Art museum Villa Vauban in Luxembourg City has announced that from Saturday 4 July to Sunday 11 October 2026, it will exhibit a number of works from renowned British artists including Joseph Turner, John Robert Cozens, Francis Towne, William Pars, Richard Wilson and Joseph Wright of Derby.
Villa Vauban, which primarily showcases European art from the 17th to 19th centuries, said of the exhibition: “For centuries, Italy, the land of Antiquity and the Renaissance, was the main attraction of travellers and artists on their ‘Grand Tour’. However, under the influence of Romanticism, a change took place in the 19th century. Italy remained a major destination, but it was no longer the only one. Painters and tourists began to explore other regions of Europe, such as the Swiss Alps and the valleys of the Seine, Loire and Rhine. Their interest extended from Roman ruins and bucolic landscapes to Gothic cathedrals and medieval castles. Turner and the other British artists featured in the exhibition illustrate this transition, which revolutionised the representation of landscape.”
Villa Vauban noted that the exhibition will display seven pieces from Turner’s two stays in Luxembourg in 1824 and 1839 which depict views of the Grand Duchy’s capital.
Further information can be found at: https://villavauban.lu/exhibition/grand-tourists-to-turner/.
