We're open until 9pm every Friday, so you can take in our collection and exhibitions after hours, and enjoy special events throughout the month This December, join us and celebrate the festive season ...

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

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

Often referred to as the ‘painter’s painter’ due to his influence on artists through the decades, Nicolas Poussin is well represented in the National Gallery Collection.

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

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 ...

Degas specialised in scenes of contemporary life, including dancers, entertainers and women at their toilette. His mastery of technique was superb, and he experimented with various media including ...

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

Self Portrait in a Straw Hat is a signed copy by the artist of a very popular self portrait that she painted in 1782 and which is now in the collection of the baronne Edmond de Rothschild. The pose is ...

Find out why sunflowers represented happiness for Van Gogh. Learn how he experimented with colour to capture mood and express identity. The Sunflowers is one of the most popular paintings in the ...

Camille Pissarro was born in St Thomas (then a Danish possession) in the West Indies but lived and worked mainly in the Paris area. He visited London in 1870-71. He was an Impressionist and mainly ...