MILESTONES IN LANDSCAPE PAINTING TALK 1: DUTCH PAINTERS

Tue 24 Mar 2026, 11am–12pm

At the Museum and Online

This event takes place in-person at the Museum, and online via Zoom.

Tickets are £8 each. Booking is essential. Book below

With Alice Foster, Art Historian

The first in a series of three talks examining three traditions of landscape painting. Talk 1 focuses on Dutch painters..

In the 17th century, the Dutch painters were among the early responders to nature, celebrating it as a subject in its own right, and presenting a natural depiction of the landscape.

For the first time in Western art the weather was frequently alluded to, because it impinged on artists' daily lives.

The paintings were often small-scale, because they were destined for the homes of the Dutch merchants. This talk will feature works by artists such as Avercamp, Cuyp and Ruisdael, and discuss others in our collection.

Seated Shepherd and Cows and Sheep in a Meadow oil painting by Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691)

Seated Shepherd and Cows and Sheep in a Meadow, Aelbert Cuyp, c. 1634, oil on oak panel. On display in the Dutch & Flemish Art Gallery 45 in the Museum

There are three talks in this series. Each talk needs to be booked separately. The other talks are:

The series is part of our Shaped by Nature 2026 season of events.