'Art everywhere' (ctd.)
August 8 2013
Picture: Tate
The 'top ten' British masterpieces have been announced, as part of the Art Everywhere idea. These will appearing on billboards soon. Some curious choices (one day we'll get over the Alfred Wallis thing):
1. John William Waterhouse, The Lady of Shalott, 1888, Tate Britain, London (above)
2. John Everett Millais, Ophelia, 1851–52, Tate Britain, London
3. Francis Bacon, Head VI, 1949, Arts Council Collection
4. John Singer Sargent, Gassed, 1919, Imperial War Museum, London
5. Lucian Freud, Man’s Head (Self Portrait I), 1963, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
6. JMW Turner, The Fighting Temeraire, 1839, National Gallery, London
7. Alfred Wallis, Five Ships – Mount’s Bay, 1928, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
8. L.S. Lowry, Going to the Match, 1953, The Professional Footballers’ Association
9. James Whistler, Nocturne: Blue and Gold – Battersea Bridge, c.1872–5, Tate Britain, London
10. Cornelia Parker, Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View, 1991, Tate Collection
Nothing older than 1839.
Update - Dr Ben Harvey points out that of course two of these were made by Americans.
