Watercolour on paper
Southern Coast Colour Studies c.1811-28
Southern Coast Colour Studies c.1811-28
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>
A Rough Sea off Brighton or Deal
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
sea
seascapes and coasts
storm
wave
weather
<p>Turner often used the technique of brushing a second colour onto wet paper before the first wash has dried, known as ‘wet in wet’, in his sea studies. In particular he employs it to great effect when painting a changing sky where one colour diffuses into another.</p><p>He also drives the wet watercolour around the paper with his brush or his fingers so that the direction of the paint echoes the restless energy of the waves and the transient patterns of the sky.</p><p><em>Gallery label, April 2005</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
12 January 2004 – 17 May 2004
2004-05-17
12 January 2004
2004-01-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2004-01-12
Turner and Williamson
Collection based display
12 June 2004 – 30 August 2004
2004-08-30
12 June 2004 – 30 August 2004
2004-08-30
2004-06-12
Lady Lever Art Gallery (Port Sunlight, UK)
2004-06-12
Turner and Williamson
Loan-out
23 March 2005 – 16 October 2005
2005-10-16
23 March 2005 – 16 October 2005
2005-10-16
2005-03-23
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
2005-03-23
Turner and the Sea
Collection based display
5 May 2012 – 24 March 2013
2013-03-24
5 May 2012 – 24 March 2013
2013-03-24
2012-05-05
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2012-05-05
Turner as chosen by Vija Celmins
Collection based display
21 November 2013 – 1 September 2014
2014-09-01
21 November 2013 – 21 April 2014
2014-04-21
2013-11-21
National Maritime Museum (London, UK)
http://www.nmm.ac.uk
4 June 2014 – 1 September 2014
2014-09-01
2014-06-04
Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, USA)
http://www.pem.org
2013-11-21
Turner and Marine Painting: Imagining the Sea, 1796 - 1899
Loan-out
13 October 2017 – 14 January 2018
2018-01-14
13 October 2017 – 14 January 2018
2018-01-14
2017-10-13
Turner Contemporary (Margate, UK)
2017-10-13
My Bed
Loan-out
16 October 2021 – 14 July 2023
2023-07-14
16 October 2021 – 6 March 2022
2022-03-06
2021-10-16
ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum (Aarhus, Denmark)
18 May 2022 – 11 September 2022
2022-09-11
2022-05-18
Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain)
http://www.mnac.es
3 March 2023 – 25 June 2023
2023-06-25
2023-03-03
Fondation Pierre Gianadda (Martigny, Switzerland)
2021-10-16
Turner Watercolours: Sun is God
Tate partnerships & programmes
A Rough Sea ?off Brighton or Deal
support: 143 × 217 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
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<span class="text7">Turner often used the technique of brushing a second      colour onto wet paper before the first wash has dried, known as </span><span class="text6">‘wet in wet’, in his sea studies.</span><span class="text0"> In particular</span><span class="text7"> </span><span class="text6">he employs it to great effect when painting</span><span class="text7"> a changing sky where one colour diffuses into another. </span>
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<span class="text7">He also drives the wet watercolour around the paper      with his brush or his fingers so that the direction of the paint echoes the      restless energy of the waves and the transient patterns of the sky. </span>
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sea seascapes and coasts storm wave weather
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