Gouache and watercolour on paper
Colour Studies of Clouds, Storms and a Rainbow
Colour Studies of the Sun, Skies and Clouds c..1815-45
Colour Studies of Clouds, Storms and a Rainbow
Colour Studies of the Sun, Skies and Clouds c..1815-45
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>
Rain Clouds Approaching over a Landscape
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
cloud
landscape
landscape - non-specific
sky
storm
weather
<p>This colour study is typical of the hundreds of experimental sketches  that Turner habitually made as part of  his process of painting in watercolour. He used them to test how his paper reacted to his colours, to lay out compositions, and to recreate atmospheric effects. Many were produced in batches, with Turner moving from sheet to sheet as  if he was on a production line.</p><p>Turner had always been greatly  interested in the sky but, like his contemporary John Constable, his  interest in making cloud and sky  studies seems to have been especially heightened in the years around 1820.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique gouache watercolour
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
2002-08-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-08-12
Turner Watercolours
Collection based display
6 June 2004 – 8 May 2005
2005-05-08
6 June 2004 – 12 September 2004
2004-09-12
2004-06-06
Jenisch Haus (Hamburg, Germany)
6 June 2004 – 12 September 2004
2004-09-12
2004-06-06
Bucerius Kunst Forum (Hamburg, Germany)
http://www.buceriuskunstforum.de
24 September 2004 – 30 January 2005
2005-01-30
2004-09-24
Alte Nationalgalerie (Berlin, Germany)
26 February 2005 – 8 May 2005
2005-05-08
2005-02-26
Aargauer Kunsthaus (Aarau, Switzerland)
http://www.aargauerkunsthaus.ch
2004-06-06
Cloud Images
Loan-out
4 October 2007 – 13 January 2008
2008-01-13
4 October 2007 – 13 January 2008
2008-01-13
2007-10-04
Fundación Juan March (Madrid, Spain)
http://www.march.es
2007-10-04
The romantic landscape
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
8 October 2022 – 5 February 2023
2023-02-05
2022-10-08
National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin, Ireland)
http://www.nationalgallery.ie
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
Rain Clouds Approaching over a Landscape
support: 182 × 226 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>
This colour study is typical of the hundreds of experimental sketches <br/>
that Turner habitually made as part of <br/>
his process of <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>painting</span></a> 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 used them to test how 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/p/paper" title="Glossary definition for 'Paper'"><span>paper</span></a> reacted to his colours, to lay out <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>compositions</span></a>, and to recreate atmospheric effects. Many were produced in batches, with Turner moving from sheet to sheet as <br/>
if he was on a production line.</p>
<p>
 </p>
<p>
Turner had always been greatly <br/>
interested in the sky but, like his contemporary John Constable, his <br/>
interest in making cloud and sky <br/>
studies seems to have been especially heightened in the years around 1820.</p>
<p>
 </p>
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cloud landscape landscape - non-specific sky storm weather
CCLXIII 337