The Victorian Picture Gallery houses large and atmospheric landscapes which wereВ so popular in the period. These works show the effects that are possible when artists paint in the open air and include paintings and sketches by Alfred Munnings, John Arnseby Brown and Edward Seago. The artists featured in this gallery all share a love of East Anglia and called Norfolk home at some point in their lives. 'The stature of the signature works, especially of the first generation Norwich School artists, is of wider than regional significance indeed there is no comparitor among European Schools of painting of that period.' Marjorie Allthorpe-Guyton, Director of Art, Arts Council England (1993 вЂ“ 2006). Most of the works in these galleries were bequeathed by Russell James Colman of ColmanвЂ™s Mustard in 1946. Notable members include John Crome, John Sell Cotman, Joseph Stannard and George Vincent. The Colman Art Galleries house the worldвЂ™s largest public collection of works by the Norwich School of Artists, the first regional society of artists established in England.

Over the years they have played host to works by Hans Holbein the Younger, Titian, Constable, Picasso, Manet and Jeff Koons amongst many others. The Norwich Union and Bernard Matthews exhibition galleries host a lively and varied programme of shows. Not to be missed is the soaring oil on canvas of the Tower of Babel by Tobias Verhaecht, the magnificent 17th century painting вЂThe Paston TreasureвЂ™, commissioned to display a familyвЂ™s extravagant collection. Other artists featured include Sir Alfred Munnings, Thomas Gainsborough, William Hogarth, Edward Burne-Jones and members of the Dutch School. Norwich Castle is home to the worldвЂ™s largest collection of works by artists of the Norwich School, a collective of three generations that included John Crome and John Sell Cotman.

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