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LOVE STORIES – A new sound: love, passion & tragedy
LOVE STORIES brings together a selection of portraits from the renowned collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London. From Saturday, September 17 to Sunday, January 8, 2023, more than a hundred portraits exploring love, passion and tragedy are on display at Hermitage Amsterdam. The exhibition is enriched with a selection of Dutch portraits presented in collaboration with the Dutch National Portrait Gallery.
LOVE STORIES shows a selection of portraits from the well-known collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London. The world famous gallery Trafalgar Square houses the largest collection of portrait art in the world. The exhibition shows masterpieces that depict love. Together they provide a moving picture of how love and desire have shaped portrait art – from the late sixteenth century to the present. The core is formed by a series real life love stories about love in all its forms. From romantic love to the obsession of artists for their muse and from love tragedies to the love that triumphs against all odds. The exhibition is a collaboration between the National Portrait Gallery in London, Hermitage Amsterdam and the Dutch National Portrait Gallery.
Legendary couples and artists
A unique encounter between works of art that are normally only on display in the London museum. With legendary couples such as Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas, Emma Hamilton and Admiral Lord Nelson, Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Prince Charles and Princess Diana and Victoria and David Beckham. LOVE STORIES shows portraits by famous artists such as Anthony van Dijck (1599 – 1641), Angelica Kauffmann (1741 – 1807), Lee Miller (1907 – 1977), Lucian Freud (1922 – 2011) and David Hockney (1937).
Dutch National Portrait Gallery
LOVE STORIES has been seen in the United States and the worldwide tour continues. The Dutch National Portrait Gallery (DNPG) has brought together the National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG) and the Hermitage to bring this fantastic exhibition to Amsterdam. The Dutch National Portrait Gallery was founded in 2014 and creates exhibitions on location in collaboration with museums and collectors. LOVE STORIES is an opportunity for the National Portrait Gallery in London to support the DNPG in their next phase of development, to show the Dutch public what a Dutch Portrait Gallery is, what collection can be built up, what the range of themes, subjects and makers and how history can be recorded and told through portraits.
