We asked Ben Mercer, author, content creator and strategist for the books that he would recommend as gifts. His choice ...

A festive, colourful printmaking class where you will design and print your own Christmas cards. Lino printing in a fun and effective form of printmaking which involves carving a design into linoleum.

This tiny painting – almost postcard sized – shows an endearing fireside scene: Christ’s bath time. The Virgin sits on a cushion on the floor, surrounded by domestic paraphernalia. There is a brass ...

Witness one of the most visionary artists of the Renaissance at work and rediscover his masterpiece that pushed art in a new direction. This exhibition explores the creation of Parmigianino’s 'The ...

Get ahead of the crowds and join us for an introductory talk on one of the most visionary artists of the Renaissance, in our latest exhibition, 'Parmigianino: The Vision of Saint Jerome'. This ...

As part of our 200th anniversary year, the National Gallery celebrates Parmigianino’s Madonna and Child with Saints (1526‒7) which returns to public view for the first time in a decade, following ...

'The Finding of Moses’ depicts an Old Testament story. This monumental painting was commissioned by King Charles I and ...

3. Detail of Hendrick Avercamp, 'A Scene on the Ice near a Town', about 1615 ...

Cezanne associated with the Impressionists, but always had other aims. He said that his ambition was to 'make of Impressionism something solid and durable like the art of museums'. Cezanne's work was ...

The wind seems to chase the clouds across this painting, letting through a fitful sun to light up the tumbling water for one moment. In another it will be gone, falling instead on the sheep on the ...

Rosalie (Rosa) Bonheur was born in Bordeaux, and moved to Paris in 1829. She was a famous animal painter. She exhibited the original version of The Horse Fair (now in the Metropolitan Museum, New York ...

What characterises Impressionism for most people nowadays, is both the subject matter and the technique. Landscapes, and scenes from modern urban and suburban life painted in bright, pure colours are ...