From the Renaissance onwards, many western European painters relied especially on blue paper to provide balanced, mid-toned backgrounds. This helped them to emphasise effects such as strong light and ...

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Visit North East England’s collections and discover artworks on display across the region. The region has a proud industrial history and stunning natural landscapes, which are the subject of many ...

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Visit South West England’s collections and discover artworks on display across the region. The unique light in the South West has brought hundreds of artists to study and live in this area, inspiring ...

Landscape with Cottage and Figures George Vicat Cole (1833–1893) ...

Mounted Review of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Royal Tank Regiments at Reinsehlen, Germany Robin Guthrie (1902–1971) ...

Welcome to Art UK – the digital platform for the nation’s art. A cultural education charity, we enable over 3,000 UK institutions to collaborate effectively as a group by showcasing the nation’s art ...

Artists sometimes make art from unexpected objects - things we don't think of as art materials that originally had another function or purpose. These objects are called 'found objects'. Found objects ...

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