Film Screening: Patinir, la invención del paisaje
Film Screening: Patinir, la invención del paisaje
Patinir, the invention of landscape painting
19 November 2025, 1.30pm - 3.30pm
Spanish Gallery Conference Suite
Free, pre-booking essential as space is limited
The Flemish painter Joachim Patinir (c.1480–1524) was the first European artist to specialise in landscape painting. Patinir's striking vistas combine observation of naturalistic detail with lyrical fantasy, evoking the idea of a world landscape, which is arguably Patinir's most significant contribution to Western art. In 1540, Felipe de Guevara, friend and artistic advisor to Charles V and later to Philip II, in his Comments on Painting, cited Patinir among the three greatest painters alongside Rogier van der Weyden and Jan van Eyck, and this in part explains why the largest holding of Patinir’s art can today be found in Madrid’s Prado Museum. Art historian Richard Jacques will introduce both the artist and Miguel Ángel Trujillo’s intriguing film Patinir, the invention of landscape painting, addressing the enigma of a painter whose biography is largely unknown, and who revolutionised the art market and even the very concept of painting at the dawn of the 16th century.
Organised in partnership with the Instituto Cervantes and The Zurbarán Centre for Spanish and Latin American Art, Durham University, this event has been made possible by the generous support of the Instituto Cervantes and CEEH (Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica).
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Film Screening: Patinir, la invención del paisaje
Patinir, the invention of landscape painting
19 November 2025, 1.30pm - 3.30pm
Spanish Gallery Conference Suite
Free, pre-booking essential as space is limited
The Flemish painter Joachim Patinir (c.1480–1524) was the first European artist to specialise in landscape painting. Patinir's striking vistas combine observation of naturalistic detail with lyrical fantasy, evoking the idea of a world landscape, which is arguably Patinir's most significant contribution to Western art. In 1540, Felipe de Guevara, friend and artistic advisor to Charles V and later to Philip II, in his Comments on Painting, cited Patinir among the three greatest painters alongside Rogier van der Weyden and Jan van Eyck, and this in part explains why the largest holding of Patinir’s art can today be found in Madrid’s Prado Museum. Art historian Richard Jacques will introduce both the artist and Miguel Ángel Trujillo’s intriguing film Patinir, the invention of landscape painting, addressing the enigma of a painter whose biography is largely unknown, and who revolutionised the art market and even the very concept of painting at the dawn of the 16th century.
Organised in partnership with the Instituto Cervantes and The Zurbarán Centre for Spanish and Latin American Art, Durham University, this event has been made possible by the generous support of the Instituto Cervantes and CEEH (Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica).
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