Tate Britain

Q: What are Tate Britain's most famous paintings?

Millais's Ophelia (1852) is the star piece. Waterhouse's Hylas and the Nymphs and Rossetti's Proserpine fill the Pre-Raphaelite galleries.

Q: What is the Pre-Raphaelite collection like?

One of the world's best. Burne-Jones's Golden Stairs, Waterhouse's Circe Offering the Cup, and multiple Rossetti works. The Pre-Raphaelite galleries alone are worth the trip.

Q: Is Tate Britain free?

Yes, the permanent collection is free. Special exhibitions charge separately. On Millbank near the Thames in Westminster. Sargent's Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose is in the late Victorian galleries.

Q: What art periods does Tate Britain cover?

British art from 1500 to the present. The chronological walk covers Tudor portraiture, 18th-century landscapes, Pre-Raphaelite painting, Romantic works, and contemporary British art. The annual Turner Prize exhibition happens here.

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Millbank, London SW1P 4RG, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

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Free (exhibitions vary)

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Featured Artists

15 artists in database

1Edward Burne-Jones5 works 2Dante Gabriel Rossetti5 works 3John William Waterhouse4 works 4John Everett Millais3 works 5William Holman Hunt2 works

Tate Britain houses the national collection of British art from 1500 to the present day, founded by sugar magnate Henry Tate who donated his personal collection and funded the building. The gallery opened in 1897 at Millbank, on the site of a former prison. Tate's gift included 65 paintings, among them John Everett Millais's Ophelia and J.W. Waterhouse's The Lady of Shalott. The museum holds the world's largest collection of works by J.M.W. Turner, who bequeathed over 300 oil paintings and 30,000 watercolors to the nation.

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood is particularly well represented, with major works by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Holman Hunt, and Edward Burne-Jones. George Stubbs's horse paintings and Waterhouse's mythological scenes draw steady crowds. The Clore Gallery wing, opened in 1987, provides dedicated space for the Turner Bequest. When Tate Modern opened in 2000, this gallery was renamed Tate Britain and refocused entirely on British art. Entry to the permanent collection is free.

Visiting Tate Britain

Millais's Ophelia (1852) is the star piece. Waterhouse's Hylas and the Nymphs and Rossetti's Proserpine fill the Pre-Raphaelite galleries.

One of the world's best. Burne-Jones's Golden Stairs, Waterhouse's Circe Offering the Cup, and multiple Rossetti works. The Pre-Raphaelite galleries alone are worth the trip.

Yes, the permanent collection is free. Special exhibitions charge separately. On Millbank near the Thames in Westminster. Sargent's Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose is in the late Victorian galleries.

Turner has an entire wing (the Clore Gallery) with over 300 paintings. Alma-Tadema's A Favorite Custom, Sargent, Constable, and Francis Bacon also feature prominently.

British art from 1500 to the present. The chronological walk covers Tudor portraiture, 18th-century landscapes, Pre-Raphaelite painting, Romantic works, and contemporary British art. The annual Turner Prize exhibition happens here.

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