JMW Turner, The Dark Rigi, Circa 1842. © Private collection. Watercolour on paper, 305 x 455 mm.

J.M.W. Turner, The Red Rigi, 1842, Felton Bequest, 1947 © National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, watercolour, 30.5 x 45.8 cm

LONDON, ENGLAND.- Tate will bring together for the first time ever three of Turner’s very greatest watercolour paintings, The Blue Rigi, The Dark Rigi and The Red Rigi, as part of a campaign to raise £4.95 million to save The Blue Rigi from going abroad. A temporary export bar has been placed on The Blue Rigi until 20 March 2007 by the Culture Minister, David Lammy. The exhibition at Tate Britain will be open from 22 January to 25 March 2007. (by courtesy of www.Artdaily.com)