Chalk, gouache and graphite on paper
Grenoble Sketchbook
Grenoble Sketchbook
Switzerland 1802
Switzerland 1802
Grenoble Sketchbook
France
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>
Grenoble River Isère with Porte de France
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
Alps
architecture
boat - non-specific
bridge
bridges and viaducts
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
figure
France
Grenoble - non-specific
group
groups
landscape
mountain
natural features (non-UK)
people
places
river
River Isère
society
townscape
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
water: inland
<p>Turner visited Grenoble in 1802 on his first continental tour, and made a series of drawings of the city and its surrounding mountains. Those in the so-called 'Grenoble' sketchbook are in monochrome media on toned paper. Here Turner has captured the vivid effect of sunlight on the walls of the fortress beside the Drac, and observed the bustling life of the river.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique chalk gouache graphite
16 November 2007 – 14 April 2008
2008-04-14
16 November 2007 – 14 April 2008
2008-04-14
2007-11-16
Musée de l’Ancien Évêché (Grenoble, France)
http://www.ancien-eveche-isere.fr
2007-11-16
The views of Grenoble in paintings and drawings, from XVI century to 1930
Loan-out
16 October 2021 – 14 July 2023
2023-07-14
16 October 2021 – 6 March 2022
2022-03-06
2021-10-16
ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum (Aarhus, Denmark)
18 May 2022 – 11 September 2022
2022-09-11
2022-05-18
Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain)
http://www.mnac.es
8 October 2022 – 5 February 2023
2023-02-05
2022-10-08
National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin, Ireland)
http://www.nationalgallery.ie
3 March 2023 – 25 June 2023
2023-06-25
2023-03-03
Fondation Pierre Gianadda (Martigny, Switzerland)
2021-10-16
Turner Watercolours: Sun is God
Tate partnerships & programmes
Grenoble from the River Isère, with the Porte de France
support: 215 × 282 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 visited Grenoble in 1802 on his first continental tour, and made 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/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawings</span></a> of the city and its surrounding mountains. Those in the so-called 'Grenoble' sketchbook are 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/m/monochrome" title="Glossary definition for 'Monochrome'"><span>monochrome</span></a> <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/m/medium" title="Glossary definition for 'Medium'"><span>media</span></a> on toned <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/paper" title="Glossary definition for 'Paper'"><span>paper</span></a>. Here Turner has captured the vivid effect of sunlight on the walls of the fortress beside the Drac, and observed the bustling life of the river.</p>
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adults Alps architecture boat - non-specific bridge bridges and viaducts cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents figure France Grenoble - non-specific group groups landscape mountain natural features (non-UK) people places river River Isère society townscape townscapes / man-made features transport: water water: inland
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