Oil paintings in public ownership in the City of Westminster
- ISBN-10
- 1904931960
- ISBN-13
- 9781904931966
- Category
- Art museums
- Pages
- 431
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Authors
- Sophie Kullmann, Freda Matassa
Description
This catalogue presents nearly 3,000 paintings from some of the most famous public collections in the London Borough of Westminster. The 11 collections featured in Volume One contain works with significant royal and political connections and span a wide range of periods and styles from Rubens magnificent Banqueting House ceiling to contemporary works by David Hockney and Gavin Turk in the Royal College of Art. Set at the heart of the nation, Westminster encompasses outstanding collections from the Royal Academy of Arts, the Ministry of Defence, the Supreme Court, Apsley House and several royal societies.
Get the book
Similar books
-
Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set : the Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs
By Sarah Greenough, National Gallery of Art, Alfred Stieglitz... 1903 , Denver ( as Icy Night ) ; 1903 , Rochester ( as Icy Night ) ; 1904 , Bradford ( no . ... 106 ( ill . , An Icy Night ) ; Charles H. Caffin , “ Photography as a Fine Art . II . Alfred Stieglitz and His Work , ” Everybody's ...
-
Gemälde in deutschen Museen: Künstler und ihre Werke (Bd. 1-4)
By Hans F. SchweersGemälde in deutschen Museen: Künstler und ihre Werke (Bd. 1-4)
-
Guía del Museo de Escultura al Aire Libre de La Castellana
By Eduardo Salas, María José Rivas, Museo de Escultura al Aire Libre de La CastellanaGuía del Museo de Escultura al Aire Libre de La Castellana
-
缪斯共和国: 博物馆通行证 :
By 刘惠媛本书以彩色图文形式对世界博物馆进行介绍,以游记的笔法介绍了21家最富盛名的世界博物馆与美术馆,除了场馆历史、艺术作品的介绍,作者对艺术殿堂也进行了文化艺术观察。
-
The Rembrandt Decisions
By Anne V. BadgleyAfter accepting a position as art curator for an irascible ninety-two year old millionaire living in a remote area of New Hampshire, Kate Gordon soon becomes involved in an international smuggling ring and her employer's murder.
-
展示建筑
By 张晶, 周初梅展示建筑
-
La política d'adquisicions de la Junta de Museus, 1890-1923
By Maria Josep Boronat i TrillRomà Ribera i Josep Masriera havien proposat l'adquisició d'un quadre que representava el pont de Triana , el preu del qual era de set mil pessetes en el catàleg d'exposició , o un quadre que representava una andana d'estació de ...
-
Art Gallery Handbook
By Frances K. Smith, W. McAllister, Ontario Association of Art GalleriesArt Gallery Handbook
-
Manuel des musées d'art. Volume II
By Frances K. Smith, W. McAllister, Association des galeries publiques de l'OntarioManuel des musées d'art. Volume II
-
The Art Museum: Power, Money, Ethics : a Twentieth Century Fund Report
By Karl Ernest Meyer11 As it happens , the Whitney , more than any other American museum , illustrates the apotheosis of modernism and its subsequent acceptance by society . The Whitney Museum grew out of the informal exhibitions that Gertrude Vanderbilt ...