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LONDON-A unique oil painting of Mahatma Gandhi will be sold at a auction here next month. This portrait, painted in 1931, is thought to be the only time Gandhi actually sat for an oil painting ...
A visitor has damaged a 17th-century painting at the Uffizi Galleries in Florence after stumbling back into it while posing for a photo, the museum told CNN in a statement.
A museum has launched a one-week fundraiser to return JMW Turner's earliest-known oil painting "to its home". Bristol Museum and Art Gallery is trying to raise £100,000 to help purchase The ...
The director of Italy’s Uffizi Galleries has sharply criticised social media-obsessed tourists after a visitor posing for a photograph tripped and gashed a 17th-century oil painting.
Campaign launched to bring only Turner oil painting of Bristol back to city The one-week campaign, named Bring Turner Home, aims to return the piece to the city.
Bristol City Council will attempt to raise around £300,000 to buy an 18th-century oil painting of Hotwells. The Rising Squall, Hot Wells, was painted by JMW Turner in 1792 and will be sold in an ...
Home The Finer Things Art and Antiques This obscure and unloved picture that turned out to be Turner's first oil painting — and it's about to sell for 500 times what it last cost JMW Turner's 'The ...
Nate Rose is a local artist focused primarily on plein air painting with oil paints. Born and raised in Green Bay, he celebrates the past and present community on social media with the series ...
Culture Culture news Turner's earliest exhibited oil painting is up for auction after disappearing for 150 years ‘The Rising Squall, Hot Wells, from St Vincent’s Rock, Bristol’ by Turner.
The first oil painting ever exhibited by Turner is to be put up for auction after being lost for more 150 years. The Rising Squall features a dramatic view of a former hot spring and spa in ...
In oil painting, double bonds in the long carbon chains of the oil react with oxygen from the air as the artworks dry. This creates new chemical connections that stabilise the final, cured layers.