Moses guided the Israelites out of Egypt on their way to the Promised Land. Pharaoh and his army pursued them. When the Israelites reached the Red Sea Moses stretched out his hand and the waters ...

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 Our Unexpected Views talks series continues with ...

He’s one of Spain’s most celebrated artists, but is less well known outside of his home country. Here’s what you need to know about the artist dubbed Spain's Impressionist This is a YouTube video ...

Puvis was born at Lyon and trained in Paris by Henri Scheffer (1846/8). He spent a year in Italy and received further training with Delacroix and Couture, though the main influence on his style was ...

Lawrence was the leading British portrait painter of the early 19th century, portraying most of the important personalities of the day in his polished and flattering style. He was a child prodigy and ...

Velázquez was born in 1599 in Seville in southern Spain, at that time an important city with a thriving artistic community. At the age of eleven, Velázquez was apprenticed to Francisco Pacheco, ...

Image: Detail from Anon, Portrait of Renoir Musée Marmottan, Paris © akg-images Renoir's work seems always to be about pleasurable occasions, and reveals no great ...

The National Gallery houses one of the finest collections of paintings in the world, and contains works by artists as diverse as Leonardo da Vinci and Vincent van Gogh to Rembrandt and Botticelli.

Image: Detail from Vincent Van Gogh, 'Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear', 1889 London, Courtauld Institute Gallery © Photo: Bridgeman Art Library, London Van Gogh is ...

Sketch scenes of oversized sunflowers and create poetic portraits with Originary Arts. Paying tribute to the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh, real-life lovers Sian Carousel and Nikki Shaill will pose to ...

Born in Antwerp, Jan van Kessel the Elder belonged to a dynasty of famous painters. His grandfather was Jan Brueghel the Elder, and David Teniers the Younger was his uncle. He was a pupil of the ...

From the middle decades of the 15th century, artists in Florence and its surrounding territories diversified their production to meet the desires of the region’s swelling mercantile classes. In ...