The Courtauld Gallery
Somerset House
Strand
London
Greater London
WC2R 0RN
England
Website
The Courtauld Gallery and Institute of Art Website
Virtual Gallery
www.courtauld.ac.uk/gallery/3d-gallery/index.shtml
Courtauld Gallery films and podcasts
www.courtauld.ac.uk/gallery/multimedia/
General enquiries
Public Programmes
Telephone
All enquiries
+44 (0) 20 7872 0220
24 hours Gallery Information
+44 (0) 20 7848 2526
Institute Reception
+44 (0) 20 7848 2777
Public Programmes department
+44 (0) 20 7848 1058
Fax
020 7848 2410
The Courtauld Gallery is one of the finest small museums in the world with a magnificent collection of paintings, drawings, prints and decorative arts. Ranging from the early Renaissance to the 20th century this exceptional collection is displayed in the grand setting of Somerset House, a spectacular neo-classical building in the heart of London.
The Courtauld Gallery forms an integral part of The Courtauld Institute of Art, one of the world’s leading centres for the study of art history and conservation.
Venue Type:
Gallery
Additional info
We have 15 min lunchtime talks every Monday and Friday at 13.15 featuring one work of art from our collection.
Highlights of our exhibitions and related art works from the collection are presented by research students from The Courtauld Institute of Art every Sunday from 15.00 to 15.45 during special exhibitions.
The Courtauld Gallery's permanent collection is one of the most important and best-loved in Britain. Famous for its outstanding Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, the collection reaches from the early Renaissance to Modernist works of the 20th century, including masterpieces by Rubens, Botticelli, Monet, Cézanne, Matisse and Kandinsky.
The Courtauld is home to world-famous masterpieces such as Manet’s A Bar at the Folies-Bergère and Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear.
Collection details
Fine Art, Decorative and Applied Art, Architecture
Key artists and exhibits
- Impressionism
- Post-Impressionism
- Manet
- Monet
- Renoir
- Van Gogh
- Cezanne
- Gauguin
- 20th century
- Fauves
- Bloomsbury Group
- Kandinsky
- Medieval
- Renaissance
- altar piece
- decorative arts
- paintings
- drawings
- Designated Collection
- Van Gogh: Self-Portrait with Bandaged-Ear
- A Bar at the Folies-Bergere
- Nevermore
- Rubens
- Landscape by Moonlight
- Cranach
- Reynolds
- Piccasso
- Michelangelo
Becoming Picasso: Paris 1901
Discover the remarkable story of Pablo Picasso's breakthrough year as an artist in 1901.
You can experience the first masterpieces with which Picasso found his own distinctive voice and that mark the beginning of his famous blue period.
Suitable for
- Any age
Admission
Adults: £6
Concessions: (over 60s, part-time and international students): £4.50
Children under 18, full-time UK students, Friends of The Courtauld, registered unwaged: FREE
Visitors with disabilities can bring an escort free of charge
Free Mondays until 2pm
Website
http://www.courtauld.ac.uk/gallery/exhibitions/future/index.shtml
Collecting Gauguin: Samuel Courtauld in the 1920s
The Courtauld holds the UK’s most important collection of works by the Post-Impressionist master Paul Gauguin.
This was assembled by pioneering collector Samuel Courtauld and in this special display his collection of Gaugin’s paintings, works on paper and sculpture is brought together for the first time.
Admission
See website for details
Website
http://www.courtauld.ac.uk/gallery/exhibitions/future/index.shtml
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