Came across this by accident. It is an undertaking to catalogue Britain's 200,000 oil paintings (currently 63000 online) by photographing them and using keywords to allow visitors to the site to find matters of interest. You can help by 'tagging' i.e. in photographers' terms adding keywords.
Can be found at www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings.
It is a massive resource for those wanting to view the work of artists in the comfort of their own homes and in their own time. For the student photographer it is a a very real opportunity to examine artistic works over the centuries and see how the Masters tackled such things as composition, use of light etc..
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