Milestones in Landscape Painting – Post Impressionists

Date: Tue, 7 April 2026 · 11:00 - 12:00
Cost: ÂŁ8
Venue: Ashmolean Museum (Headley Lecture Theatre & Online)
Address: Beaumont Street, Oxford, OX1 2PH, United Kingdom
Event page: https://www.ashmolean.org/event/milestones-in-landscape-painting-3-post-impressionists

Milestones in Landscape Painting – Post Impressionists 🌅🎨

Join art historian Alice Foster for the final talk in this three‑part series, focusing on how Post‑Impressionist painters at the turn of the 20th century transformed landscape art. Freed from strict realism, artists such as Boudin, Cézanne, Van Gogh, and Gauguin reimagined nature through expressive colour, structure, and emotional intensity.

What to expect:

  • 🎨 Exploration of how Post‑Impressionists reshaped nature through colour and form
  • đź–Ľ Discussion of works by Boudin, CĂ©zanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and others in the Ashmolean collection
  • đź’» A hybrid event with both in‑person and online attendance options