Yale Environment 360

Yale Center for British Art reopens ‘in a new light’

The renowned English Romantic painter J.M.W. Turner is celebrated as “the painter of light” for the masterly ways he depicted sunlight in his landscapes and seascapes. “The play of light is integral ...
Yale Environment 360

Treasures of Yale: Richard Parkes Bonington: The Greatest British Painter You’ve Never Heard Of

His friend Eugène Delacroix wrote that his works were “a type of diamond which flatters and ravishes the eye, independently of any subject and any imitation.” Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot recognized ...
Untapped Cities

See Masterpieces at the Renovated Yale Center for British Art, a Train Ride from NYC

After two years of construction, the Yale Center for British Art (YCBA) has announced an exciting reopening program for March 29, 2025. The reopening will present two solo exhibitions featuring ...
Artnet

A $300 Watercolor Turns Out to Be a JMW Turner That Could Be Worth $38,000

Last year, one lucky British family found out that an artwork they snatched up for a bargain at auction is actually a long-lost watercolor by English Romantic painter J. M. W. Turner. On March 20, the ...
PBS

Romantic painter J.M.W. Turner replaces Adam Smith on UK banknote

LONDON — Britain’s new 20-pound (about $29) note went into circulation Thursday — one that replaces the image of a pioneering economist with a battered warship being towed away for scrap. The polymer ...