Paul Mellon's Legacy: A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art)

ISBN: 0300117469

Author: Baskett, John

Condition: Used

Paul Mellon (1907--1999) was an unparalleled collector of British art. His collection, now at Yale in the museum and study center he founded to house it, rivals those in Britains national museums and is unquestionably the most comprehensive representation of British art held outside of the United Kingdom. This book and the exhibition that it accompanies celebrate the centenary of his birth. Five introductory essays examine Mellons extraordinary collecting activity, as well as his role in creating both the Yale Center for British Art and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art in London as gifts to his alma mater (Yale 1929). A lavishly illustrated catalogue section showcases 148 of the most exquisite and important paintings, watercolors, drawings, prints, sculpture, rare books, and manuscript material in the Yale Centers collection, including major works by Thomas Gainsborough, Joshua Reynolds, George Stubbs, John Constable, and J. M. W. Turner.Published in association with the Yale Center for British Art and the Royal Academy, LondonExhibition Schedule:Yale Center for British Art, New Haven (April 19 - July 29, 2007)The Royal Academy of Arts, London (October 20, 2007 - January 27, 2008)