Landscape painting rose from having a peripheral and humble status to become one of the defining features of the British art scene, displayed and admired on the walls of the Royal Academy alongside portraits and scenes from history and mythology. Some of the most celebrated paintings are landscapes produced during the 18th century – works such as Gainsborough’s The Watering Place and Constable’s Flatford Mill have shaped the development and identity of British Art.
Dr Kathy McLauchlan
A lecturer specialising in 19th-century art history, she is currently a course director at the Victoria & Albert Museum, organising courses and study days on the history of art and design. She teaches at several institutions, including Art Pursuits. A graduate of Oxford University and the Courtauld Institute, with a PhD on French 19th-century painters in Rome.