James Taylor painted this view of the residence of André Derain in 1955 during an extended stay in Paris
James Taylor painted this view of the residence of André Derain in 1955 during an extended stay in Paris
John Bratby’s paintings of the 1950s are insightful depictions of the artist’s painting met
John Bratby’s paintings of the 1950s are insightful depictions of the artist’s painting met
In late 2018 – a year that has come to be associated with a renewed critical analysis of the expectations and challenges facing girls and women throughout the world, from…
Collioure was painted in 1911, an important year for the young James Dickson Innes.
Collioure was painted in 1911, an important year for the young James Dickson Innes.
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries anti-Jewish pogroms in Russia led to the flight of some two million Jewish people from the Russian Empire.
Rothenstein rented a room in London’s Spital Square for three years to study and sketch the Jews attending the nearby synagogue after his first visit there in 190
Rothenstein rented a room in London’s Spital Square for three years to study and sketch the Jews attending the nearby synagogue after his first visit there in 190
Laurie Benson, Curator, International Art, shares a story of hidden identities and dual personalities revealed in the NGV’s first acquisition of a German Expressionist paintin
Property of a deceased estate, 2017; Corringe’s, Lewes, 21 March 2017, lot 758, Full length portrait of a lady wearing a white dress and holding a bouquet of roses; Christie’s…
Property of a deceased estate, 2017; Corringe’s, Lewes, 21 March 2017, lot 758, Full length portrait of a lady wearing a white dress and holding a bouquet of roses; Christie’s…
Provenance: Private collection, UK; Bonham’s Knightsbridge, 27 April 2016, Portrait of a lady, said to be Miss Weston, bust-length, in a gold dress with a blue sash, Lot 186, as…
Provenance: Private collection, UK; Bonham’s Knightsbridge, 27 April 2016, Portrait of a lady, said to be Miss Weston, bust-length, in a gold dress with a blue sash, Lot 186, as…
Start Here: International Collection 19th – 20th Century, Level 2, NGV International Artwork 1: Self-portrait n
The NGV Collection of British eighteenth-century paintings has long been recognised as one of its greatest strengths.
Learn the story behind modernist Australian painter Grace Crowley’s Portrait (1939), including the incredible discovery of a second painting, uncovered by conservators during treatmen
Bouteiller’s exquisite portrait depicts friend and artist Césarine de Houdetot, both were French women born outside of Fran
Explore the many aspects of motherhood, from tenderness and nurturing, to perseverance and grief, in a visual journey of works in the NGV Collection including Cornelis de Vos’s Mother and…
Danielle Whitfield, Curator, Fashion and Textiles, and Susan van Wyk, Senior Curator, Photography, share their perspectives of a dress that first found its way into the NGV Collection via a…