This is the lovely exhibition on at the National Gallery in London at the moment. A look at how some of the big names of the impressionist era fed and inspired some of the modern art of the early 20th Century. The last exhibition of the Impressionist was in 1886 and thereafter some of the artists questioned and explored the perceived modes of artistic expression. We went early and it was a relaxed way to seem some stunning paintings and sculptures.

Vincent Van Gogh, the Ploughman – he painted this from his room in the asylum in St Remy after a severe epileptic episode.

This woman from Arles by Vincent Van Gogh was painted not from life but from drawing left by Gauguin for Van Gogh.

This is probably one of my favourites – Pointillism at its best and most accomplished. Setting Sun. Sardine Fishing, Adagio Opus 221 from the series the Sea the Boats, Corcarneau 1891 in the fading light by Paul Signac.

Paul Gauguin of his time in Tahiti of a Tahitian young woman.

A portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer II by Gustav Klimt a Viennese socialite he had met and a patron of the arts.

A day of exploration with a warm and colourful ramen made by George waiting for us at the end of it. Almost an Impressionist image on its own.