Graphite, watercolour and pen and ink on paper
Fribourg Sketchbook
Fribourg Sketchbook
Switzerland
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner-558" aria-label="More by Joseph Mallord William Turner" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Joseph Mallord William Turner</a>
Fribourg Convent
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
cloud
convent
countries and continents
features
Fribourg - non-specific
hill
landscape
places
rain
religious
Switzerland
tower
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
valley
weather
<p>Turner toured Switzerland every year from 1841 to 1844, each trip lasting an average of three months. He was fascinated by the dramatic landscape of the mountains, the ethereal effects of atmosphere and light, and by picturesque Swiss towns and shimmering Alpine lakes. The majority of watercolours in the Turner Bequest from the 1840s are devoted to Swiss subjects.Freiburg is one of the most picturesque towns in Switzerland, noted for the series of medieval defensive towers and battlements sited on the cliffs which rise steeply behind it. Turner made a whole series of watercolours of the town in 1841, drawing it from every angle and exploiting the dramatic vistas from the cliffs.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour pen ink
8 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
8 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
2007-06-08
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2007-06-08
Master and Magician; Late Work
Collection based display
Fribourg: The Convent
support: 235 × 336 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
<p>Turner toured Switzerland every year from 1841 to 1844, each trip lasting an average of three months. He was fascinated by the dramatic landscape of the mountains, the ethereal effects of atmosphere and light, and by <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/picturesque" title="Glossary definition for 'Picturesque'"><span>picturesque</span></a> Swiss towns and shimmering Alpine lakes. The majority of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolours</span></a> in the Turner Bequest from the 1840s are devoted to Swiss subjects.<br/>Freiburg is one of the most picturesque towns in Switzerland, noted for the series of medieval defensive towers and battlements sited on the cliffs which rise steeply behind it. Turner made a whole series of watercolours of the town in 1841, <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> it from every angle and exploiting the dramatic vistas from the cliffs.</p>
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