Watercolour on paper
Figures on a Beach c.1826-45
Figures on a Beach c.1826-45
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>
Figures in a Storm
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
figure
landscape
landscape - non-specific
people
storm
weather
<p>Minimalist in its mark-making and colour scheme, this study reveals Turner as a master of watercolour. He has worked his pigment hastily onto a wet wash, allowing colours to bleed and radiate outwards to capture the atmospheric effects of a coastal downpour with watery shadows and reflections.</p><p>This watercolour belongs to a period when Turner was experimenting like never before with the watercolour medium in the privacy of his studio: he would not have intended works like this to be put on public display.</p><p><em>Gallery label, October 2013</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
2002-08-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-08-12
Turner Watercolours
Collection based display
23 March 2005 – 16 October 2005
2005-10-16
23 March 2005 – 16 October 2005
2005-10-16
2005-03-23
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
2005-03-23
Turner and the Sea
Collection based display
4 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
4 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
2007-06-04
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2007-06-04
Hockney on Turner
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
3 May 2013 – 29 March 2015
2015-03-29
3 May 2013 – 29 March 2015
2015-03-29
2013-05-03
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2013-05-03
Gallery 8
Collection based display
29 March 2019 – 5 October 2019
2019-10-05
29 March 2019 – 23 June 2019
2019-06-23
2019-03-29
York Art Gallery (York, UK)
http://www.york.art.museum
11 July 2019 – 5 October 2019
2019-10-05
2019-07-11
Abbot Hall Art Gallery (Kendal, UK)
http://www.abbothall.org.uk
2019-03-29
Turner, Ruskin and the Storm Cloud of the Modern World
Loan-out
Figures in a Storm
support: 354 × 507 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>Minimalist in its mark-making and colour scheme, this study reveals Turner as a master of watercolour. He has worked his pigment hastily onto a wet wash, allowing colours to bleed and radiate outwards to capture the atmospheric effects of a coastal downpour with watery shadows and reflections. </p>
<p>This watercolour belongs to a period when Turner was experimenting like never before with the watercolour medium in the privacy of his studio: he would not have intended works like this to be put on public display.</p>
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adults figure landscape landscape - non-specific people storm weather
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