Watercolour and gouache on paper
France
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>
Lighthouse at Marseilles Sea
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
boat, sailing
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
cliff
countries and continents
fortification
France
lighthouse
Marseille
military
places
public and municipal
sea
seascapes and coasts
society
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
<p>Turner's route to Rome in 1828 took him via the Mediterranean coast of France during the humid days of August and September. He wrote, 'I must see the South of France, which almost knocked me up, and the heat was so intense particularly at Nismes and Avignon; and until I got a plunge into the sea at Marseilles, I felt so weak that nothing but the change of scene kept me onwards to my distant point'. Many of the colour sketches resulting from his waterborne journey along the coast are striking for their vivid and often unusual use of colour.</p><p><em>Gallery label, January 1991</em></p>
paper unique watercolour gouache
18 August 2009 – 19 July 2010
2010-07-19
18 August 2009 – 19 July 2010
2010-07-19
2009-08-18
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2009-08-18
Watercolours
Collection based display
28 October 2023 – 10 March 2024
2024-03-10
28 October 2023 – 10 March 2024
2024-03-10
2023-10-28
Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus (Munich, Germany)
2023-10-28
Turner at Lenbachhaus Munich
Loan-out
The Lighthouse at Marseilles from the Sea
support: 142 × 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>Turner's route to Rome in 1828 took him via the Mediterranean coast of France during the humid days of August and September. He wrote, 'I must see the South of France, which almost knocked me up, and the heat was so intense particularly at Nismes and Avignon; and until I got a plunge into the sea at Marseilles, I felt so weak that nothing but the change of scene kept me onwards to my distant point'. Many of the colour sketches resulting from his waterborne journey along the coast are striking for their vivid and often unusual use of colour.</p>
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architecture boat, sailing cities, towns, villages (non-UK) cliff countries and continents fortification France lighthouse Marseille military places public and municipal sea seascapes and coasts society townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features transport: water
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