Tate Britian

Tate Britain is the world centre for the understanding and enjoyment of British art and is one of a family of four Tate galleries which display selections from the Tate Collection. Located in London, the Gallery works actively to promote interest in British art internationally.

The displays at Tate Britain call on the greatest collection of British art in the world to present an unrivalled picture of the development of art in Britain from the time of the Tudor monarchs in the sixteenth century, to the present day. Some of the highlights of the Tate collection include rich holdings of portraiture from the age of Queen Elizabeth I; of the work of William Hogarth, sometimes called the father of English painting; of the eighteenth-century portraitists Gainsborough and Reynolds; and of the artists of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood who revolutionised British art in the nineteenth century.

Special attention is given to three outstanding British artists from the Romantic age; Blake and Constable who each have dedicated spaces within the gallery. While the unique Turner Collection of about 300 paintings and many thousands of watercolours is housed in the specially built Clore Gallery. The displays of the permanent collection are complemented by a continuous programme of temporary exhibitions exploring broad themes of British art as well as the work of individual artists.

For more information about Tate Britian, visit: http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/