Watercolour on paper
Grand Canal and Giudecca Sketchbook
Grand Canal and Giudecca Sketchbook
Venice, Austria and Southern Germany 1840
Venice, Austria and Southern Germany 1840
Grand Canal and Giudecca Sketchbook
Italy
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 Boat near Santa Marta Venice
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
boat, fishing
boat, sailing
canal
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
industrial
Italy
natural phenomena
places
reflection
society
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
Venice - non-specific
Venice, Grand Canal
<p>In August 1840 Turner crossed the Channel to Rotterdam, and travelled up the Rhine on what was to be his last journey to Italy, the country that had inspired so much of his work. His destination was Venice, where he arrived on 20 August. Venice was then a city of crumbling palaces, fitting well Turner's typically Romantic fascination with the decline of once great civilisations. He spent two weeks in the city, staying at the Hotel Europa. During this time he made an extensive series of richly coloured watercolours of every part of the serene city. They show Venice under a variety of atmospheric conditions, from the haziness of dawn to the crisp sunlight of midday, and finally the voluptuous colouring of twilight and the setting sun.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
9 October 2003 – 30 May 2004
2004-05-30
9 October 2003 – 11 January 2004
2004-01-11
2003-10-09
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
15 February 2004 – 30 May 2004
2004-05-30
2004-02-15
Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, USA)
http://www.kimbellart.org
2003-10-09
Turner and Venice
Exhibition
A Boat ?near Santa Marta, Venice
support: 222 × 321 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>In August 1840 Turner crossed the Channel to Rotterdam, and travelled up the Rhine on what was to be his last journey to Italy, the country that had inspired so much of his work. His destination was Venice, where he arrived on 20 August. Venice was then a city of crumbling palaces, fitting well Turner's typically <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/r/romanticism" title="Glossary definition for 'Romanticism'"><span>Romantic</span></a> fascination with the decline of once great civilisations. He spent two weeks in the city, staying at the Hotel Europa. During this time he made an extensive series of richly coloured <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>watercolours</span></a> of every part of the serene city. They show Venice under a variety of atmospheric conditions, from the haziness of dawn to the crisp sunlight of midday, and finally the voluptuous colouring of twilight and the setting sun.</p>
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architecture boat, fishing boat, sailing canal cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents industrial Italy natural phenomena places reflection society townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features transport: water Venice, Grand Canal Venice - non-specific
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