Graphite on paper
Life Class (1) Sketchbook [Finberg CCLXXIX (a)]
Life Class (1) Sketchbook [Finberg CCLXXIX (a)]
Margate and Life Drawing c.1830-40
Margate and Life Drawing c.1830-40
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Life Class (1) Sketchbook [Finberg CCLXXIX (a)]
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>
Figure Sea and Sky
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
figure
landscape
people
sky
sunset
times of the day
<p>In this group of studies Turner has managed to capture the final moments of the sun before it disappears below the horizon at the end of the day. The last seconds appear to have been obscured by a bank of cloud. In the fifth volume of 'Modern Painters' Ruskin analysed a similar, apparently slight sketch of a sunrise, declaring that 'I suppose most persons would not see much in it'. He, nevertheless, drew his readers' attention to the importance of such studies, claiming that they helped to fix in Turner's mind vital information which he was then at liberty to call on in his paintings.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite
Figure; Sea and Sky
support: 111 × 86 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 this group of studies Turner has managed to capture the final moments of the sun before it disappears below the horizon at the end of the day. The last seconds appear to have been obscured by a bank of cloud. In the fifth volume of 'Modern Painters' Ruskin analysed a similar, apparently slight sketch of a sunrise, declaring that 'I suppose most persons would not see much in it'. He, nevertheless, drew his readers' attention to the importance of such studies, claiming that they helped to fix in Turner's mind vital information which he was then at liberty to call on in 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/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>paintings</span></a>.</p>
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CCLXXIX a 63 a