The Courtauld Gallery is a wonderful, friendly little museum on The Strand. I've visited the Courtauld every time I've been to London, and each time it has been a pleasure to wander the galleries. They have many Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces on display, including works by Renoir, Manet, Van Gogh, Seurat, and Cezanne.
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| About this painting by Amadeo Modigliani |
One of my favorite paintings at the Courtauld is this piece by Modigliani.
I think I'd seen and admired this image in a book long before I'd ever gone to London, and I remember turning a corner when I was first visiting the Courtauld, and there she was, this Modigliani nude.
I had a similar experience once at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. At home I had a framed print of a delicious Klimt landscape, but I'd never seen that particular painting in person. And then, tucked into a corner of a room in the Musee d'Orsay, there it was.
I love running into paintings that are old friends.
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| Man with a Pipe, by Paul Cezanne |
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| Portrait of Ambroise Vollard Pierre-Auguste Renoir |
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| A Bar at the Folies-Bergère Edouard Manet |
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| Haymaking Paul Gauguin |
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| Guess who. |
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| Another favorite painting. I fell in love with this piece. Child with a Dove Pablo Picasso |
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| The courtyard of Somerset House. The Courtauld is to the right of where I was standing when I took this picture. They were building a structure for London Fashion Week. |
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| We had lunch at The Gallery Cafe. |
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