The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch, and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections

The Northern Landscape was the first US presentation of 120 works selected from the extensive collections of the Courtauld Institute, London. The exhibition included drawings by 66 artists dating from the early sixteenth to the nineteenth century. The exhibition captured a brilliantly varied graphic panorama of the Northern European view of nature inspired by the local landscapes of the lowlands and England as well as artists’ travels abroad, particularly to Italy. Included in the exhibition were drawings by Bruegel, van Heemskerk, de Momper, Bloemaert, van Goyen, Lievens, Koninck, and Turner.

Authors of the exhibition catalog were Dennis Farr and William Bradford. The catalog, published by Trefoil Books, London, included an essay by Dr. Farr, Director of the Courtauld Institute Galleries, and reproduced all of the works included in the exhibition, in color. A hardcover edition was published by Hudson Hills Press.

A lecture series, organized by Dr. Farr and featuring noted art historians, was held at The Drawing Center during the exhibition. In celebration of the University of London's Sesquicentenary, the exhibition was on view from September 3 through November 30, 1986 at the Courtauld Institute Galleries in London.