Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Oil paintings
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Turner owned by Tate
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a Bank with Gipsies
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
animals: mammals
architecture
campfire
cliff
cow
ethnicity
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gypsy
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<p>Turner depicts a rough and untidy landscape in this small and sketchy painting. Turner was interested in the 'picturesque'. This was an artistic idea that was fashionable at the time. Picturesque paintings showed landscapes that were beautiful but with some elements of wildness. This picture was probably first shown in Turner's Gallery in 1809. Turner’s focus is on light and contrast. The figures of the people are barely visible in the black shadows. The smoke from their fire can just be made out. The word ‘Gipsies’ used in the title is now widely acknowledged as an offensive term for Roma people. Turner probably included them to enhance the picturesque atmosphere, drawing on stereotypes of this community as wild and mysterious.</p><p><em>Gallery label, July 2020</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
30 July 2001 – 23 June 2002
2002-06-23
30 July 2001 – 23 June 2002
2002-06-23
2001-07-30
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2001-07-30
Painting the English Landscape
Collection based display
14 April 2012 – 8 March 2020
2020-03-08
14 April 2012 – 8 March 2020
2020-03-08
2012-04-14
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2012-04-14
Turner as a British Artist
Collection based display
1 September 2020 – 20 November 2022
2022-11-20
1 September 2020
2020-09-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2020-09-01
Clore 103
Collection based display
26 October 2024 – 5 January 2025
2025-01-05
26 October 2024 – 5 January 2025
2025-01-05
2024-10-26
Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum (Worcester, UK)
2024-10-26
Atchin Tan- Travelling Through Art
Loan-out
Sketch of a Bank, with Gipsies
support: 613 × 838 mm
frame: 967 × 1180 × 133 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
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<p>Turner depicts a rough and untidy landscape in this small and sketchy painting. Turner was interested in the 'picturesque'. This was an artistic idea that was fashionable at the time. Picturesque paintings showed landscapes that were beautiful but with some elements of wildness. This picture was probably first shown in Turner's Gallery in 1809. Turner’s focus is on light and contrast. The figures of the people are barely visible in the black shadows. The smoke from their fire can just be made out. The word ‘Gipsies’ used in the title is now widely acknowledged as an offensive term for Roma people. Turner probably included them to enhance the picturesque atmosphere, drawing on stereotypes of this community as wild and mysterious.</p>
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<p><b>82. </b>[<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-sketch-of-a-bank-with-gipsies-n00467" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N00467</span></a>]<b> Sketch of a Bank, with Gipsies</b> Exh. 1809?
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<br/>THE TATE GALLERY, LONDON (467)
<br/>Canvas, 24 1/2 × 33 (61·5 × 84)
<br/><b>Coll.</b> Turner Bequest 1856 (?89, ‘Cows on a Hill’ 4'9 1/2" × 3'0 1/2"); transferred to the Tate Gallery 1910.</p>
<p><b>Exh.</b> ?Turner's gallery 1809 (1); Tate Gallery 1931 (41); Amsterdam, Berne, Paris, Brussels, Liege (14), Venice and Rome (16) 1947–8; Arts Council tour 1952 (8); Tate Gallery 1973–4 (205, repr.).</p>
<p><b>Engr.</b> Etched by Turner for the <i>Liber Studiorum</i> R.91, but not published (two impressions repr. Finberg 1924, pp. 364–5).</p>
<p><b>Lit.</b> Thornbury 1862, i, p. 262; 1877, p. 418; Armstrong 1902, p. 228; MacColl 1920, p. 4; Finberg 1924, p. 365, repr. p. 364; Rothenstein and Butlin 1964, p. 27; Gage 1965, p. 79; Lindsay 1966, p. 106.</p>
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<p>Probably the work of this title exhibited at Turner's gallery in 1809. Perhaps in part based on sketches in the ‘Cows’ sketchbook (LXII, especially pp. 10 and 13 for the left-hand cow).</p>
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Martin Butlin and Evelyn Joll, <i>The Paintings of J.M.W. Turner</i>, revised ed., New Haven and London 1984
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Catalogue entry
2004-07-14T00:00:00
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adults animals: mammals architecture campfire cliff cow ethnicity fence figure gypsy heating and lighting landscape objects people sunshine townscapes / man-made features weather