Experts' Choice Award Aberdeen Art Gallery
What the experts agree on
This 19th-century neoclassical gallery punches above its weight with an exceptional art collection spanning Old Masters like Raeburn and Hogarth to Impressionists and Pre-Raphaelites, plus sculpture and decorative arts.
Lonely Planet "Among the Pre-Raphaelite works upstairs, look out for the paintings by Aberdeen artist William Dyce (1806–64), ranging from religious works to rural scenes." Full review
Fodor's "Housed in a 19th-century neoclassical building, the museum contains excellent paintings, prints, and drawings, sculpture, porcelain, costumes, and much else." Full review
The Guardian "Paintings range from a Francis Bacon pope to James Guthrie’s goose girl, a Monet seascape to a glowing, glowering pre-Raphaelite damsel by Dante Gabriel Rossetti."
Frommer's "Houses one of the most important art collections in Great Britain. It contains 18th-century portraits by Raeburn, Hogarth, Ramsay...exhibits also include excellent pieces by Monet, Pissarro, Sisley" Full review
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