National Portrait Gallery (the United Kingdom)
The National Portrait Gallery is a art gallery located in the center of London and opened in 1856. It shelters the Portrait S of important historical characters British, selected not according to their authors but of the notoriety of the person represented. The collection includes/understands Peinture S, but also of the Photographie S, Caricature S, Dessin S and Sculpture S.
All the portraits are not exceptional from an artistic point of view, although some are remarkable Autoportrait S of William Hogarth, Sir Joshua Reynolds or other British artists of reputation. Certain works, such as the portrait of group of the participants in the conference of Somerset House in 1604, have a great historical value in addition. But generally, the exposed parts are more curiosities true works of art: thus of the anamorphic representation of the king Edouard VI of England, of the portrait of the sisters Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë by their brother Branwell, or of the sculpture of the Queen Victoria and the prince Albert in medieval costumes. The portraits of alive personalities were authorized in 1969.
Related articles
- To paint the Century 101 major Portraits 1900-2000
External bonds
- Official site
- complete illustrated Catalog
- Guide of the visitor (by John Cooper)
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