Gouache and watercolour on paper
Colour Studies of the Sun and Clouds at Dawn and Sunset
Colour Studies of the Sun and Clouds at Dawn and Sunset
Colour Studies of the Sun, Skies and Clouds c..1815-45
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>
A Sunset Sky over a Landscape
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
landscape
landscape - non-specific
sunset
times of the day
<p>Turner was one of the first artists to paint the same motif at different times of the day in order to observe the changing effects of light. This group of watercolours repeats the same pictorial formula at sunrise, sunset, twilight and moonlight.</p><p>A natural structure is imposed by the simple unbroken line of the horizon separating the composition into a lower and upper plane. Turner reinforces the emphasis on the horizontal by applying the watercolour in bold bands of contrasting colour.</p><p><em>Gallery label, April 2005</em></p>
paper unique gouache watercolour
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
5 May 2012 – 24 March 2013
2013-03-24
5 May 2012 – 24 March 2013
2013-03-24
2012-05-05
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2012-05-05
Turner as chosen by Vija Celmins
Collection based display
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
A Sunset Sky over a Landscape
support: 248 × 351 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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<span class="text4">Turner was one of the first artists to paint the same      motif at different times of the day in order to observe the changing      effects of light. This group of watercolours repeats the same pictorial      formula at sunrise, sunset, twilight and moonlight. </span>
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<span class="text4">A natural structure is imposed by the simple unbroken      line of the horizon separating the composition into a lower and upper      plane. Turner reinforces the emphasis on the horizontal by applying the      watercolour in bold bands of contrasting colour. </span>
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landscape landscape - non-specific sunset times of the day
CCLXIII 207