
Holds 100,000 objects dating from ancient times to the present.

The National Gallery houses the national collection of Western European painting from the 13th to 19th century.

Calouste Gulbenkian assembled a unique collection. His collection now totals over 6,000 pieces from all over the world.

The National Gallery of Art in Washington was established in 1937. It began with a gift from Andrew W Mellon.

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek is a museum of ancient and modern art in the centre of Copenhagen with more than 10,000 works of art.

Gertrude Stein, her brothers Leo and Michael, and Michael's wife Sarah were important patrons of modern art in Paris during the first decades of 20th

The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels are planning a major exhibition on Jordaens and the Antique.

Misia Godebska (1872-1950) was a legendary figure of the French art scene from the Belle Époque to the Roaring Twenties.

The Pinacothèque de Paris will present from October 13, 2011 to March 11, 2012 a new reading of the German Expressionnism.

Anxious to account for contemporary life, Impressionism favoured the representation of human figures in their daily surroundings.

The permanent exhibition spans the most fascinating chapters from more than 130 years of art history, from Impressionism to the most recent present.

More than 1,000 works of art from the Thomson Collection.

In 1922 Vasily Kandinsky (b. 1866, Moscow; d. 1944, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) accepted a teaching position at the Bauhaus.

The Belvedere has the largest collection in the world of Gustav Klimt's paintings.

This ongoing exhibition presents remarkable paintings, which nobody has ever seen - they were hidden during WWII.

Edouard Manet, 1832 - 1883, was a leading 19th century French painter.

Paul Gauguin 1848 - 1903 was a famous 19th century French painter.

Gustav Courbet (1819 - 1877) was a leading 19th century Parisian artist who favoured realism.

Marc Chagall, 1887 - 1985, was a leading 20th century painter.

Fra Angelico (1387 - 1455) was commissioned to decorate friars' cells with frescoes.

The Embrace, 1917 was painted by Egon Schiele and is held in the Osterreichisches Galerie, Vienna, Austria.

The Embarkation for Cythera, 1717, was painted by Jean-Antoine Watteau and is held in the Louvre Museum, Paris, France.

Recollections of Mortefontaigne, 1864, was painted by Camille Corot and is held in the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France.

Two Women on a Beach, 1891 was painted by Paul Gauguin and is held in the Musee D'Orsay, Paris, France.

Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet 1308 - 1311 was created by Duccio di Buoninsegna and is held in Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy.