ShowbizArt blockbustersSue Learner|Luke Leitch|Evening Standard11 April 2012Top attendances for exhibitions at the National Gallery and Royal Academy: 1. Monet in the 20th Century, 1999, Royal Academy, attendance 813,000 2. Chinese Art, 1974, RA, 771,466 3. Monet in the Nineties, 1990, RA, 658,289 4. Post Impressionism, 1979, RA, 648,000 5. Exhibition of Pompeii, 1976-7, RA, 633,000 6. Seeing Salvation, 2000, National Gallery, 356,000 (free admission) 7. Sensation, 1997, RA, 299,950 8. Degas: Beyond Expressionism, 1996, National, 283,000 9. Vermeer and the Delft School, 2001, National, 276,164 10. Rembrandt, 1999, National, 226,000 MORE ABOUTExpressionismLondon Art MuseumsNational GalleryVisual ArtistsWestern Art Movements Before 20th Century