Royal Holloway, University of London presents Impressions of Modern Life: Prints from The Courtauld Gallery, an exhibition showcasing 24 prints by world-renowned artists such as Pablo Picasso, Édouard Manet and Henri Matisse.

Learn about modern print culture and printmaking techniques, and see modern life in Paris throughout the late 19th and early 20th century through the eyes of some of the world's most influential artists.

The exhibition also explores the process of printmaking at the turn of the century, as well as how and why these artists, most often celebrated as painters, were experimenting with this medium.

A programme of interesting talks and events will accompany this exhibition, see our exhibitions webpage for further information.

Exhibition Space, Davison Building, 10am-6pm. Open every day, free entry.

Join one of our art collections volunteers for the Short Talks Programme, a fortnightly series of 5-10 minutes talks on one painting in the Picture Gallery.

These talks take place at 2pm on alternate Wednesdays.

Short Talk dates for spring 2020 are: 15 Jan, 29 Jan, 12 Feb, 26 Feb, 11 Mar.

Luke Fildes’ painting is one of the bleakest and most poignant in our collections. Join College Curator, Dr Laura MacCulloch, to explore the story behind Sir Luke Fildes’ dark depiction of Victorian poverty.

Picture Gallery, 12pm-12.45pm. Free entry, no need to book, all welcome. The Picture Gallery will be open 10am-3pm.

We are pleased to showcase the newest cohort of the Picture Gallery Composer-in-Residence Programme, presenting new music inspired by our beautiful Picture Gallery and its collection. Curated by composer Nathan James Dearden and Dr Imogen Tedbury, we are thrilled to showcase two of the six successful applicants and their new works written especially for the applauded Choir of Royal Holloway, under the guidance of their conductor Rupert Gough.

This year the composers have been tasked to compose part-songs, setting poems from Robert Fraser’s poetry collection The Founder’s Gift, written in direct response to paintings in the collection.

Picture Gallery, 1.15pm-1.50pm. Free entry, all welcome, but booking essential. Book on Eventbrite.

Animal pictures have always been popular, but often dismissed as ‘low’ and frivolous. But according to recent shifts in academia and activism, we need to pay more attention to animals wherever we find them. This talk by Art Collections Cataloguer, Dr Alison Wright, explores the politics of animal representation in the Picture Gallery, from polar bears to pet dogs of several shapes and tempers.

Picture Gallery, 1pm-1.45pm. Free entry, no need to book, all welcome. Please wait for the speaker outside the Picture Gallery (Victorian corridor entrance).

We are pleased to showcase the newest cohort of the Picture Gallery Composer-in-Residence Programme, presenting new music inspired by our beautiful Picture Gallery and its collection. Curated by composer Nathan James Dearden and Dr Imogen Tedbury, we are thrilled to showcase two of the six successful applicants and their new works written especially for the applauded Choir of Royal Holloway, under the guidance of their conductor Rupert Gough.

This year the composers have been tasked to compose part-songs, setting poems from Robert Fraser’s poetry collection The Founder’s Gift, written in direct response to paintings in the collection.

Picture Gallery, 1.15pm-1.50pm. Free entry, all welcome, but booking essential. Book on Eventbrite.

Animal pictures have always been popular, but often dismissed as ‘low’ and frivolous. But according to recent shifts in academia and activism, we need to pay more attention to animals wherever we find them. This talk by Art Collections Cataloguer, Dr Alison Wright, explores the politics of animal representation in the Picture Gallery, from polar bears to pet dogs of several shapes and tempers.

Picture Gallery, 12pm-12.45pm. Free entry, no need to book, all welcome. The Picture Gallery will be open 10am-3pm.

Taking Edwin Landseer’s Man Proposes, God Disposes (1864) as its starting point, the Centre for Victorian Studies and Royal Holloway Art Collections present a study day exploring humanity's relationship with the Arctic.

Speakers will include Professor Klaus Dodds (RHUL), Dr Ingeborg Hovik (University of the Arctic, Tromso, Norway), Dr Nanna Kaalund (Scott Polar Research Institute), Dr Claire Warrior (National Maritime Museum), and Dr Eavan O'Dochartaigh (Umea, Sweden). There will also be a performance of scenes from Wilkie Collins's play of Arctic exploration, 'The Frozen Deep'.

Picture Gallery, 10am-6pm. Free entry, tickets are available via Eventbrite

Luke Fildes’ painting is one of the bleakest and most poignant in our collections. Join College Curator, Dr Laura MacCulloch, to explore the story behind Sir Luke Fildes’ dark depiction of Victorian poverty.

Picture Gallery, 1pm-1.45pm. Free entry, no need to book, all welcome. Please wait for the speaker outside the Picture Gallery (Victorian corridor entrance).

We are pleased to showcase the newest cohort of the Picture Gallery Composer-in-Residence Programme, presenting new music inspired by our beautiful Picture Gallery and its collection. Curated by composer Nathan James Dearden and Dr Imogen Tedbury, we are thrilled to showcase two of the six successful applicants and their new works written especially for the applauded Choir of Royal Holloway, under the guidance of their conductor Rupert Gough.

This year the composers have been tasked to compose part-songs, setting poems from Robert Fraser’s poetry collection The Founder’s Gift, written in direct response to paintings in the collection.

Picture Gallery, 1.15pm-1.50pm. Free entry, all welcome, but booking essential. Book on Eventbrite.

Join us for an art collections open day in the Picture Gallery, celebrating science and its links to the paintings in our gallery! There will be tours of the collection, craft activities for families and performances bringing art to life.

Picture Gallery, 10am-4pm. Free entry, all welcome, no need to book.

You might be familiar with the Victorian paintings in the Picture Gallery, but how well do you know Royal Holloway’s other art collections? Join Art Collections Cataloguer, Dr Alison Wright, for an opportunity to visit the art store and see some of our treasures from an earlier and highly significant period of British art, when artists helped to create a new and lasting interest in landscape as a subject for art. Meet in the LG floor foyer of the library.

Art Store, LG floor, Davison building, 12pm-12.45pm. Free, all welcome, but spaces limited. Book on Eventbrite.

We are delighted to conclude the Picture Gallery’s public programme 2019-20 with a lecture from Tim Barringer, the Paul Mellon Professor and Chair of the Department of the History of Art at Yale University.

Picture Gallery, 6pm-8pm. Free entry, no need to book, all welcome.

You might be familiar with the Victorian paintings in the Picture Gallery, but how well do you know Royal Holloway’s other art collections? Join Art Collections Cataloguer, Dr Alison Wright, for an opportunity to visit the art store and see some of our treasures from an earlier and highly significant period of British art, when artists helped to create a new and lasting interest in landscape as a subject for art. Meet in the LG floor foyer of the library.

Art Store, LG floor, Davison building, 12pm-12.45pm. Free, all welcome, but spaces limited. Book on Eventbrite.

Join us for an art collections open day in the Picture Gallery, celebrating dogs in art! There will be tours of the collection, craft activities for families and performances bringing art to life.

Picture Gallery, 10.30am-4.30pm. Free entry, no need to book, all welcome.

We welcome visitors to the Picture Gallery outside our open days, subject to access. If you are an individual, small group or visiting scholar, please contact the art collection team at artcollections@rhul.ac.uk. For tours, contact the Royal Holloway events team at events@rhul.ac.uk.