Ken Howard's Switzerland 28 April – 23 October 2016 in the Belle Shenkman Room, Keeper’s House, Burlington House, London.

For the fourth in the ‘Academicians in Focus’ series the RA are proud to present a selection of small paintings by Ken Howard RA made during his extensive travels in Switzerland. Inspired by J.M.W. Turner’s numerous tours in 1841, Howard made five visits which totally changed his perception of the country. These expeditions resulted in one hundred plein-air oil paintings on board and canvas of monumental landscapes, reflecting lakes and historical towns. This will be the First time that these paintings have been exhibited.

For more details visit the website www.royalacademy.org.uk.

'Switzerland is the most inspiring country I have ever worked in, and I have painted as far afield as Nepal and Borneo in the East and Belize and Canada in the West. Nowhere else have I experienced so completely the grandeur of the landscape, the beauty of the re#ecting lakes, the space and scale that reduces man to insignificance'
Ken Howard RA, 2013

Born in 1932, Ken Howard has exhibited widely within the UK and internationally and his work is held in numerous public collections. He was elected a Royal Academician in 1991 and awarded an OBE in 2010. He continues to live and work in London.

You can read more about Ken's experiences of painting in Switzerland in the July, 2016 issue of The Artist (out on May 20).

Below is Morning Light at The Matterhorn, 6th-7th October 2010, oil, (43 x 39cm), © Courtesy of the artist and Richard Green Gallery.