Join a panel of wide-ranging experts at Leighton House (the studio-home of Victorian artist, Frederic, Lord Leighton) for an engaging and informative study day exploring the art of landscape studies and travel in the 19th century, before delving into the history explored in the exhibition, Leighton and Landscape: Impressions from Nature.

The first major exhibition of Frederic Leighton’s small landscape oil sketches, painted en plein air between 1856 and 1896; discover the investigative research curators carried out to uncover Leighton's travel trail; the methods and techniques he employed and how his landscape studies influenced his larger exhibition pictures. As well as an in-depth look at Leighton's meticulously detailed botanical 'Study of a Lemon Tree, Capri' (admired by art critic John Ruskin); hear about the inspirations for collecting Leighton's landscapes in the private realm.

Attendees will have opportunities to ask questions and take part in discussions with a compelling line up of speakers, as well as visiting the exhibition of over 60 works from private and public collections.

Useful information:

• Talks take place in Leighton's studio at Leighton House.

• All welcome, no previous background in art or art history is required.

• Refreshments on arrival and light lunch are included within the ticket price. Please contact us with any dietary requirements.

• Talks will not be recorded.

• Ticket price is £45 / £12 with student concession .

• Students resident and / or studying in Kensington and Chelsea join for free. Please ensure that you book your free ticket to guarantee your place.

Schedule

9:30am Doors open

Refreshments on arrival (coffee, teas, water, pastries)

Opportunity to view exhibition

10.30 – 11.00 Study Day in session

11.30 – 12.00 Short comfort break

12.00 – 1pm Study Day in session

1 - 2pm Lunch break onsite. Includes a selection of sandwiches, cakes, coffee, teas, water

Opportunity to view exhibition

2 - 4pm Study Day in session

4:30pm Doors close

Programme

10:30am - 11am - Travel in the C19th.

Rachel Mairs

11am - 11.30am - Leighton in Egypt.

Maddie Hewitson

12 - 12.30pm - Leighton’s landscape sketches.

Pola Durajska

12.30 - 1pm - On Leighton's trail: subjects, titles, dates and locations.

Daniel Robbins

2 - 2.30pm - Little Notes of Truth: sketches to exhibition pictures

Hannah Lund

2.30 - 3pm - Leighton and Capri: Study of a Lemon Tree.

Christopher Newall

3pm - 3.30pm - Painting out of doors, Leighton’s equipment and technique.

Ann Witheridge

3.30 - 4pm - Collecting the landscapes: in conversation with Charlotte Gere and Daniel Robbins

Meet the speakers

Pola Durajska is Head of Pictures at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood auctioneers in Exeter. Her doctoral research at the University of York explored the landscape painting of Frederic Leighton.

Charlotte Gere is a writer, curator and nineteenth-century decorative art specialist.

Maddie Hewitson isan art historian who specialises in nineteenth-century British art at the University of Birmingham.

Hannah Lund is the Curator of Exhibitions and Displays at Leighton House and Sambourne House.

Rachel Mairs is Professor of Classics and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Reading.

Christopher Newall is a noted art historian, writer and lecturer, and one of the leading authorities on Leighton’s life and work.

Daniel Robbins is Senior Curator at Leighton House and Sambourne House.

Ann Witheridge is an artist and the founder of London Fine Art Studios.

The Cosman Keller Art & Music Trust proudly supports Study Day: Leighton and Landscape.

• Please note that valid proof will be required on arrival to validate student concession and free tickets.