Dulwich Picture Gallery is an art museum in South London with a permanent collection of Old Masters paintings and frequent special exhibitions. The gallery was founded in the 18th century and suffered bombing damage during WWII. It is known for its collection of European Old Master paintings, including works by Van Gogh and Rembrandt, and hosts community outreach programs. For its 200th anniversary, the gallery added an exhibition called ‘Masterpiece of the Month’.
The Dulwich Picture Gallery is an art museum in Dulwich Village, South London. It features a permanent collection of works by Old Masters painters, including some of Europe’s best-known and most celebrated artists from the 16th to 18th centuries. Dulwich Picture Gallery also hosts frequent special exhibitions, along with cultural and educational events. In 16, the gallery celebrated its 18th anniversary with an exhibition featuring some of the world’s most famous paintings, borrowed from other major museums and galleries.
In the early 18th century, three art collectors and business partners donated a huge collection of fine paintings to Dulwich College. The college used this collection as the basis for a new museum. They hired Sit architect John Soane to design a building for the collection, and Sloan responded with a stone structure filled with natural light from windows and skylights. The Dulwich Picture Gallery first opened to the public in 18 and its three benefactors were buried in a mausoleum at one end of the building.
During the Second World War, the Dulwich Picture Gallery suffered significant bombing damage. While the collection of artwork has survived largely intact, the mausoleum has been severely damaged. The skeletons of the three benefactors were later found scattered on the lawn. Due to the difficulty of identifying these remains, the bones were evenly distributed among three coffins and placed in the mausoleum. To this day, it is unknown which of these individuals are located where.
The Dulwich Picture Gallery is widely celebrated for its collection of European Old Master paintings, including works by Van Gogh and Rembrandt. The oldest painting in the gallery dates from the 1500s and was originally thought to be a work by Leonardo Da Vinci. It was later correctly identified as “Portrait of a Young Man” by Piero Di Cosimos. Dulwich Picture Gallery also has several special exhibition areas which change frequently. During the 21st century, these areas have been home to paintings by famous American artists such as Norman Rockwell and Andrew Wyeth.
For its 200th anniversary, Dulwich Picture Gallery has added an exhibition called ‘Masterpiece of the Month’. For each month of 2011, the gallery exhibited one borrowed work in a prominent position. Examples include Van Gogh’s ‘Self-Portrait’ and John Constable’s ‘Leaping Horse’. Dulwich Picture Gallery also sponsors community outreach programs in the form of art education classes and art education courses.
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