Courtauld Institute of Art

The Courtauld Institute of Art is a listed organisation of the University of London specialising in the study of the history of art. It was founded in 1932 by the industrialist and art collector Samuel Courtauld and was originally based in 20 Portman Square, London. Since 1989 the Institute has been based in Somerset House.

Other study resources

The Courtauld has two photographic libraries which started as the private collections of two ennobled benefactors: the Conway library, covering architecture, architectural drawings, sculpture and illuminated manuscripts, named after Lord Martin Conway and the Witt library, covering paintings, drawings and engravings, after Sir Robert Witt. The Book Library is one of the UK's largest archives of art-historical books, periodicals and exhibition catalogues. There is a Slide Library which also covers films, and an IT suite.

Related Topics:
Architecture - Illuminated manuscripts - Martin Conway - Engravings - Robert Witt

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