Watercolour on paper
Colour Studies of Clouds, Storms and a Rainbow
Colour Studies of the Sun, Skies and Clouds c..1815-45
Colour Studies of Clouds, Storms and a Rainbow
Colour Studies of the Sun, Skies and Clouds c..1815-45
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
<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>
Storm Clouds Perhaps above a Beach
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
cloud
landscape
sky
storm
weather
<p>Throughout his career Turner made endless quick notes based on his observations of the sky. Most of these were in pencil, but he often explored the progress of a particular effect through a series of watercolour studies, evidently moving rapidly from sheet to sheet in an attempt to capture the sense of a transitory impression.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
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
2 June 2011 – 22 April 2012
2012-04-22
2 June 2011 – 11 September 2011
2011-09-11
2011-06-02
Bucerius Kunst Forum (Hamburg, Germany)
http://www.buceriuskunstforum.de
1 October 2011 – 8 January 2012
2012-01-08
2011-10-01
National Museum (Krakow, Poland)
28 January 2012 – 22 April 2012
2012-04-22
2012-01-28
Turner Contemporary (Margate, UK)
2011-06-02
Turner and the Elements
Loan-out
26 September 2022 – 15 September 2023
2023-09-15
26 September 2022 – 15 September 2023
2023-09-15
2022-09-26
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
2022-09-26
JMW Turner and Lamin Fofana: Dark Waters
Collection based display
Storm Clouds, Perhaps above a Beach
support: 243 × 308 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>Throughout his career Turner made endless quick notes based on his observations of the sky. Most of these were in <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/graphite" title="Glossary definition for 'Graphite'"><span>pencil</span></a>, but he often explored the progress of a particular effect through a series 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>watercolour</span></a> studies, evidently moving rapidly from sheet to sheet in an attempt to capture the sense of a transitory impression.</p>
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cloud landscape sky storm weather
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