Watercolour on paper
Colour Studies of the Sun and Clouds at Dawn and Sunset
Colour Studies of the Sun and Clouds at Dawn and Sunset
Colour Studies of the Sun, Skies and Clouds c..1815-45
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>
Sun Rising or Setting over Water
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
landscape
sea
seascapes and coasts
sky
sunset
times of the day
<p>While Constable is well known for his studies of clouds made during the 1820s, many pages in Turner's notebooks record this kind of subject as an ever-present concern of his work. Ruskin wrote that the scientific delineation of 'the aspects of sunset and sunrise, with all their attendant phenomena of cloud and mist' was a central obsession in contemporary art. It is easy to see in these studies how Turner was able to recreate the effects of clouded skies in the finished watercolours for projects such as the 'Rivers of England' and the 'Picturesque Views in England and Wales'.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
5 August 2017 – 16 December 2017
2017-12-16
5 August 2017 – 15 October 2017
2017-10-15
2017-08-05
The Arc, Winchester (Winchester, UK)
21 October 2017 – 16 December 2017
2017-12-16
2017-10-21
The Willis Museum (Basingstoke, UK)
2017-08-05
Turner and the Sun
Loan-out
13 March 2023
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2023-03-13
Yuri Pattison and Turner
Collection based display
The Sun Rising or Setting over Water
support: 245 × 346 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>While Constable is well known for his studies of clouds made during the 1820s, many pages in Turner's notebooks record this kind of subject as an ever-present concern of his work. Ruskin wrote that the scientific delineation of 'the aspects of sunset and sunrise, with all their attendant phenomena of cloud and mist' was a central obsession in contemporary art. It is easy to see in these studies how Turner was able to recreate the effects of clouded skies in the finished <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> for projects such as the 'Rivers of England' and the '<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/picturesque" title="Glossary definition for 'Picturesque'"><span>Picturesque</span></a> Views in England and Wales'.</p>
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2016-11-20T00:00:00
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landscape sea seascapes and coasts sky sunset times of the day
CCLXIII 210