Watercolour and graphite on paper
Switzerland
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>
Pink Rigi
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Alps
countries and continents
lake
Lake Lucerne
landscape
mountain
natural features (non-UK)
places
Rigi
sunset
Switzerland
times of the day
water: inland
<p>Turner visited Lucerne on all his Swiss tours of the 1840s, usually staying at an inn called Le Cygne, 'the Swan', on the shore of the lake. From here he could look across the water to one of the most famous mountains in Switzerland, the Rigi. He was captivated by its apparently changing colours under different conditions of light, and by the gentle mists which often surround it. Turner made many watercolour studies of it. They usually show the Rigi at sunrise or sunset when the mountain is at its most magical, and when he could explore the dramatic sky effects and reflections on the lake. The 1842 set of finished watercolours included no fewer than three views of the Rigi, based on studies made at the same time as the exhibited drawing.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour graphite
26 May 2003 – 8 December 2003
2003-12-08
26 May 2003
2003-05-26
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2003-05-26
British Watercolours: Turner and his Contemporaries around 1840
Collection based display
22 January 2007 – 25 March 2007
2007-03-25
22 January 2007 – 25 March 2007
2007-03-25
2007-01-22
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2007-01-22
JMW Turner: The Three Rigis
Collection based display
The Pink Rigi
support: 249 × 374 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 visited Lucerne on all his Swiss tours of the 1840s, usually staying at an inn called Le Cygne, 'the Swan', on the shore of the lake. From here he could look across the water to one of the most famous mountains in Switzerland, the Rigi. He was captivated by its apparently changing colours under different conditions of light, and by the gentle mists which often surround it. Turner made many <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> studies of it. They usually show the Rigi at sunrise or sunset when the mountain is at its most magical, and when he could explore the dramatic sky effects and reflections on the lake. The 1842 set of finished watercolours included no fewer than three views of the Rigi, based on studies made at the same time as the exhibited <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>.</p>
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Alps countries and continents lake Lake Lucerne landscape mountain natural features (non-UK) places Rigi sunset Switzerland times of the day water: inland
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