Saskia Boelsums, Landscape #51, 2019

In this two-part lecture, artist Saskia Boelsums and art historian Sophie van Steenderen will discuss landscape art.

In her photography, Boelsums builds on the art-historical painting tradition of romanticised and impetuous landscapes, such as the watercolours of Johan Hendrik Weissenbruch, the cloudscapes of John Constable and the paintings of the Barbizon School. This shows that the dividing line between painting and photography can be small.

"The photos are my sketches and form the basis of my later carefully designed digital images. My main aim is to show the experience of that moment."

Sophie van Steenderen is curator of the Stadsmuseum Harderwijk. In this evening's lecture, she will put Boelsums' art into a wider art historical perspective and compare her work to that of prominent landscape painters. Ranging from Jacob van Ruisdael with his Dutch cloudscapes to Claude Monet and his atmospheric, colourful depiction of nature.

Entrance fee: €7.50, (including museum entrance) Free for Friends of Museum JAN