Gouache and watercolour on paper
?South of France and Italy c.1820-41
?South of France and Italy c.1820-41
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>
Coastal Terrain South France or Italy
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
coast
figure
group
groups
Mediterranean Sea
natural features (non-UK)
people
places
sea
seascapes and coasts
<p>Turner may have painted these sea studies on one of his many visits to the coast in the 1830s. He would have carried large sheets of blue paper with him on his travels. These could be folded and torn into a number of smaller sheets.</p><p>Over the course of his career Turner experimented with many different coloured papers. He particularly liked the variety of effects he could achieve with watercolour and gouache applied onto a blue ground. The darker surface allowed him to use white highlights to great effect when painting foaming waves or the reflection of moonlight.</p><p><em>Gallery label, April 2005</em></p>
paper unique gouache watercolour
23 March 2005 – 16 October 2005
2005-10-16
23 March 2005 – 16 October 2005
2005-10-16
2005-03-23
Tate Britain (London, UK)
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Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
2005-03-23
Turner and the Sea
Collection based display
Coastal Terrain, ?South of France or Italy
support: 140 × 194 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
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<span class="text0">Turner may have painted these sea studies on one of his      many visits to the coast in the 1830s. He would have carried large sheets      of blue paper with him on his travels. These could be folded and torn into      a number of smaller sheets. </span>
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<span class="text0">Over the course of his career Turner experimented with      many different coloured papers. He particularly liked the variety of      effects he could achieve with watercolour and gouache applied onto a blue      ground. The darker surface allowed him to use white highlights to great      effect when painting foaming waves or the reflection of moonlight. </span>
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adults coast figure group groups Mediterranean Sea natural features (non-UK) people places sea seascapes and coasts
CCLIX 42