Picture the most expensive British artist William Turner exhibited at Sotheby's
ARTinvestment.RU   25 апреля 2008

One of the most important works of the great British artist William Turner, Joseph Mellorda put up for auction for the first time in 181 years

One of the most important works of the great British artist William Turner, Joseph Mellorda put up for auction for the first time in 181 years. According to The Times, canvas «View Villas Pope in Tvikenheme» goes under the hammer at Sotheby's auction in London on 9 July.

Starting price picture is $ 10 million, but the auction house hopes to gain for her at least 35 million dollars, paid in 2006, Christie's for another job the most expensive British painter, «A view of the church and Dzhudekku Madonna della Salute and San Giorgio ».

Money from the sale of paintings will be used for restoration of the castle Sadeley Glostershir in the county where the picture was the last 40 years. Director of Sotheby's British paintings Emmelin Hallmark points out that the canvas «View Villas Pope in Tvikenheme» may well break the record «of a Dzhudekku»: «This picture is smaller, and its Venetian landscape. It also shows the place where he lived Turner. This picture was for him a great value. And the price of art over the past two years has increased ».

Turner's works is quite difficult to assess because it is a very special artist. At last the final bid price of his work greatly exceeded estimeyt. In part this is due to the fact that Turner's work as a collector interested in paintings by old masters, as well as collectors of works of modern art. Turner has created about 30 thousand pieces, but only 20 major works may be on the market, because the rest are in museum collections.

Turner lived near a place that is depicted in his painting. The main subject of the work has become house poet Alexander Pope. Cloth was a response to the scandal has provoked a new restoration of the villa owner, which Turner believed vandals.

Source: news.ru