Paul Mellon's collection
dal 18/10/2007 al 26/1/2008
Segnalato da
18/10/2007
Paul Mellon's collection
Royal Academy of Arts, London
An American's Passion for British Art. Works from the Paul Mellon Collection. More than 150 works, including prints, drawings, paintings, rare books and manuscripts. Featured in the exhibition are many objects that have not been seen by the British public since they were purchased, as well as major works by artists such as Reynolds, Constable, Turner and Blake.
An American's Passion for British Art
The exhibition has been organised by the Royal Academy of Arts and the Yale Center for British Art.
An unparalleled opportunity to experience some of the finest works of British art, the exhibition features more than 150 works, including prints, drawings, paintings, rare books and manuscripts. Featured in the exhibition are many objects that have not been seen by the British public since they were purchased, as well as major works by artists such as Reynolds, Gainsborough, Stubbs, Constable, Turner and Blake.
Paul Mellon was born into one of the most powerful banking families in the US. Together with the fellow Pittsburgh families of Carnegie and Frick, the Mellon family shared a strong commitment to public philanthropy. Paul Mellon’s interest in British culture ranged from horse breeding and racing to building the most significant private collection of British art outside the United Kingdom.
The exhibition will include early Americana and exceptional rare books and manuscripts including works by William Blake. Works range in scale from miniatures by Hilliard and small-scale works on paper to large-scale oil paintings. The representative collection of great British watercolours includes paintings by JR Cozens, Thomas Girtin, Richard Parkes Bonington and Paul Sandby. The oil paintings featured comprise works by Reynolds, Gainsborough, Constable, Canaletto, Hogarth, and Turner’s outstanding marine painting, Dort or Dordrecht: The Dort Packet-Boat from Rotterdam Becalmed, which will be seen in the UK for the first time since it was purchased in 1966.
Image: JMW Turner, 'Dort, or Dordrecht, the Dort Packet-boat from Rotterdam Becalmed', 1818. Oil on canvas, 157.5 x 233 cm. Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Paul Mellon Collection. Photo Yale Center for British Art/Richard Caspole
Royal Academy of Arts
Burlington House Piccadilly - London