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'Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cézanne' at National Gallery until 20th Jan

JamesSeed
JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
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Really excellent exhibition, but it ends on 20th Jan. Visited it today.

Here's what to expect....

https://artdutton.blogspot.com/2019/01/impressionists-exhibition-at-national.html

'A celebration of major Impressionist paintings from The Courtauld Gallery.

Opening at the National Gallery this autumn, 'Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cézanne' traces the development of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings through a selection of over forty masterpieces.

Enjoy highlights from The Courtauld Gallery, including famous works by Cézanne, Toulouse-Lautrec, Renoir, Manet, and Seurat alongside a selection of much-loved Impressionist paintings from the Gallery’s own holdings.

This exhibition is a collaboration between the National Gallery and The Courtauld Gallery.'

Comments

  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,024
    There's some great paintings there, but given that you can walk from Somerset House to the National Gallery in about 10 minutes it seems a strange idea for an exhibition. Why not keep all that wonderful art in-situ and bring some pieces to town that people couldn't normally see?
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    edited January 2019
    Agree, but thought it was a nice mix of Cautauld and National Gallery paintings.
    I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw the giant Seurat. Had a poster of it on my wall for years when I was younger, but had never seen the real thing.
    A rare day out with the missus too.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    Stig said:

    There's some great paintings there, but given that you can walk from Somerset House to the National Gallery in about 10 minutes it seems a strange idea for an exhibition. Why not keep all that wonderful art in-situ and bring some pieces to town that people couldn't normally see?

    The Courtauld Gallery in Somerset House is currently closed for redevelopment work, hence this is another way of showing them
  • smudge7946
    smudge7946 Posts: 4,131
    Discussing paintings on a football forum?

    What is the world coming to?
    If you like pictures so much, buy a telly. There's a new one every time you look at it.
  • LennyLowrent
    LennyLowrent Posts: 2,705
    smudge7946 said:

    Discussing paintings on a football forum?

    What is the world coming to?
    If you like pictures so much, buy a telly. There's a new one every time you look at it.

    Art's oldest dilemma beautifully expressed
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,208
    It’s my favourite gallery.
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    Solidgone said:

    It’s my favourite gallery.

    Which?

    Courtauld or National?
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,164
    JamesSeed said:

    Really excellent exhibition, but it ends on 20th Jan. Visited it today.

    Here's what to expect....

    https://artdutton.blogspot.com/2019/01/impressionists-exhibition-at-national.html

    'A celebration of major Impressionist paintings from The Courtauld Gallery.

    Opening at the National Gallery this autumn, 'Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cézanne' traces the development of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings through a selection of over forty masterpieces.

    Enjoy highlights from The Courtauld Gallery, including famous works by Cézanne, Toulouse-Lautrec, Renoir, Manet, and Seurat alongside a selection of much-loved Impressionist paintings from the Gallery’s own holdings.

    This exhibition is a collaboration between the National Gallery and The Courtauld Gallery.'

    Thanks for this, must get along.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    Disapointed there was nothing from Mike Yarwood there!
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,164
    smudge7946 said:

    Discussing paintings on a football forum?

    What is the world coming to?
    If you like pictures so much, buy a telly. There's a new one every time you look at it.

    We're not all Neanderthals!
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  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,467
    SOOOOO jealous of anyone who gets to go to this.
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,208
    iainment said:

    Solidgone said:

    It’s my favourite gallery.

    Which?

    Courtauld or National?
    Courtalds. I must know or seen every painting in there (Has some of the best Rubens).
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    JamesSeed said:

    Agree, but thought it was a nice mix of Cautauld and National Gallery paintings.
    I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw the giant Seurat. Had a poster of it on my wall for years when I was younger, but had never seen the real thing.
    A rare day out with the missus too.

    At the time Seurat painted The Bathers, galleries were full of (often awful) giant paintings of the aristocracy, generals and monarchs, and Seurat apparently wanted to counter that by painting ordinary workers on a similar scale.
    I didn’t realise that until yesterday.

    Up the workers!

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