Corot to Monet: A Fresh Look at Landscape from the Collection

The Observer“Not yet reviewed”

Financial Times“A triumphant balancing act...” This scholarly, unflashy show dramatises how the solid achievement of half a century of French painters was a crucible in art history, and gloriously brings to life an often overlooked part of the National Gallery’s collection...

The Independent“It is Corot, though, who foments formal revolution...” To say that Monet had painterly ancestors is not to impugn his genius, merely to make his story more satisfactory.

Scotsman“Not yet reviewed”

this is london“This delightful exhibition makes no art historical sense...” Corot to Monet is probably the most pointless exhibition ever mounted by the National Gallery. Even so, it should be seen for the simple pleasure that it gives...

Art Review“Not yet reviewed”

Guardian“Here is an exhibition to mull over and learn from...” Almost every painting here is worth looking at for a long time – and coming back to. Out of the open-air painting tradition and the Romantic desire to experience nature comes at last the fragmented light of Monet...

The Telegraph“Miracles of observation...” Why is there hardly a word – in the catalogue, labels, or the short film – about how these pictures were painted and why? By the end of the exhibition you’ve seen some amazing pictures, but you haven’t learned a thing...

The Times“Pleasing if not particularly adventurous ramble...” It represents the first of a planned new series of free exhibitions that will draw on and celebrate the treasures of our national collection. It sets a fine precedent...

Time Out“Not yet reviewed”