White Wailing Fringe Turner’s turbulent seascapes evoke nature’s violence and beauty. Many feature storms, shipwrecks, or the sheer threat of the sea. Students reflected on the power and symbolism of ...

Iconic designs by Vivienne Westwood, Mary Quant and Laura Ashley are being showcased in a new display celebrating costume, jewellery and decorative objects made by female designers. Creating Visions: ...

Elizabeth Forbes was born in Canada and studied in New York and Munich. In 1890 she married Stanhope Forbes. Both painters were leading members of the group of artists who worked at Newlyn in Cornwall ...

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Narcissus was the son of the river God Cephisus and nymph Lyripe. He was desired by both men and women because of his youthful beauty. One admirer was the young man Aminias. He professed his love for ...

This study of sleeping knights by the artist Edward Coley Burne-Jones, is a preparatory sketch for a larger painting, 'The Briar Rose'. It is based on the fairy tale of a princess and the kingdom she ...

This painting illustrates lines from a traditional folk ballad variously called ‘Child Waters’ or ‘Burd Helen’ from Thomas Percy’s Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765). The ballad describes the ...

When you imagine life in ancient Egypt, gardens probably don't automatically spring to mind. Marion Servat-Fredericq from our Antiquities team explores the important role they played in life and death ...

Lucie Hessel, the wife of Vuillard's art dealer Jos Hessel, was a good friend of the painter for almost forty years. Vuillard painted her at different stages of her life, capturing her grace and ...

Margaret Wilson of Wigtownshire (1667-85) was a Covenanter. She was sentenced to death by drowning because she refused to acknowledge the church hierarchy. Bound to a stake on the shore of the Solway ...

This was the first major painting Hunt made during his first stay in the Holy Land. He had the idea for it while researching Jewish rituals for another painting, 'The Finding of the Saviour in the ...

Cotman painted this romantic scene of rustic domestic life at the Black Boy Inn at Hurley on Thames. It shows a farmer (posed by the inn keeper) returning home for his meal, while his horse leans ...