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The National Gallery London, founded in 1824, is a museum in Trafalgar Square housing more than 2,300 paintings from various periods and schools, from the 12th century up to the last century.
Unlike other museums such as the Louvre Museum in Paris or the Prado Museum in Madrid, the National Gallery was not initially particularly prestigious, but had to wait for the UK Government to purchase 38 important paintings from John Julius Angerstein to improve and significantly expand it.
Over time, the Gallery achieved great results, possessing at least one work by every major European artist from the Middle Ages to Post-Impressionism.
Unlike other major museums, this one is completely free and focuses exclusively on painting.
The building housing the museum is the third to serve this purpose but is still considered entirely inadequate.
Most of the structure has therefore been modified, with changes by renowned English architects such as Edward Middleton Barry and Robert Venturi.
The National Gallery London houses European paintings created between 1250 and 1900, one-third coming from private donations.
Additionally, each area of the museum, identified by a color for easier navigation by tourists and art enthusiasts, is divided by century.
From the green area, visitors reach the Impressionist section, where it is possible to admire very important and famous paintings by Monet, Degas, Van Gogh, Seurat, and Cézanne. Among these are The Sunflowers, The Bathers at La Grenouillère, and The Bathers at Asnières.
