Friday Lates: Gavin Plumley: Waldmüller's world

Event information

• Type: Talks & conversations
• Date: Friday, 18 September 2026
• Tickets: Free
• Location: The National Gallery
• Address: Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN, UK
• Official page: https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/friday-lates-gavin-plumley-waldmullers-world-18-09-2026

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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 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.