Great Britain
The
most famous works among them are `Venus and Cupid' by Diego Velazquez, `Adoration of
the Shepherds' by Nicolas Poussin, `A Woman Bathing' by Harmensz van Rijn Rembrandt,
`Lord Heathfield' by Joshua Reynolds, `Mrs Siddons' by Thomas Gainsborough and many
others.
In 1897 the Tate Gallery was opened to house the more modern British paintings. Most of the
National Gallery collections of British paintings were transferred to the Tate, and only a small
collection of a few masterpieces is now exhib-ited at Trafalgar Square. Thus, the Tate Gallery
exhibits a number of interesting collections of British and foreign modern painting and also
modern sculpture.
The collection of Turner's paintings at the Tate includes about 300 oils and 19,000
watercolours and drawings. He was the most traditional artist of his time as well as the
most original: traditional in his devotion to the Old Masters and original in his creation of new
styles
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