One of London's most beloved art collections, the Courtauld is set in the grounds of the renovated, grand 18th-century classical Somerset House. Founded in 1931 by the textile magnate Samuel Courtauld, this is London's finest impressionist and Postimpressionist collection, ranging from Bonnard to van Gogh (Manet's Bar at the Folies-Bergère is the star), with bonus post-Renaissance works thrown in. Botticelli, Brueghel, Tiepolo, and Rubens are also represented, thanks to the exquisite bequest of Count Antoine Seilern's Princes Gate collection. James Cuno, Harvard professor, has taken up the post of director, and remarks that the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard was the model for the founding of the Courtauld. The collection has been expanded with key works by Modernist painters, such as Matisse, Vlaminck, and Dufy, who were much influenced by these earlier artists. There are also some bold and bright Fauvist paintings. COST: £5, free Mon. 10-2, except bank holidays. Tube: Covent Garden, Holborn, or Temple.