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This is a medium popular with artists from the 18th century onwards. It consists of pigments bound in gum which are set in moulds the size of easily usable sticks. Pastel was especially popular for portraits in the 18th century because it took les...

1835 - 1901

Biography of the Sainsbury Brothers, benefactors to the National Gallery.

Biography of Samuel Courtauld (1876–1947), chairman of the family textiles firm and an active patron of the arts.

1868 - 1940

1815 - 1905

1853 - 1890

New research on Corot's painting 'Avignon from the West'. Corot was a 19th-century landscape artist who greatly influenced the Impressionists.

1836 - 1902

Published immunity from seizure information for paintings in National Gallery exhibitions