Watercolour and graphite on paper
Fribourg, Lausanne and Geneva Sketchbook
Fribourg, Lausanne and Geneva Sketchbook
Switzerland
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>
Geneva Jura Mountains and Isle Rousseau Sunset
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
architecture
boat - non-specific
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
figure
Geneva - non-specific
Jura Mountains
lake
Lake Geneva
landscape
mountain
natural features (non-UK)
natural phenomena
people
places
reflection
rocky
society
Switzerland
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
water: inland
waterfront
<p>During the early 1840s, Turner travelled  to Switzerland almost every year. He made lengthy tours of its lakes and  alpine valleys. On all these journeys he sketched extensively, sometimes even working on the spot in colour. However, he usually preferred to add colour to  his pencil outlines later, indoors.</p><p>Many of these studies, including this sheet, were once part of soft-bound sketchbooks that were only broken  up after Turner's death. Although this image can be related to a specific  place, Turner seems more concerned  with creating a balance between the various intense colours.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour graphite
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
6 July 2019 – 2 May 2021
2021-05-02
6 July 2019 – 13 October 2019
2019-10-13
2019-07-06
Kunstmuseum (Luzern, Switzerland)
http://www.kunstmuseumluzern.ch
8 November 2019 – 26 January 2020
2020-01-26
2019-11-08
LWL-Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Westfälisches (Munster, Germany)
http://landesmuseum.lwl.org
20 February 2020 – 7 September 2020
2020-09-07
2020-02-20
Frist Center for the Visual Arts (Nashville, USA)
15 October 2020 – 2 May 2021
2021-05-02
2020-10-15
Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec (Québec, Canada)
http://www.mnba.qc.ca
2019-07-06
The Sea and the Alps: Turner's Quest for the Sublime
Tate partnerships & programmes
Geneva, the Jura Mountains and Isle Rousseau, Sunset
support: 228 × 293 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>
During the early 1840s, Turner travelled <br/>
to Switzerland almost every year. He made lengthy tours of its lakes and <br/>
alpine valleys. On all these journeys he sketched extensively, sometimes even working on the spot in colour. However, he usually preferred to add colour to <br/>
his <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/graphite" title="Glossary definition for 'Graphite'"><span>pencil</span></a> outlines later, indoors.</p>
<p>
 </p>
<p>
Many of these studies, including this sheet, were once part of soft-bound sketchbooks that were only broken <br/>
up after Turner's death. Although this image can be related to a specific <br/>
place, Turner seems more concerned <br/>
with creating a balance between the various intense colours.</p>
<p>
 </p>
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2004-09-08T00:00:00
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adults architecture boat - non-specific cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents figure Geneva - non-specific Jura Mountains lake Lake Geneva landscape mountain natural features (non-UK) natural phenomena people places reflection rocky society Switzerland townscapes / man-made features transport: water waterfront water: inland
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