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27-06-2025
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Bristol fundraiser to buy lost JMW Turner painting passes £100k
A campaign to buy and exhibit JMW Turner's earliest known oil painting in a museum has raised more than £100,000 in five City Council, which owns Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, wants to buy The Rising Squall, which depicts the Avon Gorge before Clifton Suspension Bridge was the £100,000 target has been reached, the authority has said extra money will strengthen its bid when the piece is sold at Sotheby's auction house on Wednesday. It is estimated to fetch between £200,000 and £300, council's head of culture and creative industries Phillip Walker said the authority had been "humbled" by people's "generosity and support". No council funds are being used for the acquisition. All the money raised has come from individual donors and cultural the council is successful, the painting will be added the Turner collection at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, where it will be accessible to the public for free. If it is unsuccessful, all donations made via the Crowdfunder will be refunded. The piece was painted in 1972, when Turner was 17, and is the first oil painting ever exhibited by Turner. It is believed to be his only artwork depicting signature was only discovered on the piece last year when the canvas was cleaned during a restoration project. Prior to that, it has been missing for 150 years. Kate Newnham, senior curator of visual arts at the museum, said: "It's overwhelming to have received such an incredible and positive response from the people of Bristol and beyond."It just goes to show the importance of access to art and culture to everyone."
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23-06-2025
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Council's £100k appeal to buy lost Turner painting
A council has launched a one-week fundraiser to return JMW Turner's earliest-known oil painting "to its home". Bristol City Council, which owns Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, is trying to raise £100,000 to help purchase The Rising Squall, which depicts the Avon George. The painting had been lost for 150 years before it was rediscovered last year. Phillip Walker, head of culture for Bristol City Council, said: "It's an incredibly important and relevant painting for Bristol because it's the very first and probably only oil painting that Turner ever painted of a Bristol scene." More news stories for Bristol Watch the latest Points West Listen to the latest news for Bristol "This is the very first oil painting he ever painted... what's more incredible is that he was only 17 at the time," Mr Walker added. The guide price for the painting is £300,000, and the council hopes to raise the rest of the money from other sources before the auction on 2 July. Mr Walker said the council is "putting all of its feelers out" to "try and raise the money it can to stand a chance at bidding". The painting was debuted at the Royal Academy in 1793, three days after Turner's 18th birthday, before being bought by Reverend Robert Nixon, a customer of Turner's father's barber shop. Mr Nixon's son inherited the painting after his death, and it then fell "into obscurity", having last been exhibited in Tasmania, Australia. If the council is unsuccessful in purchasing Turner's work, it said all of the money that has been donated will be returned. "We want to make this work, so we're asking anyone who can to help and share the enthusiasm and the opportunity," Mr Walker said. "This really is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for Bristol to show how important art and culture are to it." Follow BBC Bristol on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to us on email or via WhatsApp on 0800 313 4630. Lost Turner masterpiece could be bought by council Lost Turner oil painting found after 150 years Bristol City Council Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
BBC News
23-06-2025
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Council's £100k appeal to buy lost Turner painting for Bristol
A council has launched a one-week fundraiser to return JMW Turner's earliest-known oil painting "to its home".Bristol City Council, which owns Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, is trying to raise £100,000 to help purchase The Rising Squall, which depicts the Avon painting had been lost for 150 years before it was rediscovered last Walker, head of culture for Bristol City Council, said: "It's an incredibly important and relevant painting for Bristol because it's the very first and probably only oil painting that Turner ever painted of a Bristol scene." "This is the very first oil painting he ever painted... what's more incredible is that he was only 17 at the time," Mr Walker guide price for the painting is £300,000, and the council hopes to raise the rest of the money from other sources before the auction on 2 Walker said the council is "putting all of its feelers out" to "try and raise the money it can to stand a chance at bidding".The painting was debuted at the Royal Academy in 1793, three days after Turner's 18th birthday, before being bought by Reverend Robert Nixon, a customer of Turner's father's barber Nixon's son inherited the painting after his death, and it then fell "into obscurity", having last been exhibited in Tasmania, Australia. If the council is unsuccessful in purchasing Turner's work, it said all of the money that has been donated will be returned."We want to make this work, so we're asking anyone who can to help and share the enthusiasm and the opportunity," Mr Walker said."This really is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for Bristol to show how important art and culture are to it."
