TATE COLLECTION


TATE COLLECTION

Acquisitions

Featured Acquisitions and Gifts

Andy Warhol, Portrait of Joseph Beuys, 1980
ARTIST ROOMS

This new collection of international contemporary art has been created through one of the largest and most imaginative gifts of art ever made to museums in Britain.

Francis Bacon, Study for a Portrait, 1952
The Simon Sainsbury Bequest

A significant bequest to the nation featuring 18 outstanding paintings from the 18th to the 20th century, the works are shared between the National Gallery and Tate.

Joseph Mallord William Turner, The Blue Rigi, Sunrise, 1842
Turner's The Blue Rigi

An exceptional watercolour saved for the nation in March 2007 with the help of a public appeal resulting in extraordinary generosity from several organisations and many private individuals.

Sir Joshua Reynolds, Colonel Acland and Lord Sydney: The Archers, 1769
Reynolds' The Archers

The first Reynolds ever purchased by Tate, this major historic British picture was acquired in 2005 with assistance from several donors. The iconic double portrait fills a significant gap in Tate's Reynolds holdings.