EDINBURG.- In keeping with a century-old tradition, New Year’s Day at the National Gallery Complex in Edinburgh is marked by the opening of the annual exhibition of watercolours by J M W Turner (1775–1851). The thirty-eight works on display …
Thirteen New Paintings by Scottish Artist Christopher Orr on Display at Hauser & Wirth Zürich
ZÜRICH.- Thirteen new paintings by Scottish artist Christopher Orr are on display at Hauser & Wirth Zürich. The small intense canvases depict phantasmagoric landscapes populated by figures from an earlier time. Fiction and formalism go hand in hand i…
United Kingdom Government Art Reveals Ministers’ Nostalgic Tastes
LONDON (AP).- It’s a tricky question for a British politician — which of the government’s thousands of pieces of art do you put on your wall? When it comes to paintings, members of Britain’s Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition favor landscapes, …
Britain Halts Export of $48 Million Turner Painting "Modern Rome – Campo Vaccino"
LONDON (REUTERS).- Britain has temporarily halted the export of a record-breaking painting by English master J.M.W. Turner which was sold at auction in July for 29.7 million pounds ($48 million). “Modern Rome — Campo Vaccino” went under the hammer at …
Painting by David Wilkie, A Favorite of King George IV, Acquired by the Huntington Library
SAN MARINO, CA.- The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today the acquisition of Sancho Panza in the Days of his Youth (1835), by British painter David Wilkie (1785–1841). The painting, which previously was held i…
Britain Halts Export of $48 Million Turner Painting "Modern Rome – Campo Vaccino"
LONDON (REUTERS).- Britain has temporarily halted the export of a record-breaking painting by English master J.M.W. Turner which was sold at auction in July for 29.7 million pounds ($48 million). “Modern Rome — Campo Vaccino” went under the hammer at …
J. Paul Getty Museum Acquires Turner Masterpiece at Sotheby’s for Record $45.10 Million
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The J. Paul Getty Museum
announced today that it made a successful bid at auction on J.M.W
Turner’s
masterpiece painting Modern Rome – Campo Vaccino. The auction took place
at
Sotheby’s in London on Wednesday, July 7. One…
J. Paul Getty Museum Acquires Turner Masterpiece at Sotheby’s for a Record $45.10 Million
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The J. Paul Getty Museum announced today that it made a successful bid at auction on J.M.W Turner’s masterpiece painting Modern Rome – Campo Vaccino. The auction took place at Sotheby’s in London on Wednesday, July 7. One of the great…
British, Dutch and Flemish Masters to Lead Sotheby’s 2010 Summer Sale
LONDON.- Sotheby’s summer Evening Sale of
Old
Master and British Paintings in London will take place on Wednesday,
July 7,
2010 and taking centre stage will be J.M.W. Turner’s breathtaking
masterpiece
Modern Rome – Campo Vaccino. The s…
British, Dutch and Flemish Masters to Lead Sotheby’s 2010 Summer Sale
LONDON.- Sotheby’s summer Evening Sale of Old Master and British Paintings in London will take place on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 and taking centre stage will be J.M.W. Turner’s breathtaking masterpiece Modern Rome – Campo Vaccino. The sale wil…