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Description: | This world-famous collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings was assembled in the 1920s by Samuel Courtauld (1876-1947). Founded on the success of his familyÃ's textile business, CourtauldÃ's collection was formed at a time when there was little public interest in recent French painting in Britain. It includes such masterpieces as Van GoghÃ's Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, ManetÃ's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, CézanneÃ's Montagne Sainte-Victoire and RenoirÃ's La Loge.
As well as amassing his own collection, Courtauld laid the foundations of the national collections of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art through a ã50,000 acquisition fund for the Tate and National Gallery. In 1932 he joined Viscount Lee of Fareham to found the Courtauld Institute, giving a large part of his collection in gifts to the Institute during the 1930s before a final bequest following his death in 1947. | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Somerset House
Strand
London Great Britain (UK),
WC2R 0RN | FAX: | 020 7848 2589 | Telephone: | 020 7848 2526 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:5352 | Go to resource |
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