Council's £100k appeal to buy lost Turner painting for Bristol
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A council has launched a one-week fundraiser to return JMW Turner's earliest-known oil painting "to its home".Bristol City Council, which owns Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, is trying to raise £100,000 to help purchase The Rising Squall, which depicts the Avon George.The painting had been lost for 150 years before it was rediscovered last year.Phillip Walker, head of culture for Bristol City Council, said: "It's…
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