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Thomas Gainsborough RA (1727–1788). Wooded Landscape with a Milkmaid, Rustic Lovers, and a Herdsman. c.1775–1777. Oil on canvas. On loan from Jonathan Ruffer. Copyright: © Private Collection. Courtesy of The Auckland Project.
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George Smith of Chichester (1714–1776). Landscape Composition, 1760. Oil on canvas. On loan from Jonathan Ruffer. Copyright: © Private Collection. Courtesy of The Auckland Project.
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George Lambert (1699/1700–1765). Landscape with a Millpond, 1744. Oil on canvas. On loan from Jonathan Ruffer. Copyright: © Private Collection. Courtesy of The Auckland Project.
Exhibition
The Origins of British Landscape
1 Jun 2019 – 8 Sep 2019
Event times
Opening Hours: Wednesday to Sunday, 10am – 4pm
Cost of entry
Entry: £5 or £10 including entry to Mining Art Gallery and Auckland Tower, online discounts are available.
Tickets: Available to book from 1 June via www.aucklandproject.org / 01388 743797
Address
- Auckland Castle
- Bishop Auckland
England - DL14 7NR
- United Kingdom
The Origins of British Landscape, exploring early portrayals of the British countryside, will be the first temporary exhibition to open at the Bishop Trevor Gallery, part of The Auckland Project, Bishop Auckland.
About
Featuring masterpieces by artists including Thomas Gainsborough and George Stubbs from two private collections, the exhibition will show how landscape painting first emerged as a genre in the 18th century, coinciding with a rise in landscape gardening and scenic tourism.
The exhibition, which also features work by Claude Lorrain, Joshua Reynolds, Mathias Read and George Smith of Chichester, is the first to open at The Auckland Project’s new Bishop Trevor Gallery in Auckland Castle, with the Castle itself due to open fully to the public later this year following a major conservation programme . Named in honour of Richard Trevor, Bishop of Durham from 1752 to 1771 and a great art collector, the gallery will house a programme of special exhibitions of fine art focusing on European paintings from 1600 to 1900, with exceptional works on loan from private collections and national institutions.
