Press Releases

Loan of a major work by Paul Gauguin to The National Gallery (Horsemen on the Beach) 18 Jan
Attendance figures for 1979 top 2.5 million 24 Jan
Second Sight - Claude and Turner 4 Feb
National Gallery and Open University liason 18 Feb
New National Gallery publication: The Anrep Mosaics 20 Feb
Bequest: Anonymous seventeenth century picture depicting Saint John the Baptist 27 Feb
Children's quiz: 'The Jungle Book' 27 Feb
Publication of the National Gallery report 1978 3 Mar
Loan of Chardin Still-Life (Still Life with a dish of oysters and a bottle) 5 Mar
The National Gallery lends French 19th century paintings of town and country 11 Mar
Exhibitions 1980 17 Mar
The Richard and Sophie Walzer Bequest 17 Mar
One day seminar: the framing of 17th to 19th century oil paintings 20 Mar
Acquisition: 'Portrait of a Gentleman' [later identified as Richard Milles] by Pompeo Batoni 28 Apr
Loan of major work by Daumier (The Fugitives) 6 May
The Artist's Eye - R.B. Kitaj 8 May
Three new audio visual shows, 'behind the scenes at The National Gallery' 11 Jun
'Fish and Ships' summer event for children 16 Jun
Acquisition: 'Landscape with Narcissus' by Pynas 1 Jul
Acquisition: 'Samson and Delilah' by Rubens 11 Jul
A month in London: 'Perseus on Pegasus' by Lord Leighton 16 Jul
Collaborative work by Rubens and Brueghel on loan to The National Gallery 21 Jul
Acquisition: 'A Young Man Holding a Skull' by Frans Hals 11 Aug
Guided tours at The National Gallery 28 Aug
'Portrait of a Young Man' by Titian on loan to The National Gallery 8 Sep
First Artist in residence - Maggi Hambling 24 Sep
Second Sight - Titian and Rembrandt 25 Sep
Ten Temporary Loans 17th century Dutch 3 Oct
Prime minister opens modernised galleries 8 Oct
The National Gallery lends French 19th century paintings of town and country 15 Oct
Acquisition: 'Christ taking leave of His Mother' by Albrecht Altdorfer 10 Nov
Exhibitions 1981 3 Dec
Christmas at The National Gallery 25 Nov