The Courtauld Gallery
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About The Courtauld Gallery

Famous for its Impressionist and Post-impressionist masterpieces as well as outstanding earlier paintings and drawings, The Courtauld Gallery is one of the finest small museums in the world. Ranging from Botticelli, Cranach and Rubens to Monet, Gauguin, Cézanne and Van Gogh, this magnificent collection is displayed in the elegant 18th century setting of Somerset House. World-famous paintings include Manet’s Bar at the Folies-Bergère, Van Gogh’s Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Renoir’s La Loge. In addition, The Courtauld Gallery offers a highly acclaimed programme of temporary exhibitions.

Facilities

Opening Times Daily 10:00 - 18:00 (last admission 17.15) Free admission on Mon from 10-14.00. Concession includes: unemployed,students and university staff.

The Courtauld Gallery Address

Address:
Courtauld Institute of Art at Somerset House
Strand
London
WC2R 0RN
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7848 2526
Email:
Website: http://www.courtauld.ac.uk

Prices for The Courtauld Gallery

Adult: From £5.00 (USD7.79)  per ticket
Concessions - over 60s, part-time and international students: From £4.00 (USD6.23)  per ticket
Child: Free (USD0.00)

Free on Mondays 10.00 - 14.00 (excluding public holidays; no groups)

Free admission at all times for under 18s, registered unwaged, full-time UK students, staff of UK universities and Friends of The Courtauld Institute. Disabled Visitors can bring in a helper for free.

Admission charge includes entrance to all temporary exhibitions and displays.

Location Information for The Courtauld Gallery

Address:
Courtauld Institute of Art at Somerset House
Strand
London
WC2R 0RN
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7848 2526
Email:
Website: http://www.courtauld.ac.uk
Public transport: Temple, London Underground
By Road: Tube: Temple (not Sun), Covent Garden or Holborn

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Events at The Courtauld Gallery

  • CEZanne's Card Players

    Exhibition

    21 Oct 2010 to 31 Jan 2011

    Paul Cézanne's famous series of paintings of peasants playing cards has long been considered among his most important and powerful works.

  • Cezanne's Card Players

    Exhibition

    21 Oct 2010 to 31 Jan 2011

    Paul Cezanne's famous series of paintings of peasants playing cards has long been considered among his most important and powerful works. This landmark exhibition is the first to bring together the majority of these remarkable paintings alongside a magnificent group of Cezanne's closely related portraits of peasants and rarely seen preparatory oil sketches and drawings.

  • The Collection: Paintings 18th Century

    Exhibition

    Recurring event

    The 18th Century collection features examples of English portraiture, including Gainsboroughs portrait of his wife, and the only full-length portrait by Goya in Britain. One area of the gallery is devoted to a collection of oil sketches one the Venetian painter, Tiepolo.

  • The Collection: Paintings 20th Century

    Exhibition

    Recurring event

    The Courtauld is home to one of the most prominent displays in Britain of paintings by the Fauves (or 'Wild Beasts'), including significant works by Matisse, Derain and Dufy. This is complemented by German Expressionist paintings with an extensive collection of Kandinsky's works. A group of Kokoschka works includes the artist's large-scale ceiling painting, 'The Prometheus Triptych'. The collection of modern British art extends well into the 20th Century, with works by Nicholson, Sutherland and Hitches, among others.

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