British Sign Language tour

Join John Wilson for a British Sign Language (BSL) tour exploring the rich variety of landscape painting in 19th-century Europe. Beginning with Waldmüller: Landscapes, the first UK exhibition devoted to the Austrian artist Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, the tour will consider how artists sought new ways of observing and representing the natural world. Waldmüller's remarkable attention to detail and commitment to painting directly from nature offers a fascinating perspective on landscape painting during this period.

The tour will continue into Room 40, where works by John Constable, J.M.W. Turner and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot reveal different approaches to landscape, from intimate observations of rural life and changing weather to dramatic effects of light, atmosphere and modernity. Together, these paintings demonstrate how 19th-century artists transformed landscape into one of the most innovative and expressive genres of European art.

This session will be led by a Deaf lecturer in British Sign Language with interpretation in spoken English.

Throughout the year, free talks are given in BSL by Deaf presenters or in spoken English with BSL interpretation.

John Wilson is a freelance consultant working in the field of Deaf Arts and British Sign Language. He has a wide range of experience as a Deaf arts practitioner. John works with several major museums and galleries across the UK, including the Tate Galleries, National Portrait Gallery, and the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace. John also works with galleries and museums to promote BSL as the principal medium for communication with the Deaf community.