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‘Poor’-Quality Image Submitted To Online Appraisal Service Ends Up Being A Rare Masterpiece By English Artist J.M.W. Turner
An anonymous user recently submitted a blurry image of an unknown work of art to the online appraisal service run by Christie's auction house. Christie's specialist Rosie Jarvie quickly noticed that ...
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U.K. Museums to Celebrate J.M.W. Turner’s 250th Birthday
Britain’s most beloved landscape artist is turning 250 in 2025. This week, cultural institutions across Britain announced ...
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Someone Sent a Fuzzy Photo of a Painting to Christie’s. It Turned Out to Be a Rare Watercolor by J.M.W. Turner
The painting turned out to be a watercolor by the English artist J.M.W. Turner. Born in 1775 ... would see the imaginative processes.” A portrait of art critic John Ruskin by Henry Sigismund ...
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Surprise JMW Turner Discovery Could Fetch $500,000 at Auction
A rare, rediscovered watercolor by JMW Turner could fetch a cool half-a-million when it hits the auction block at Christie’s New York next month. The foggy watercolor sketch of the Venetian ...