Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery will host the exhibition titled “JMW Turner and Changing Visions of Landscape.”
The exhibition will open to the public on Saturday, October 19, and explore landscape art from the 17th century to the present.
It will feature seven of Turner’s oil paintings and nine works on paper, alongside pieces from artists such as Claude Lorrain, Canaletto, John Constable, John Ruskin and Philip Wilson Steer.
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (1697-1768), A View of Walton Bridge, 1754, Oil on canvas, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London (Image: Dulwich Picture Gallery, London)
Works by 20th century artists like Paul Nash and Mary Newcomb, as well as contemporary pieces by Ibrahim Mahama, Frances Kearney, Jermaine Francis and Henna Nadeem, will also be displayed.
For the first time, the exhibition will bring together four of Turner’s paintings of the Bridges at Walton on the River Thames.
The exhibition, open until February 23, 2025, is free with general admission.
John Wootton (c.1682-1764) & Jonathan Richardson (1667-1745), Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, as a Ranger of Richmond Park, undated, Oil on canvas, Norfolk Museums Service (Image: Norfolk Museums Service)
A full events programme will accompany the exhibition.
A preview of the exhibition will take place on Friday, October 18, from 10.30am to 12.30pm.
To book a place, email esther.morgan@norfolk.gov.uk.