Painting

Two children reading c.1919 by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, an Australian illustrator of children's books. The artist first published her work in 1904 at...

Text on the reverse side:Throughout van Gogh’s career, wheat fields have been a great source of inspiration for the artist, serving as a subject du...

Text on the reverse side:Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, both considered masters of the Impressionist art movement, formed a bond both on a...

Text on the reverse side:Based in Albermarle Street, the institution was founded in 1799 by the leading British scientists of the age for diffusing...

Text on the reverse side:By Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890). The artist placed a copy of ‘La joie de Vivre’ by Emile Zola, a novel he regarded as a bi...

Text on the reverse side:The Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie, led the expansion of the American steel industry ...

This is the only painting where Van Gogh paints the 13th century church in Auvers in its full form. Through the energetic depiction and fluid lines...

Text on the reverse side:Throughout van Gogh’s career, wheat fields have been a great source of inspiration for the artist, serving as a subject du...

The oleander is an ornamental plant normally associated with the Mediterranean Basin where it grows since the time of the ancient civilisations. Ol...

Text on the reverse side:This is the only painting where Van Gogh paints the 13th century church in Auvers in its full form. Through the energetic ...

Throughout Van Gogh’s career, wheat-fields have been a great source of inspiration for the artist serving as a subject during the artist’s experime...

Text on the reverse side:Throughout Van Gogh’s career, wheat-fields have been a great source of inspiration for the artist serving as a subject dur...

Text on the reverse side:The cypress is a tree closely associated to the Provence landscapes where van Gogh lived during the last years of his life...

Text on the reverse side:Parrots are well known for being chatty. With an impressive recognised set of 1,728 words, a cheery blue parakeet, Puck, g...

Text on the reverse side:Deserts may look quite boring during the day, but they transform into amazing flower ‘fields’ after the sundown. Many Cact...

Text on the reverse side:Painted by Mary Cassatt, depicted is a woman at the Opera. In the late 19th century, the Opera was trendy activity and a p...

By Pierre-Auguste Renoir, studies of the painting with X-rays have revealed that Renoir had two more people in front of the girl. He chose to give ...

Painted by Mary Cassatt, depicted is a woman at the Opera. In the late 19th century, the Opera was trendy activity and a place to be seen, and as s...

Painted by Carl Spitzweg. The love for books is expressed showing a man intently reading a book up close to his face, holding a second book in his ...

While studying at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, Van Gogh painted this humoristic memento mori. Some argue that Van Gogh used the pictu...

Van Gogh painted many versions of the “Sunflowers”. The first he depicted were those used to decorate Gauguin’s room in the Yellow House he rented ...

Text on the reverse side:Monet painted over 30 variations of the same motif, and 20 were exhibited in 1895. Art historian Paul Hayes Tucker, writes...

Text on the reverse side:Monet primarily worked outdoors throughout the 1860s and 1870s. Impressionists had observed that objects in strong light l...

Text on the reverse side: Full name of Giovanni Antonio Canal, the notable Italian painter Canaletto worked in London from 1746 to 1756 painting m...

Text on the reverse side:The stained glass window, made around 1901 at Tiffany Studios, refers to Peter 5:4: “And when the chief shepherd appears, ...

Text on the reverse side:The current church was built on the foundation stone laid in 1722 and took nearly four years to complete. King George I, w...

Text on the reverse side: Castle Howard was begun in 1699 for Charles Howard, the 3rd Earl of Carlisle. Designed by dramatist-turned-architect Joh...

Castle Howard was begun in 1699 for Charles Howard, the 3rd Earl of Carlisle. Designed by dramatist-turned-architect John Vanbrugh with Nicholas Ha...

Text on the reverse side: Lautrec’s first major poster commission made La Goulue, the Moulin Rouge’s most famous dancer, an icon of Belle Époque P...

Lautrec’s first major poster commission made La Goulue, the Moulin Rouge’s most famous dancer, an icon of Belle Époque Paris. Printed in thousands,...

Divan Japonais depicts a fashionable Parisian café-concert, showing Jane Avril and Édouard Dujardin watching Yvette Guilbert perform. Its flattened...

Text on the reverse side: Divan Japonais depicts a fashionable Parisian café-concert, showing Jane Avril and Édouard Dujardin watching Yvette Guil...

Jane Avril appears at the far left of this celebrated poster, which she commissioned to promote Mademoiselle Eglantine’s troupe in London. Lautrec’...

Text on the reverse side: Jane Avril appears at the far left of this celebrated poster, which she commissioned to promote Mademoiselle Eglantine’s...

Designed during May Milton’s single season at the Moulin Rouge, Lautrec’s poster presents the English dancer as an arresting modern celebrity. Its ...

Text on the reverse side: Designed during May Milton’s single season at the Moulin Rouge, Lautrec’s poster presents the English dancer as an arres...