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Mystic, Conn. (April 18, 2019) – In partnership with Tate, from October 5, 2019, to February 23, 2020, Mystic Seaport Museum presents J.M.W. Turner: Watercolors from Tate, a major exhibition drawn from the renowned Turner Bequest of 1856, the vast legacy of art donated to Great Britain by J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851), which resides today in Tate Britain. Mystic Seaport Museum is the only North American venue for the exhibition.

The exhibition spans the entirety of Turner’s long career and, by focusing on the artist’s watercolors, provides insight into the private visionary behind the public figure. The viewer will see Turner’s watercolor practice evolve from aide to memory to a way of thinking with his brush–`for his own pleasure,’ to borrow a phrase from a contemporary admirer, the critic John Ruskin.