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Joseph Mallord William Turner
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<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>
Landscape with Lake and Fallen Tree
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
abstraction
bank
from recognisable sources
lake
landscape
tree
water: inland
<p>This is a 'lay-in' (or ground work) for a small picture of a historical landscape, left unfinished by Turner. He experimented with a brighter palette as he set out the foundations of the composition, working over a pale ground. The design may echo Richard Wilson's famous picture The Destruction of Niobe's Children; the dark blur at upper left approximates to Wilson's cloud bearing Apollo and Diana. In the early 1790s Wilson's picture belonged to the Keeper of the Royal Academy, Joseph Wilton. It was also reproduced in a print by William Woollett, which Turner greatly admired.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
18 June 2001 – 14 July 2002
2002-07-14
18 June 2001 – 14 July 2002
2002-07-14
2001-06-18
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2001-06-18
From Studio to Gallery: Sketches in the Turner Bequest
Collection based display
10 April 2006 – 12 March 2007
2007-03-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2006-04-10
Impressions and Ideas Turner's Oil Sketches and Studies
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
6 July 2024 – 15 January 2028
2028-01-15
6 July 2024 – 1 September 2024
2024-09-01
2024-07-06
Grimaldi Forum (Monaco, Monaco)
30 September 2024 – 7 May 2025
2025-05-07
2024-09-30
Museum of Art Pudong (Shanghai, China)
21 June 2025 – 5 October 2025
2025-10-05
2025-06-21
Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art (Brisbane, Australia)
1 June 2026 – 1 October 2026
2026-10-01
2026-06-01
External
15 November 2026 – 15 March 2027
2027-03-15
2026-11-15
External
1 May 2027 – 1 September 2027
2027-09-01
2027-05-01
External
15 October 2027 – 15 January 2028
2028-01-15
2027-10-15
External
2024-07-06
Turner's Sublime Legacy
Tate partnerships & programmes
Landscape with Lake and Fallen Tree
support: 391 × 606 mm
frame: 535 × 750 × 70 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>This is a 'lay-in' (or ground work) for a small  picture of a historical <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>, left unfinished  by Turner. He experimented with a brighter  palette as he set out the foundations of 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/c/composition" title="Glossary definition for 'Composition'"><span>composition</span></a>, working over a pale ground.  The design may echo Richard Wilson's famous picture The Destruction of Niobe's Children;  the dark blur at upper left approximates  to Wilson's cloud bearing Apollo and Diana.  In the early 1790s Wilson's picture belonged  to the Keeper of the Royal Academy,  Joseph Wilton. It was also reproduced  in a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>print</span></a> by William Woollett, which Turner  greatly admired. </p>
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<p><b>39</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-landscape-with-lake-and-fallen-tree-n03557" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N03557</span></a>]<b> Landscape with Lake and Fallen Tree</b> <i>c.</i>
1800?
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<br/>THE TATE GALLERY, LONDON (3557)
<br/>Canvas, 15 3/8 × 23 7/8 (39 × 60·5)</p>
<p><b>Coll.</b> Turner Bequest 1856 (? 166, I unspecified 2'1" × 1'4"); transferred to the Tate Gallery 1919.</p>
<p><b>Exh.</b> New Zealand (3), Australia and South Africa (54) 1936–9; Paris 1953 (70, repr. pl. 35).</p>
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<p>Formerly called ‘Lake Scene: A Fallen Tree’. Apparently left unfinished and also rather worn, this picture is probably rather earlier than it at first appears. 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/c/composition" title="Glossary definition for 'Composition'"><span>composition</span></a> and particularly the reclining figure with raised leg still reflect the influence of Wilson, and the picture lacks 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/c/classicism" title="Glossary definition for 'Classicism'"><span>classicising</span></a> tendencies of the works following Turner's studies in the Louvre in 1802.</p>
<p>
<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
2004-10-05T00:00:00
catalogue-entry
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abstraction bank from recognisable sources lake landscape tree water: inland