Watercolour on paper
River Rhine Colour Studies c.1819-24
River Rhine Colour Studies c.1819-24
Germany
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>
Burg Sooneck with Bacharach in Distance
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Bacharach - non-specific
Burg Sooneck
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
Germany
hill
landscape
man-made landmarks (non-UK)
mountain
natural features (non-UK)
places
river
River Rhine
water: inland
<p>Turner's larger and more elaborate watercolours were usually preceded by coloured studies in which he worked out the essential features of his composition. In no.16 the upper study can easily be related to the finished drawing of Burg Sooneck (no.17) but the lower one shows only the bands of coloured washes which were his habitual starting-point. The colour arrangements of both preparatory studies are similar to that of the finished watercolour, but the larger colour study is closer to it in the composition of the hillside on the left.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
8 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
8 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
2007-06-08
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2007-06-08
Home and Abroad 1815-30
Collection based display
Burg Sooneck with Bacharach in the Distance
support: 403 × 567 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>Turner's larger and more elaborate <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>watercolours</span></a> were usually preceded by coloured studies in which he worked out the essential features of 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/c/composition" title="Glossary definition for 'Composition'"><span>composition</span></a>. In no.16 the upper study can easily be related to the finished <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> of Burg Sooneck (no.17) but the lower one shows only the bands of coloured washes which were his habitual starting-point. The colour arrangements of both preparatory studies are similar to that of the finished watercolour, but the larger colour study is closer to it in the composition of the hillside on the left.</p>
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Bacharach - non-specific Burg Sooneck cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents Germany hill landscape man-made landmarks (non-UK) mountain natural features (non-UK) places river River Rhine water: inland
CCLXIII 182