MASTERS OF ENGLISH LANDSCAPE

  The art of the English landscape came into its own in the 18th century with Gainsborough, Alexander Cozens and Stubbs, later achieving its full flowering with Turner, Constable and Whistler before turning to the imaginary world of Paul Nash and Graham Sutherland.

  Stimulated at first by the influence of Dutch and Flemish artists like Van Dyck and of the Italians such as Canaletto, the art of the English landscape came into its own in the 18th century with Gainsborough, Alexander Cozens and Stubbs, later achieving its full flowering with Turner, Constable and Whistler before turning to the imaginary world of Paul Nash and Graham Sutherland.From idealised visions to hunting scenes, from romantic watercolours to marine painting, from the Preraphaelites to the Postimpressionists, this comprehensive work turns the spotlight on more than a hundred and twenty masterpieces.