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“Study of a Tree in the Bois de Boulogne” (c.1790) @ngadc by Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes; part of @FitzMuseum_UK’s superb #TruetoNature exhibition @FondCustodia @Folie_XVIIIeme
Edme-Adolphe’s “Isidore Dagnan at his Easel in the Open Air”; part of @FitzMuseum_UK’s superb #TruetoNature exhibition @FondCustodia
Eugène Decan’s “Corot at his Easel, Crècy-en-Brie” (1873); part of @FitzMuseum_UK’s superb #TruetoNature exhibition.
Enter with your photographs (portrait/vertical only) of clouds, the sky, sunrises, sunsets, rooftops and skylines! ☁
Explore our 'Skies and Effects' section in #TrueToNature for some inspiration: https://t.co/MJoO9NOk62
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Chasing Volcanoes🌋
Join us for a hybrid lunchtime talk with Clive Oppenheimer, Professor of Volcanology @Cambridge_Uni @CamUniGeography,
& contributor to #TrueToNature.
📅Wed 29 June, 13:15-14:00
📍 Fitzwilliam Museum + Zoom
🎟 £5 (free for students) https://t.co/nSUZykymWu
What did #19thCentury #Painters need for outdoor painting?portable easels,an umbrella of course, paintboxes and more as seen in these details in the #TrueToNature show @FitzMuseum_UK small cameos of the artists. #paintingtechnique #nature #technicalarthistory #landscapepainting
Do you want to learn more about #TruetoNature? 🍃
Join us for an evening panel talk with the exhibition collaborators!
📍The Fitzwilliam Museum
📅 Tuesday 17 May, 18:00 - 19:30
Tickets 🎟 £5 (free for students!) https://t.co/JGGLP9maKA
For today’s cloudscapes for @FitzMuseum_UK's exhibition #TrueToNature we’re always blown away with Jon Schueler’s Storm at Sea Remembered from our own collection @McManusDundee #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg
https://t.co/mk50cgJMMd
These four sky studies from a private collection are exhibited for the first time in #TruetoNature
They show the influence that the light and colours of North Africa had on Johann Jakob Frey Basel (1813 –65)
He captured atmospheric effects in a luminous palette of 🟣🟡 & 💕☁️
🌋 “It is desirable for a painter, at least once in his life, to witness the Eruption of a Volcano.” —Pierre-Henri-Valenciennes, 1799
Early plein-air painters risked it all to practice their skills, including painting active volcanoes. See more examples in #PaintingTruetoNature.