Bristol Museum and Art Gallery has acquired a £40,000 Turner watercolour with support from the Art Fund, Friends of the Bristol Art Gallery and the Peter John Blyth Art Fund.
The watercolour depicts the landscape of the Avon Gorge and has been in a private collection since 1951. It was sold to the museum at auction in March.
The artwork has now arrived at the institution and will be examined by conservators before going on public display.
Julie Finch, head of Bristol’s Museums, Galleries and Archives, said: “The watercolour will help to explain and illustrate the aesthetic and historical relevance of the Bristol landscape and will put Bristol Museum and Art Gallery and the city on the map as a destination for Turner enthusiasts.”
Acceptance-in-Lieu
Meanwhile the Ashmolean museum in Oxford recently acquired a Millais portrait of the art critic John Ruskin through the Acceptance-in-Lieu inheritance tax scheme.
The portrait has an infamous back story, painted shortly before the sitter’s wife left him to marry the artist.
The watercolour depicts the landscape of the Avon Gorge and has been in a private collection since 1951. It was sold to the museum at auction in March.
The artwork has now arrived at the institution and will be examined by conservators before going on public display.
Julie Finch, head of Bristol’s Museums, Galleries and Archives, said: “The watercolour will help to explain and illustrate the aesthetic and historical relevance of the Bristol landscape and will put Bristol Museum and Art Gallery and the city on the map as a destination for Turner enthusiasts.”
Acceptance-in-Lieu
Meanwhile the Ashmolean museum in Oxford recently acquired a Millais portrait of the art critic John Ruskin through the Acceptance-in-Lieu inheritance tax scheme.
The portrait has an infamous back story, painted shortly before the sitter’s wife left him to marry the artist.
