Musée de l’Orangerie 🖼🗿🇬🇧

The Musėe de l’Orangerie is an art museum in Paris famous for being chosen by the impressionist painter Claude Monet as the permanent home for his Water Lilies (Nymphéas) paintings, which are displayed in two large oval rooms. Along with the Musée d’Orsay, this is an absolute must-see when in Paris, surely to enjoy these large installations by Monet and other representative paintings in this … Continue reading Musée de l’Orangerie 🖼🗿🇬🇧

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Museum of Capodimonte, Naples 🏛🖼🇮🇹

The Museum of Capodimonte is an art museum located in the Palace of Capodimonte, a former royal palace used by the Bourbon dynasty as their summer residence in Naples. The museum features a magnificent collection of Neapolitan painting and decorative art, with several important works from other Italian schools of painting, and some important ancient Roman sculptures. Inaugurated in 1957, it is now one of … Continue reading Museum of Capodimonte, Naples 🏛🖼🇮🇹

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National Gallery, Londres 🏛🖼🇵🇹

Esta é facilmente uma das melhores coleções do mundo da pintura de todos os tempos, acessível a todos gratuitamente, sete dias por semana. A coleção da National Gallery de Londres teve início no início do século XIX graças a alguns grandes legados de pinturas doadas ao país, com a condição de que um alojamento adequado fosse fornecido para a exposição e conservação das obras. Atualmente, … Continue reading National Gallery, Londres 🏛🖼🇵🇹

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Philadelphia Museum of Art 🖌🖼🇺🇸

Philadelphia Museum of Art The Museum collection started in the aftermath of the celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia 1876. European and Japanese fine and decorative art objects and books for the museum’s library were among the first donations. In 1892 Anna H. Wilstach bequeathed a large painting collection, including many American paintings, and an endowment of half a million dollars for … Continue reading Philadelphia Museum of Art 🖌🖼🇺🇸

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Metropolitan Gallery of Bari 🖌🖼👢

Metropolitan Gallery of Bari The Metropolitan Gallery of Bari was founded in 1928 and was originally hosted at the local Palace of Government. It was later moved to the Palace of the Province, on the seafront, where it currently stands. The Gallery was named after the famous Apulian painter of the XVIII century, Corrado Giaquinto, and it showcases masterpieces by Apulian artists and artpieces linked … Continue reading Metropolitan Gallery of Bari 🖌🖼👢

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Tate Britain 🖌🖼🇬🇧

Tate Britain Founded and opened in 1897 by Sir Henry Tate, this is now the oldest and largest art gallery of the Tate network of galleries in England and is devoted to British works of art from Tudor times to the beginning of the XIX century. The modern and contemporary collections of the gallery have now been moved to Tate Modern, in a refurbished location … Continue reading Tate Britain 🖌🖼🇬🇧

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National Gallery, London 🏛🖼👨🏼‍🎨

Easily one of the best collections in the world of paintings of all times, accessible to everybody free of charge seven days a week. The collection of the National Gallery in London was started at the beginning of the 19th century thanks to some large bequests of paintings donated to the country on the condition a suitable accommodation was provided for the exhibition and the … Continue reading National Gallery, London 🏛🖼👨🏼‍🎨

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