UNIT 7. The World of Painting » Стр.176 (5)

One of the greatest museums in London, the National Gallery is a solid day’s worth of culture and exploration. The National Gallery in London was founded in 1824 and houses a rich collection of over 2300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900 in its home on Trafalgar Square. The gallery is an exempt charity, and a non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Its collection belongs to the public of the United Kingdom. Yesterday, I went to the National Gallery in London with my family. I have been learning about Van Gogh at school and we went there to see his paintings called the sunflowers, the chair and also Cezanne’s “Bathers”. I almost fainted when I saw actual real life Van Gogh paintings! They were way bigger than I expected and I could see Van Gogh’s oil paints stand out from the canvas because it was so thick. I couldn’t pick a favourite painting because I liked the whole gallery actually! In the gift shop I bought some postcards and a “mini masterpiece” kit so that I could do my own masterpiece at home. So today I did the mini masterpiece. I decided to paint some fruits and a painting for my mum. The fruit was called a “still life” and Van Gogh and Cezanne both liked doing them so I told mum I was being ‘a bit like Cezanne’!