Gallery Talk: _On Location: Drawing the Outdoors_

Join Miriam Stewart and Penley Knipe in the galleries of the special exhibition *On Location: Drawing the Outdoors* for a discussion of the materials used by landscape artists in 19th-century Europe. Stewart, a curator of European and American art, and Knipe, a paper conservator and head of the Straus Center’s Paper Lab, will explore the techniques and materials behind the exhibition’s drawings.

The exhibition includes works by J. M. W. Turner, John Constable, Gustave Courbet, Édouard Manet, Berthe Morisot, Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, and many other artists. It is scheduled to remain on view from September 18, 2026, through January 17, 2027.

When: Thursday, November 19, 2026

Showtimes: 12:30 p.m.–1:00 p.m.

Format: In person, in the exhibition galleries

Tickets: Free

Lineup: Miriam Stewart, Curator of the Collection, Division of European and American Art; and Penley Knipe, Philip and Lynn Straus Senior Conservator of Works of Art on Paper and Head of the Paper Lab, Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies

Exhibition: *On Location: Drawing the Outdoors*, featuring drawings by J. M. W. Turner, John Constable, Gustave Courbet, Édouard Manet, Berthe Morisot, Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, and others

Venue: Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Check-in: Check in at the Visitor Services desk. Space is limited.

Accessibility: To request accommodations, contact Visitor Services at am_register@harvard.edu or 617-495-9400. Further information is available through the museums’ accessibility resources.

Support: Exhibition and related programming support came from the Stanley H. Durwood Foundation Support Fund, the Stanley H. Durwood Foundation Support Fund for the Study of Dutch Drawing, the Melvin R. Seiden and Janine Luke Fund for Publications and Exhibitions, and the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series Endowment Fund. The catalogue was supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Publication Funds, with additional project support from the Almathea Charitable Foundation.