Watercolour, gouache and pen and watercolour on paper
Loose Studies of Northern France
Loose Studies of Northern France
Northern France c.1826-32
Northern France c.1826-32
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>
Dancing Peasants Brittany
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
actions: postures and motions
adults
architecture
Brittany
child
children
church
countries and continents
dance
dress: nations/regions
fine arts and music
France, Brittany
group
groups
instrument, drum
instrument, violin
leisure and pastimes
man
music
music and entertainment
objects
people
places
religious
sitting
society
square
standing
townscapes / man-made features
woman
<p>During his travels Turner was always interested in the distinctive qualities of local dress, occasionally making it a separate area of study. As well as this subject, there are sketches of the decorative headwear worn by Breton ladies in Turner's sketchbooks. The lively and humourous group in this work are caught in a celebratory dance, the image acting as a kind of snap-shot of traditional Breton life, much like the images tourists continue to appreciate. The second half of the 1820s was a period when Turner was particularly concerned with figure subjects, both in his oil paintings and his watercolours, although contemporary critics sometimes derided his efforts.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour gouache pen
26 October 2013 – 14 September 2014
2014-09-14
26 October 2013 – 14 September 2014
2014-09-14
2013-10-26
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2013-10-26
The Nature of Common Life: Drawing the Everyday 1800 - 60
Collection based display
Dancing Peasants, Brittany
support: 132 × 190 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 his travels Turner was always interested in  the distinctive qualities of local dress,  occasionally making it a separate area of study.  As well as this subject, there are sketches of  the decorative headwear worn by Breton ladies in  Turner's sketchbooks. The lively and humourous  group in this work are caught in a celebratory  dance, the image acting as a kind of snap-shot of  traditional Breton life, much like the images  tourists continue to appreciate. The second half  of the 1820s was a period when Turner was  particularly concerned with figure subjects, both  in his oil <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/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>paintings</span></a> and 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/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolours</span></a>,  although contemporary critics sometimes derided  his efforts.</p>
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actions: postures and motions adults architecture Brittany child children church countries and continents dance dress: nations/regions fine arts and music France, Brittany group groups instrument, drum instrument, violin leisure and pastimes man music music and entertainment objects people places religious sitting society square standing townscapes / man-made features woman
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