Graphite and watercolour on paper
Watercolours and Drawings Related to the 1797 North of England Tour, and Other Subjects
Watercolours and Drawings Related to the 1797 North of England Tour, and Other Subjects
North of England 1797-1801
North of England 1797-1801
Leeds
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>
Ruins Kirkstall Abbey at Night
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
abbey
adults
animals: mammals
architecture
cow
England
figure
Kirkstall, Kirkstall Abbey
Leeds
night
people
periods and styles
places
religious
religious
Romanesque
ruins
times of the day
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
<p>Both these studies can be traced back to pencil memoranda in the 1797 sketchbooks. In the case of the view of Bolton Abbey, Turner's drawing on the spot was little more than a hasty outline, which allowed him greater freedom in his imaginative realisation of the subject in watercolour. He seems to be experimenting in both works with the depiction of forms under subdued lighting conditions where the eye does not expect so much detail. In the view of Kirkstall Abbey he has attempted to transform an upright composition into a landscape format, but the resulting image does not entirely resolve the problems of scale and is such a distorted record of Kirkstall that it has resisted identification until now.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
4 March 2014 – 18 May 2014
2014-05-18
4 March 2014 – 18 May 2014
2014-05-18
2014-03-04
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2014-03-04
Ruin Lust
Exhibition
25 May 2019 – 31 August 2020
2020-08-31
25 May 2019 – 13 October 2019
2019-10-13
2019-05-25
Granary Gallery (Berwick-upon-Tweed, UK)
26 October 2019 – 5 January 2020
2020-01-05
2019-10-26
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust (Carlisle, UK)
18 January 2020 – 31 August 2020
2020-08-31
2020-01-18
Mercer Art Gallery (Harrogate, UK)
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2019-05-25
Turner - Northern Exposure
Loan-out
The Ruins of Kirkstall Abbey at Night
support: 214 × 290 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>Both these studies can be traced back to <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/graphite" title="Glossary definition for 'Graphite'"><span>pencil</span></a> memoranda in the 1797 sketchbooks. In the case of the view of Bolton Abbey, Turner's <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> on the spot was little more than a hasty outline, which allowed him greater freedom in his imaginative realisation of the subject in <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>watercolour</span></a>. He seems to be experimenting in both works with the depiction of forms under subdued lighting conditions where the eye does not expect so much detail. In the view of Kirkstall Abbey he has attempted to transform an upright <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> into 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/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscape</span></a> format, but the resulting image does not entirely resolve the problems of scale and is such a distorted record of Kirkstall that it has resisted identification until now.</p>
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