Royal Collection Announces Exhibition of Dutch Landscapes

LONDON.- This exhibition of 42 paintings draws on the Royal Collection’s rich holdings of Dutch 17th-century landscapes, including works by Jacob van Ruisdael, Aelbert Cuyp, Jan van der Heyden and Meyndert Hobbema. By the 17th century, landscape painting was well established as a distinct art form and one in which Netherlandish artists excelled. The fine detail and meticulous finish of Dutch pictures appealed to British taste, and 34 of the works in the exhibition were acquired by George IV when [...]

National Gallery of Ireland’s Traditional Exhibition of Turner Works Announced

DUBLIN.- The National Gallery of Ireland‘s famous Vaughan collection of watercolours by JMW Turner (1775-1851) will be on display for the month of January. It includes Turner’s most striking works in watercolor painted during his later European tours: the Doge’s Palace in Venice, Lake Lucerne, and the fortresses at Bellinzona in Switzerland. Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), “Montjovet from Below St. Vincent, Looking Down the Val d’Aosta towards Berriaz”, 1836 This year the exhibition will be complemented by a display [...]