Victoria Art Gallery – Ancient Landscapes, Pastoral Visions
Graham Ovenden, The Evening
Cornfield 1976
Paul Nash, Landscape of the
Megaliths, 1934
Gilbert Spencer, Melbury Beacon
Part 1, 26 July - 7 September 2008
Part 2, 13 September - 19 October 2008
This exhibition explores the Romantic response to the British
landscape. Starting with Samuel Palmer and William Blake, the
ensuing themes cover ancient landscapes, trees, the Gothic, the
traveller and nocturnes. Featured artists include Henry Moore, Paul
Nash, Stanley Spencer and Graham Sutherland.
The story continues in part two with the Brotherhood of Ruralists,
founded at Wellow near Bath in 1975 by Peter Blake.
Exhibition tour with its curator, Dr Anne Anderson Saturday 2
August, 2.00-2.45, free but arrive early to be
sure of a place
In Search of England – from Samuel Palmer to the Ruralists
Slide lecture by Dr Anne Anderson, Wednesday 27 August, 6.00-7.00,
tickets £6/£4 concessions