Final Opportunity to See the Tate Britain Watercolour Exhibition This August!

Aug. 9, 2011 - PRLog -- Watercolour in Tate Britain London is the most ambitious exhibition of watercolour in the world. The exhibition started on 16th February and runs until 21st August.  Watercolour Exhibition in London challenges all your preconceptions about what watercolour is.

With a carefully selected range of works from the last 800 years, the Watercolour Exhibition in Tate Britain London presents the full variety of methods watercolour has been utilised. From miniatures to manuscripts, and maps to works expressing visual grandeur of overseas landscapes, watercolour has always played an important role in British art. The exhibition also features some rare works from acclaimed artists such as J.M.W. Turner, Anish Kapoor, Tracey Emin and Thomas Girtin. There are hundreds of famous as well as lesser-known works on display at the exhibition.

The Watercolour Exhibition in Tate Britain London reveals an interesting and diverse history of watercolour and inspires people to explore this interesting medium in quite a different manner. The exhibition sheds light on the history and future of watercolour painting.

Initially watercolour artists were considered to be 'jobbing artists' and starved of the status of those working in contemporary mediums. Many died in poverty, e.g. Prague-born Wenceslaus Hollar. Travel Gallery underlines the importance of watercolour as a flexible travel medium and also marks the transition from drawing enhanced by watercolours to watercolour painting. There're also stunning landscapes by artists such as Francis Towne and others with different viewpoints, like John Sell Cotman’s On the Downs or Girtin’s Crags in Bamburgh Castle.

The highlight of the show is Turner's Blue Rigi, Sunrise - the mountain shimmering in heavy mists, hung alongside Girtin's A White House at Chelsea - describing the use of white colour in watercolour painting.

Browse some of the most outstanding watercolour works and know everything about watercolours and watercolour painting at the Watercolour Exhibition at Tate Britain London!

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The article is written by Madhukar Shah for London Town Hotels Limited, fastest growing luxury London hotels group.

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