Austrian master returns to Britain after 170 years in free National Gallery exhibition

The first-ever UK exhibition of paintings by the 19th-century Austrian artist Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller has opened at the National Gallery, showcasing his range of landscapes, from arid to forested. He worked mainly around Vienna, Salzburg and later Italy, giving the works on display a slight air of tourist diary travelling around central Europe.Waldmüller is one of the most important figures in 19th-century Austrian art, known for his work as both an artist and an influential teacher