Another Turner Painting "Saved" For the UK
- January 10, 2016 22:06
A seminal work by British artist JMW Turner has been "saved for the nation" after its late owner's will specified the artwork should remain in the U.K.
Mulitmillionaire Harry Hyams died in December, leaving Turner's "Dutch Boats in a Gale" on loan to the National Gallery of Art in London where it has hung since 1998, reports the Telegraph.
The pivotal painting secured Turner's place in the Royal Academy.
An auction estimate by the Sunday Times pinned the work at around £100 million, which would have made it unattainable to the U.K's publicly-funded museums.
