Gouache, graphite and watercolour on paper
Fribourg, Lausanne and Geneva Sketchbook
Fribourg, Lausanne and Geneva 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>
Bellinzona Road to Locarno Sample
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
architecture
astronomy
Bellinzona - non-specific
bridge
bridges and viaducts
castle
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
figure
group
groups
landscape
military
mountain
people
places
rain
river
sun
Switzerland
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
water: inland
weather
<p>Ruskin considered the town of Bellinzona, 'on the whole, the most picturesque in Switzerland, being crowned by three fortresses, standing on isolated rocks of noble form, while the buildings are full of beautiful Italian character'. The group of eight subjects shown here derive from the visits Turner made to Bellinzona in 1842 and 1843, the use of warmer colours relating to the second visit. In 1845 Ruskin wrote to his father while on a visit to the Swiss town: 'Bellinzona fine in form, but Turner's single sketch worth the whole valley with all the towns in it'. The sketch he had in mind was no.48, which he felt surpassed the finished version produced for H.A.J.Munro of Novar (Aberdeen Art Gallery).</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique gouache graphite watercolour
30 March 2007 – 4 November 2007
2007-11-04
30 March 2007
2007-03-30
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2007-03-30
Colour and Line: Turner's Experiments 2
Collection based display
10 September 2014 – 20 September 2015
2015-09-20
10 September 2014 – 25 January 2015
2015-01-25
2014-09-10
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
24 February 2015 – 24 May 2015
2015-05-24
2015-02-24
J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, USA)
20 June 2015 – 20 September 2015
2015-09-20
2015-06-20
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum (San Francisco, USA)
http://www.famsf.org
2014-09-10
Late Turner: Painting Set Free
Exhibition
24 February 2015 – 31 January 2016
2016-01-31
24 February 2015 – 24 May 2015
2015-05-24
2015-02-24
J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, USA)
20 June 2015 – 20 September 2015
2015-09-20
2015-06-20
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum
31 October 2015 – 31 January 2016
2016-01-31
2015-10-31
Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto, Canada)
http://www.ago.net
2015-02-24
Late Turner
Loan-out
Bellinzona from the Road to Locarno: Sample Study
support: 229 × 289 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>Ruskin considered the town of Bellinzona, 'on the whole, the most <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> in Switzerland, being crowned by three fortresses, standing on isolated rocks of noble form, while the buildings are full of beautiful Italian character'. The group of eight subjects shown here derive from the visits Turner made to Bellinzona in 1842 and 1843, the use of warmer colours relating to the second visit. In 1845 Ruskin wrote to his father while on a visit to the Swiss town: 'Bellinzona fine in form, but Turner's single sketch worth the whole valley with all the towns in it'. The sketch he had in mind was no.48, which he felt surpassed the finished version produced for H.A.J.Munro of Novar (Aberdeen Art Gallery).</p>
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adults architecture astronomy Bellinzona - non-specific bridge bridges and viaducts castle cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents figure group groups landscape military mountain people places rain river sun Switzerland townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features water: inland weather
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