Within Somerset House, on the Strand in central London, is the magnificent art collection of the Courtauld Gallery, particularly noted for its Impressionist holdings.
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| by Bruegel the Elder, 1565 |
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| Courtauld Gallery stairwell |
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A Conversation, by Vanessa Bell
(sister of Virginia Woolf), 1913 |
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| Somerset House |
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photo of Oskar Kokoschka at work on
The Myth of Prometheus triptych, 1950 |
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| The Myth of Prometheus, by Oskar Kokoschka |
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The Great Room, the first
purpose-built exhibition space in the UK.
From 1780 to 1837 it was the locale of
The Royal Academy's annual
Summer Exhibition. |
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Young Woman Powdering Herself,
by Georges Seurat, 1888 |
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| The Haystacks, by Paul Gauguin, 1889 |
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In a Private Dining Room, by
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1899 |
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| Antibes, by Claude Monet, 1888 |
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| Vase of Flowers, by Claude Monet, 1881 |
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| A Bar at the Folies-Bergere, by Edouard Manet, 1882 |
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Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, by
Vincent van Gogh, 1889 |
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| Luncheon on the Grass, by Edouard Manet, 1863 |
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The Theatre Box, by
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1874 |
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Two Dancers on a Stage, by
Edgar Degas, 1874 |
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| in the gift shop |
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