Samuel Palmer and his visionary landscapes
Samuel Palmer and his visionary landscapes
Rediscovering the spiritual and joyous depiction of nature
Samuel Palmer and Modern Art
A display marking 200 years since Samuel Palmer’s visionary Shoreham period and 100 years since the V&A’s landmark exhibition, which introduced his unique watercolours of rural England to modern British artists including Paul Nash and Eric Ravilious.
Display highlights
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'The Primitive Cottage', drawing, by Samuel Palmer, about 1829, Britain -
Drawing, page 39 of sketch book, by Samuel Palmer, about 1824, England -
'A Kentish Idyll', watercolour, by Samuel Palmer, about 1829 – 30, Kent, England -
'Nocturnal landscape with full moon and deer', watercolour, by Samuel Palmer, about 1829 – 30, England -
'A country road leading towards a church', watercolour, by Samuel Palmer, about 1828, England -
'Figure in a landscape with sheep fold', etching, by Mary Headlam, about 1930, Britain -
'The Lonely Tower', etching, by Samuel Palmer, 1879, England -
'The Combat', drawing, by Paul Nash, 1910, Britain -
'The Garden', etching, by Graham Vivian Sutherland, 1931, Britain -
'Church under a Hill', wood engraving, by Eric Ravilious, 1927, London, England -
'Full Moon', etching, by Robin Tanner, 1974, Britain
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Header image:
(Detail:) 'A Kentish Idyll', watercolour, by Samuel Palmer, about 1829 – 30, Kent, England. Museum no. E.453-1953. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London