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18.09.2009

National Gallery Of Australia

The National Gallery of Australia is the premier art gallery and museum in Australia, holding over 120,000 works of art. It was established in 1967 by the Government of Australia as a national public art gallery.

Vincent van Gogh Portrait of the artist 1887 Musée d'Orsay, Paris © RMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Gérard Blot Paul Cézanne Mount Saint-Victoire c 1890 Musée d'Orsay, Paris © RMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski Vincent van Gogh Starry night 1888 Musée d'Orsay, Paris © RMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski Henri Toulouse-Lautrec Clownesse Cha-U-Kao 1895 Musée d'Orsay, Paris © RMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski Vincent van Gogh Van Gogh's bedroom at Arles 1889 Musée d'Orsay, Paris © RMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski Paul Gauguin Tahitian women 1891 Musée d'Orsay, Paris © RMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski

Never before have so many masterpieces been brought together in one exhibition in this country,” Ron Radford AM, Director of the National Gallery of Australia. The National Gallery of Australia proudly presents Masterpieces from Paris: Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne and beyond, one of the most extraordinary exhibitions ever to be held in Australia. Masterpieces from Paris explores the explosive arrival of modern art in Europe.


Visit these masterpieces in Canberra from 4 December 2009 to 5 April 2010 – purchase your tickets now.


The exhibition features 114 Post Impressionist works from one of the great museums of 19th-century art, the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. Be captivated by Van Gogh’s Starry night 1888 and Bedroom at Arles 1889, Gauguin’s painting Tahitian women 1891, Cézanne’s beloved Mount Saint-Victoire c 1890, and many other great examples by artists such as Georges Seurat, Pierre Bonnard, Claude Monet, Maurice Denis, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec and Édouard Vuillard.



Purchase tickets online at www.nga.gov.au

For hotel and ticket packages call 1300 889 024 or  www.visitcanberra.com.au/paris

 

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1 Monday, 28 March 2011 16:41
Adam long

Canberra is the political and cultural heart of Australia. The National art galleries Australia is just the perfect example and the best place to explore this culture. 
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