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Image: Detail from Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, 'View of the Dachstein from the Sophien-Doppelblick near Ischl', 1835. Belvedere, Vienna

Friday Lates: Gavin Plumley

Waldmüller's world

Talks and conversations
Date
Friday, 18 September 2026
Time
Session times
  • 7 - 7.25 pm
  • 8 - 8.25 pm
Audience
For everyone

Free

Places are limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Please arrive in good time to access the building and find the meeting place in the advertised room.

Donations welcome

About

Cultural historian Gavin Plumley unlocks the world of Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller. Placing the paintings currently on display in our exhibition Waldmüller: Landscapes in their historical and social context, these talks explore the reality behind Waldmüller's dazzling realism.

Repeated twice across the evening, these talks are an introduction to one of Austria’s greatest painters.

Gavin Plumley

Gavin Plumley specialises in the art and music of Central Europe. He has lectured widely on the final years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and appeared in ‘Klimt and The Kiss’ in cinemas worldwide. A regular on BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4, his first book, ‘A Home for All Seasons’, was released in 2022. Gavin’s second book, ‘The Gay Apocalypse: Sex and Scandal in Vienna 1900’, will be published next year.