Paul Mellon, 1907-1999
Paul Mellon was one of the greatest art collectors and philanthropists of the 20th century. Born in Pittsburgh, he was the only son of the financier, industrialist, and Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew W. Mellon and his English wife, Nora McMullen. His childhood summers were spent in the English countryside visiting his mother's family, where his lifelong love of British culture began. From the late 1950s he began to amass a major collection of British art with the help and encouragement of English art historian Basil Taylor. In 1966, he gave the building, works of art and endowment, which established the Yale Center for British Art, to Yale University and was also responsible for the creation of its sister institution in London, the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. His collection included a large number of Wilson works - for a full list, see Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection in the 'Wilson Collections' section of the site.
William Woollett (1735-1785) and Benjamin Thomas Pouncy after Wilson, Meleager and Atalanta, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
William Byrne (1743-1805) after Wilson, A View in the Villa Madama, near Rome, called Il Teatro, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
John Faber the Younger (c.1684-1756) after Wilson, Thomas Smith, Esq, Vice Admiral of the White, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Thomas Hastings after Wilson, On Hounslow Heath, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Edward (1724-1774) & Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801) after Wilson, The Summit of Cader Idris Mountain, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
William Woollett (1735-1785) after Wilson, Ceyx and Alcyone, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
William Sharp (1749-1824) and Samuel Smith (1745-1810) after Wilson, Niobe, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Christian Duttenhofer (1778-1846) after Wilson, Solitude, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
William Woollett (1735-1785) and William Ellis (1747-1810) after Wilson, Solitude, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
William Byrne (1743-1805) after Wilson, Carnarvon Castle, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Pierre Charles Canot (c.1710-1777) after Wilson, The Great Bridge over the Taafe, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
William Elliott (1727-1766) after Wilson, Kilgarren Castle, South Wales, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
James Mason (1710-1783) after Wilson, Pembroke Town and Castle, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
William Woollett (1735-1785) after Wilson, Snowden Hill and the adjacent Country in North Wales, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
William Birch (1755-1834) after Wilson, A View in Kew Gardens, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
William Byrne (1743-1805) after Wilson, Tivoli: The Temple of the Sibyl and the Campagna [untitled], Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801) after Wilson, Temple of Peace (from Twelve Original Views in Italy), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Edward Rooker (c.1712-1774) after Wilson, Circus of Caracalla (from Twelve Original Views in Italy), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
James Gandon (1742-1823) after Wilson, Baths of Dioclesian (from Twelve Original Views in Italy), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
William Hodges after Wilson, Torre delle Grotte near Naples (from Twelve Original Views in Italy), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
James Gandon (1742-1823) after Wilson, Banks of the Tiber (from Twelve Original Views in Italy), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Joseph Farington (1747-1821) after Wilson, Bridge of Augustus at Rimini (from Twelve Original Views in Italy), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Joseph Farington (1747-1821) after Wilson, In the Strada Nomentana (from Twelve Original Views in Italy), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
James Gandon (1742-1823) after Wilson, Castle of Ischia (from Twelve Original Views in Italy), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
James Gandon (1742-1823) after Wilson, Pompey's Bridge at Terni (from Twelve Original Views in Italy), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801) after Wilson, In the Villa Adriana (from Twelve Original Views in Italy), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801) after Wilson, Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli (from Twelve Original Views in Italy), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Lago d'Agnano with Vesuvius in the Distance (Lago d'Agnano - I), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Lago d'Agnano with the Grotta del Cane - II (Lago d'Agnano, near Naples II), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Kew Gardens: The Pagoda and Palladian Bridge, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) View near Wynnstay, the Seat of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) A View of Dover (A View of Dover Castle), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) View of the Wilderness in St. James's Park, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Summer Evening (Caernarvon Castle) (Formerly Conway Castle), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Destruction of the Children of Niobe, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Caernarvon Castle, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Rome from the Villa Madama, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) An Italian Landscape, Morning (River, Sea-Coast and circular Ruin) (The Temple of Venus at Baiae), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Prince George and Prince Edward Augustus, Sons of Frederick, Prince of Wales, with their Tutor Dr Francis Ayscough, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli (Hadrian's Villa), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Dinas Bran from Llangollen - I, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) An Underground Shrine with two Figures kneeling before a Pieta (Study of Lamp and Relief), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Falls at Tivoli, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Arbra Sacra on the Banks of Lake Nemi (Study of an Ancient Tree), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Via Nomentana, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Italian Landscape with Three-Arched Bridge, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Ascribed to Wilson, Full-length Study of a Young Man, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Ruined Temple of Minerva, Two Figures on River Bank, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Three Figures standing by rocky Cliffs, two Horsemen in the Distance, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Sculpted Plinth in the Villa Medici (Ancient Altar in the Villa Medici), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Cascade at Terni, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Study of an Old Tree: Trunk and creeper-covered Roots, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Italian Landscape with River running between high Wall at left and high Bank at right towards a small Town with Figures on the Banks (Walled Town with Moat or River and Tomb in Foreground), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Study of Figures for 'Ego fui in Arcadia', Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Ponte delle Torri, seen through an Arch (A Viaduct seen through an Arch), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Riverside Scene with Figures, Hexagonal Building Left and Horse-drawn Wagon crossing Bridge at Right, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) & William Hodges (1744-1797) Italian Sketchbook - Drawings pp. 0(v) and 1(r) , Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Gulliver bound by the Lilliputians [?], Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Shepherd seated under a Tree, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Box Hill, Surrey, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Italian Sketchbook - Drawings (front cover), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Italian Sketchbook - Drawings pp. 1(v) and 2(r), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Italian Sketchbook - Drawing pp. 4(v) and 5(r) Italian Landscape, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Italian Sketchbook - Drawings 5(v) and 6(r) , Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Italian Sketchbook - Drawings pp. 9(v) and 10(r) Marino, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Italian Sketchbook - Drawings pp. 10(v) and 11(r) The Temples of Vesta and the Sibyl at Tivoli, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Italian Sketchbook - Drawings pp. 11(v) and 12(r), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Italian Sketchbook - Drawings p. 13(v) Study of Trees near Water with Figures p. 14(r) Study of a Woman reclining on a Bed, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Italian Sketchbook - Drawings pp. 20(v) and 21(r) , Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Italian Sketchbook - Drawings 21(v) and 22(r), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) & William Hodges (1744-1797) Italian Sketchbook - Drawings, 24(v) and 25(r) , Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Italian Sketchbook - Drawings 32(v) and inside back cover, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Italian Sketchbook - Drawings (back cover), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven