The Courtauld Gallery hosts Mantegna to Matisse: Master Drawings from the Courtauld Gallery, an exhibition that opens with a group of rare works from the 15th century, a time when drawing moved beyond the workshop traditions of the late medieval period to assume a new central role in individual creativity.
For Renaissance artists such as Dürer, Mantegna and Leonardo, drawing was the fundamental basis of all the arts: the expression not just of manual dexterity but of the artist’s mind and intellect. These ideas achieved their full expression in the flowering of draughtsmanship in the 16th century. At the heart of this section is Michelangelo’s magisterial The Dream, c. 1533. Another highlight is Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s engaging scene of drunken peasants cavorting at a festival in the Flemish village of Hoboken.
The Courtauld collection includes an outstanding selection of drawings and watercolours by the great Impressionist and Post-Impressionist artists for which the Gallery is most famous. Apples, Bottle and Chairback is one of Cézanne’s finest late works in any technique.
Dates: through September 9.
Location: The Courtauld Gallery. Somerset House, Strand London WC2R 0RN. United Kingdom.
Opening hours: from Monday to Sunday from 10am to 6pm.
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