PONDS & TREES TALK 2: PAUL NASH TO AI WEIWEI
Trees in art with Juliet Heslewood
This event takes place in-person at the Museum, and online via Zoom
Tickets are £8 each. Booking is essential
Tickets will be available soon
With Juliet Heslewood, art historian
From ancient times, the unique appearance of trees has been recorded for multiple reasons.
They play their part in interiors or as sculptural supports. Biblical trees serve symbolic purposes whereas in landscape painting they form identifiable features of the natural world. Japanese print-makers used trees as compositional devices. Artists such as Paul Nash or Ai Wei Wei used trees to reveal political ideas. Single trees have also appeared as an unusual form of portraiture.
In this talk Juliet Heslewood will discuss some of these intriguing depictions of trees in art.
Early Morning, Samuel Palmer, 1825, pen and brown ink with brush in sepia
This is the second talk in this series of two. Each talk needs to be booked separately.
The talk is part of our Shaped by Nature 2026 season of events.
BOOKING
This event takes place in-person at the Museum, and online via Zoom
Tickets are £8 each. Booking is essential
Tickets coming soon
If you have any questions, please email us at publicprogrammes@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
