PRUE GIBSON writes about one of the finest collections of European landscapes in the country.

Wild windswept plains, ruined villages, violent sea storms and pretty bucolic farm scenes: this is the stuff of European landscape art. Painters have long been drawn to the calamities and beauty of the landscape scene because of its changeability, its mysterious allure and its potential to reflect human emotion.

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Image: Salomon van Ruysdael, River landscape with ferry, 1661, Haarlem, The Netherlands, oil on canvas, 65.0 x 88.5cm. Gift of Gladys Penfold Hyland in memory of her husband Frank 1964. Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.