Graphite and watercolour on paper
Switzerland
Italy
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
<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>
Pass Splügen Sample
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
building - non-specific
countries and continents
features
Italy
landscape
mountain
natural features (non-UK)
places
rocky
Splügen Pass
Switzerland
tower
townscapes / man-made features
valley
<p>One of the Swiss subjects Turner completed in 1842, as a specimen of his new style, was based on this study. When Ruskin saw the finished work he was very keen to acquire it, but delayed acting until he had sought his father's approval. By that time it had been bought by H.A.J.Munro of Novar. Ruskin felt this loss particularly deeply because he considered the watercolour to be 'the noblest Alpine drawing Turner had ever till then made' and 'the best Swiss landscape yet painted by man'. It was not until 1878, when Munro's collection was sold at Christie's, that a group of Ruskin's admirers were able to present him with the watercolour (now in a private collection).</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
10 September 2014 – 20 September 2015
2015-09-20
10 September 2014 – 25 January 2015
2015-01-25
2014-09-10
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
24 February 2015 – 24 May 2015
2015-05-24
2015-02-24
J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, USA)
20 June 2015 – 20 September 2015
2015-09-20
2015-06-20
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum (San Francisco, USA)
http://www.famsf.org
2014-09-10
Late Turner: Painting Set Free
Exhibition
24 February 2015 – 31 January 2016
2016-01-31
24 February 2015 – 24 May 2015
2015-05-24
2015-02-24
J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, USA)
20 June 2015 – 20 September 2015
2015-09-20
2015-06-20
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum
31 October 2015 – 31 January 2016
2016-01-31
2015-10-31
Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto, Canada)
http://www.ago.net
2015-02-24
Late Turner
Loan-out
The Pass of the Splügen: Sample Study
support: 243 × 304 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>One of the Swiss subjects Turner completed in 1842, as a specimen of his new style, was based on this study. When Ruskin saw the finished work he was very keen to acquire it, but delayed acting until he had sought his father's approval. By that time it had been bought by H.A.J.Munro of Novar. Ruskin felt this loss particularly deeply because he considered the <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> to be 'the noblest Alpine <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>drawing</span></a> Turner had ever till then made' and 'the best Swiss <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscape</span></a> yet painted by man'. It was not until 1878, when Munro's collection was sold at Christie's, that a group of Ruskin's admirers were able to present him with the watercolour (now in a private collection).</p>
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architecture building - non-specific countries and continents features Italy landscape mountain natural features (non-UK) places rocky Splügen Pass Switzerland tower townscapes / man-made features valley
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