Exhibitions currently running:

Painting History: Delaroche and Lady Jane Grey - Paul Delaroche was one of the most celebrated artists of his time. His large history paintings received wide acclaim at the Paris annual exhibition, then dominated by the conflicting influences of Neo-classicism and Romanticism. Such was Delaroche’s success that it often exceeded that of his contemporaries, Ingres and Delacroix. His paintings combine Ingres’s highly finished style with Delacroix’s historical themes to great effect, resembling stage productions where dramatic scenes are being acted. The monumental Execution of Lady Jane Grey, Delaroche’s most famous painting, is arguably the best example of this new genre. Depicting the moment before the execution of the young queen in 1554, after a reign of just nine days, it is poignant in subject matter and uncanny in its intense realism. From 24 February until 23 May.

Christen Købke: Danish Master of Light - 'Christen Købke: Danish Master of Light' is the first monographic exhibition of paintings by Christen Købke (1810–1848) ever to be shown outside Denmark. This show comprises 48 of Købke’s most beautiful and distinguished works spanning a variety of genres: landscape, topography, portraiture and his charmingly oblique depictions of national monuments informed by a decidedly avant-garde sensibility. They present some of the most innovative aspects of his work – including outdoor sketching, his fascination with painterly immediacy and his unique treatment of light and atmosphere. From 17 March until 13 June.

Light - Quite modest collection of paintings on the subject. Containing Pissaro`s wet view of Montmartre at night and Degas` circus performer.

Sainsbury Wing - Painting from 1260 - 1510, including van Eyck, Pierro della Francesca, Botticelli, Leonardo, Bellini and Raphael.

West Wing- Paintings from 1510 - 1600, including Cranach, Michelangelo, Holbein, Bronzino, Titian, Veronese and El Greco.

North Wing - Paintings from 1600 - 1700, including Vermeer, Rubens, van Dyck, Claude, Rembrandt, Velazquez and Poussin.

East Wing - Paintings from 1700 - 1900, including Cezanne, Turner, Gainsborough, Constable, van Gogh, Seurat, Monet and Renoir.

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