engage with the collection and the history of art.......