Category: Art
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Another visit to the National Gallery!

The National Gallery was less crowded than when I visited a few weeks ago. We do not charge entrance fees for access to museums in the UK, which is all well and good, but it does mean that they can get get rather well attended, on occasions. Teachers are very fond of bringing their classes…
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A short visit to the National Gallery

I often visit the National Gallery when I am in London. There is always something new to see or old favourites to revisit and admire. When I was younger, I was completely taken by Impressionist artists, like Degas (below), and would generally walk rather briskly through the Old Master galleries, containing Renaissance painters and the…