Painters' Paintings: From Freud to Van Dyck
'Painters' Paintings' takes its inspiration from works in the National Gallery Collection once owned by painters, revealing the private acquisitions of Freud, Matisse, Degas, Leighton, Watts, Lawrence, Reynolds, and Van Dyck.
The exhibition investigates why these painters acquired other painters' works 鈥� for artistic inspiration, to support fellow artists, as status symbols, as investments, even out of obsession.
It also considers the fascinating relations painters had with the paintings they possessed, and what happened when their acquisitions entered public collections.
'Painters' Paintings' features more than eighty works spanning over five hundred years of art history, from Freud鈥檚 2002 鈥楽elf Portrait: Reflection鈥� to Bellini鈥檚 Agony in the Garden of about 1465.
About half of the works are exceptional loans from public and private collections, including 颁茅锄补苍苍别鈥檚 鈥楾hree Bathers鈥� once owned by Matisse, Sisley鈥檚 鈥楾he Flood. Banks of the Seine, Bougival鈥� once owned by Degas, and Gainsborough鈥檚 鈥楪irl with Pigs鈥� once owned by Reynolds
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'Painters' Paintings' takes its inspiration from works in the National Gallery Collection once owned by painters, revealing the private acquisitions of Freud, Matisse, Degas, Leighton, Watts, Lawrence, Reynolds, and Van Dyck.
The exhibition investigates why these painters acquired other painters' works 鈥� for artistic inspiration, to support fellow artists, as status symbols, as investments, even out of obsession.
It also considers the fascinating relations painters had with the paintings they possessed, and what happened when their acquisitions entered public collections.
'Painters' Paintings' features more than eighty works spanning over five hundred years of art history, from Freud鈥檚 2002 鈥楽elf Portrait: Reflection鈥� to Bellini鈥檚 Agony in the Garden of about 1465.
About half of the works are exceptional loans from public and private collections, including 颁茅锄补苍苍别鈥檚 鈥楾hree Bathers鈥� once owned by Matisse, Sisley鈥檚 鈥楾he Flood. Banks of the Seine, Bougival鈥� once owned by Degas, and Gainsborough鈥檚 鈥楪irl with Pigs鈥� once owned by Reynolds
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