Etchings by Samuel Palmer (1805-1881), paintings, watercolours and prints by John Piper (1903-1992), paintings and watercolours by Ralph Maynard Smith (1904-1964). The exhibition is drawn from private collections.

Some works are for sale. At the beginning of the 19th century, as a reaction against the rationalist ideals of the 18th century, a romantic movement developed both in literature and in the visual arts. In Britain Blake and Turner were early exponents.

The visionary painter Samuel Palmer, born in 1805, was a landscape painter who glorified the undefiled pre-industrial landscape of Britain. Palmer’s drawings and watercolours were interpreted in etchings in two phases 1850-62 and in the last years of his life. The editions were widely circulated at the time but relatively few have survived the ravages of time. They are the principle means by which collectors can own a work by Palmer today and have been the inspiration for the Neo-Romantic artists of the 20th century such as John Piper.

Middle Hunt House, Walterstone, Herefordshire, HR2 0DY  01873 860 529 info@monnowvalleyarts.org www.monnowvalleyarts.org