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Tate Britain, known from 1897 to 1932 as the National Gallery of British Art and from 1932 to 2000 as the Tate Gallery, is an art museum on Millbank in the City of Westminster in London, England. [3] It is part of the Tate network of galleries in England, with Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. Founded by Sir Henry Tate, it houses a ...
Tate Britain, London. Ophelia is an 1851–52 painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais in the collection of Tate Britain, London. It depicts Ophelia, a character from William Shakespeare 's play Hamlet, singing before she drowns in a river. The work encountered a mixed response when first exhibited at the Royal Academy, but has since ...
Location. Tate Britain, London. Christ in the House of His Parents (1849–50) is a painting by John Everett Millais depicting the Holy Family in Saint Joseph 's carpentry workshop. The painting was extremely controversial when first exhibited, prompting many negative reviews, most notably one written by Charles Dickens.
Tate. The logo of Tate designed by North in 2016. Tate is an institution that houses, in a network of four art galleries, the United Kingdom 's national collection of British art, and international modern and contemporary art. It is not a government institution, but its main sponsor is the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport. [1][2]
The Beloved. (Rossetti) The Beloved (also The Bride) is an oil painting on canvas by the English artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882), now in Tate Britain, London. [1] Rossetti signed his initials (as a monogram) and the date as "1865-6" on the bottom left of the canvas. [2][3] It depicts the bride, or "beloved", from the Song of Solomon ...
125.1 cm × 61 cm (49.3 in × 24 in) Location. Tate Britain, London. Proserpine (also Proserpina or Persephone) is an oil painting on canvas by English artist and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti, painted in 1874 and now in Tate Britain. Rossetti began work on the painting in 1871 and painted at least eight separate versions, the last only completed ...
Tate Modern is an art gallery in London, housing the United Kingdom's national collection of international modern and contemporary art (created from or after 1900). It forms part of the Tate group together with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. [2] It is located in the former Bankside Power Station, in the Bankside area of the ...
Location. Tate Britain, London. A Bigger Splash is a large pop art painting by British artist David Hockney. Measuring 242.5 centimetres (95.5 in) by 243.9 centimetres (96.0 in), it depicts a swimming pool beside a modern house, disturbed by a large splash of water created by an unseen figure who has apparently just jumped in from a diving board.