Prints of James McNeill Whistler

Part II

Exhibition
15 Jan – 15 Apr 1983

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Prints of James McNeill Whistler
Part I: 1858–1880

Past Exhibition
Drawing of boy in front of a wharf with sail boats

13 Oct 1982 – 11 Jan 1983

National Gallery Exhibition History

Model layout of exhibitions with hands adjusting the location of works of art

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Exhibition

Dance Hall Days
French posters from Chéret to Toulouse-Lautrec

Past Exhibition
A lithograph poster of a woman enjoying a glass of absinthe and the words absinthe vichet are in red text against a green banner.

27 Jun 1998 – 25 Oct 1998

Colour lithography posters from late 19th century Paris advertised and celebrated the popular dance halls and cafés-concerts.

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Francis Bacon’s Triptych

A set of three paintings with abstract human figures in hammocks.

Simeran Maxwell examines the National Gallery’s Francis Bacon painting ‘Triptych’ 1970, an early acquisition for the Gallery.

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Article

Robert Motherwell: Elegies

Yellow and black abstract print by Robert Motherwell

The Kenneth Tyler collection team discusses one of printmaker Robert Motherwell's most pervasive motifs: the elegies.

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Photo Essay

Monet framed

A painting of boats in a gold frame

National Gallery Curator Simeran Maxwell offers insight into the framing you’ll find in Monet: Impression Sunrise

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Article

Reading, writing and performing clear vision

Black and white print of the words 'clear vision' written backwards

Bruce Nauman’s 'Clear vision' exclaims with imperative urgency, however is also imbued with contradictions

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Article

Painted by drunks!

Photograph of blue poles in gallery space

In 1973, Blue poles, one of the most outrageous paintings of the era, travelled to Australia on a tidal wave of rumours.

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Feature

The reclamation of an image
An examination of Charles White's 'Young Woman'

Image from a contact sheet in the Kenneth Tyler Collection archive showing Charles White working at Gemini Limited

An examination of American artist Charles White's 'Young Woman'

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Photo Essay

Curator's Top 6
Rauschenberg & Johns: significant others

Ahead of the opening of Rauschenberg & Johns: significant others, curator David Greenhalgh shares his highlights from the exhibition.

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