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The Strand block of Somerset House, designed by William Chambers from 1775 to 1780, home of the Courtauld Institute and the Courtauld Gallery since 1989. From 1958 to 1989 the Courtauld collection was housed in part of the premises of the Warburg Institute in Woburn Square; [9] it was thus separated from the Courtauld Institute, which was in Home House, Portman Square.
The Strand block of Somerset House, designed by William Chambers from 1775 to 1780, has housed The Courtauld Institute of Art since 1989. Samuel Courtauld (7 May 1876 – 1 December 1947) was an English industrialist who is best remembered as an art collector. He founded The Courtauld Institute of Art in London in 1932 and, after a series of ...
The Courtauld was founded in 1932 through the philanthropic efforts of the industrialist and art collector Samuel Courtauld, the diplomat and collector Lord Lee of Fareham, and the art historian Sir Robert Witt. [6] Originally the Courtauld was based in Home House, a townhouse designed by Robert Adam in Portman Square, Marylebone.
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The Courtauld Institute of Art is a listed organisation of the University of London specialising in the study of the history of art. It was founded in 1932 by the industrialist and art collector Samuel Courtauld and was originally based in 20 Portman Square, London. Since 1989 the institute has been based in Somerset House
La Loge ('The Theatre Box') is an 1874 oil painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir.It is part of the collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. [1]The painting depicts a young couple in a box at the Paris theatre.
Pages in category "Paintings in the Courtauld Gallery" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Home House is a Georgian town house at 20 Portman Square, London. [1] James Wyatt was appointed to design it by Elizabeth, Countess of Home in 1776, but by 1777 he had been dismissed and replaced by Robert Adam. Elizabeth left the completed house on her death in 1784 to her nephew William Gale, who in turn left it to one of his aunts, Mrs Walsh ...