A View of One’s Own: Landscapes by British Women Artists at the Courtauld
Collecting Art, take a look A View of One’s Own: Landscapes by British Women Artists at the Courtauld From 28 January to 20 May 2026, the Courtauld Gallery presents the exhibition “A View of One’s Own: Landscapes by British Women Artists, 1760-1860” Source: The Courtauld. Image: Fanny Blake: “A rainbow over Patterdale Church, Cumbria”, 1849. Photo @ The Courtauld. A View of One’s Own showcases landscape drawings and watercolours by British women artists working between 1760 and 1860 whose work represents a growing area of The Courtauld’s collection. These artists range from highly accomplished amateurs to those ambitious for more formal recognition. They have remained mostly unknown, and their works largely unpublished. When the Royal Academy was founded in 1768, its members included two women, yet there would not be another female academician until Dame Laura Knight was elected in 1936. Despite this institutional exclusion, women artists in Britain continued to train, practice an...