BAN RESEARCH BRITISH LANDSCAPES Landscape Research Group Co-Leads Jenny Gaschke (Bristol Museum & Art Gallery), Helen Record (Royal Academy of Arts) and Emma Roodhouse (Colchester and Ipswich Museums) reflect on the group’s activities over the last year
Francis Danby, View of Clifton from Leigh Woods, about 1818/20, oil on panel, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery K851
The last year has marked a shift, for professional and private lives. For the Landscape Research Group – and likely for many other research groups – this shift has generated new opportunities but also new challenges... Established in 2017, the Landscape Research Group (LRG) began as a small collective of museum professionals and researchers based largely in regional collections, all with a common passion for British landscape art. The group spent time sharing projects between members in intimate, informal study days, and the subjects were mostly historical, with more traditional approaches to British landscape from the 18th and 19th centuries. Cue the pandemic, and this all changed. Gone were the opportunities for behind-the-scenes visits to members’ organisations, the chances to chat and 7
