Milestones in Landscape Painting Talk 3: Post Impressionists

With Alice Foster, Art Historian

The third in a series of talks examining traditions of landscape painting focuses on the Post Impressionists.

The Post Impressionists at the end of the 19th century and in the early years of the 20th re-shaped nature on the canvas.

Photography had freed them from verisimilitude, which allowed them to shape colour and form without describing exactly what they saw. Nature was the starting point for them and they created 'equivalents for nature'. Alice Foster's talk will feature artists such as Boudin, Cézanne, van Gogh and Gauguin and their works in our collection.

Please note the in-person talk at the Museum is now fully booked, but online tickets are still available.

There are three talks in this series. Each talk needs to be booked separately. The other talks are:

Talk 1 - Tue 24 Mar 2026: MILESTONES IN LANDSCAPE PAINTING TALK 1: DUTCH PAINTERS | Ashmolean Museum

Talk 2 - Tue 31 Mar 2026: MILESTONES IN LANDSCAPE PAINTING TALK 2: BRITISH ROMANTICS | Ashmolean Museum

The series is part of our Shaped by Nature 2026 season of events.