18th-Century British Painting: Landscapes

Many people are familiar with the landscapes by artists like Constable and Turner, but the seeds for these highly imaginative paintings lay in the late 18th century and artists like Thomas Gainsborough and Joseph Wright of Derby.

Join us at the Museum for this lecture on the origins of a more sophisticated level of artistic achievement in 18th-century British painting, with a focus on the growing interest in landscapes.

The lecture will be delivered by Dr Matthew Morgan, Museum Director of Turner's House and Associate Lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London.

This talk does not require any previous knowledge and serves as an introduction to the British golden age of landscape painting. This lecture will last an hour.

Tickets are available to watch the lecture either ONLINE or IN-PERSON at the Foundling Museum; in-person tickets include Museum entry. The online recording will be available to watch for 1 month.