.M.W. Turner (1775-1851), "Yarmouth Sands," circa 1840; watercolor and scraping out; 9-13/16 by 14-5/16 inches. (Photo © Yale Center for British Art)

RICHMOND, VA.- The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts will celebrate the centenary of the birth of one of its most important benefactors, the late Paul Mellon, with Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art. The exhibition will be on view at VMFA from July 11 to Sept. 30, 2007.
"Great British Watercolors" brings together 88 outstanding watercolors from the collection of Paul Mellon, including masterpieces by J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851), John Constable (1776-1837), William Blake (1757-1827), Paul Sandby (1730/1-1809), Thomas Girtin (1775-1802) and Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), according to Dr. Mitchell Merling, VMFA's Paul Mellon Curator and Head of the Department of European Art. Lire la suite http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=20947