{"id":361641,"date":"2026-04-03T08:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T08:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/361641\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T08:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T08:28:07","slug":"the-uks-100-greatest-paintings-outside-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/361641\/","title":{"rendered":"The UK\u2019s 100 greatest paintings outside London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You don\u2019t need me to tell you that many of the finest paintings in Britain can be found in London, or that a good chunk of those are clustered in the <a class=\"ck-custom-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/art\/reviews\/the-wonder-of-art-rehang-national-gallery-review\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Gallery<\/a>. What, though, of art beyond the capital? Recently, my editor set me a challenge: to identify the United Kingdom\u2019s 100 greatest paintings on public display outside London.<\/p>\n<p>Such is the strength in depth of the nation\u2019s holdings in art beyond the M25 that whittling down the list proved tough, but a couple of principles guided me. First, I wanted to ensure geographical variety, to represent almost every corner of the UK, from the Isle of Bute to the Isle of Wight.<\/p>\n<p>Second, I was after a chronological sweep, so that the list would simultaneously provide a history of art and collecting in this country. Various entries reflect, say, the cosmopolitanism of the arts under Charles I, or the longstanding interest of British collectors in 17th-century Dutch painting. The importance of royal portraiture is a principal theme; likewise, the impact of the Italian Renaissance.<\/p>\n<p>Inevitably, the final list is partial and subjective; no doubt, I\u2019ve ignored some first-rate paintings (consciously or otherwise). Perhaps I have overlooked your favourite. Please let me know what I may have missed.<\/p>\n<p>Entries are organised first by region (you can skip to the relevant one below), and then in chronological order within each region.<\/p>\n<p>Best art by UK region<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You don\u2019t need me to tell you that many of the finest paintings in Britain can be found&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1228,4914,442,498,499,500,190403,190402,2396,501,156,111,139,69,15590,1177,25212,162728],"class_list":{"0":"post-361641","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-art","9":"tag-artists","10":"tag-arts","11":"tag-arts-and-design","12":"tag-artsanddesign","13":"tag-artsdesign","14":"tag-better-life","15":"tag-better-life-going-out","16":"tag-culture","17":"tag-design","18":"tag-entertainment","19":"tag-new-zealand","20":"tag-newzealand","21":"tag-nz","22":"tag-paintings","23":"tag-standard","24":"tag-top-story","25":"tag-us-content"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}