Graphite, watercolour and pen on paper
Fribourg, Lausanne and Geneva Sketchbook
Fribourg, Lausanne and Geneva Sketchbook
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>
Vevay Looking SouthEast along Shore Lake Geneva
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
architecture
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
figure
group
groups
lake
Lake Geneva
landscape
mountain
natural features (non-UK)
people
places
Switzerland
townscape
townscapes / man-made features
Vevey
water: inland
<p>Ruskin was 'really provoked with Turner for not having completed the foreground of this lovely drawing, which most travellers in Switzerland will recognise with delight'. Had Turner developed this sketch as a more finished watercolour he would no doubt have included the kind of precisely rendered groups of figures that he introduced in the foregrounds of those works based on other sketches shown here. However, to modern eyes, his presentation of human activity in such an indistinct way, proves a satisfying means of unifying his composition, while at the same time suggesting the connection between his figures and their surroundings.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour pen
21 June 2013 – 13 October 2013
2013-10-13
21 June 2013 – 13 October 2013
2013-10-13
2013-06-21
Museé Jenisch (Vevey, Switzerland)
http://www.museejenisch.ch/
2013-06-21
Lémancolie
Loan-out
Vevay: Looking South-East along the Shore of Lake Geneva
support: 229 × 293 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>Ruskin was 'really provoked with Turner for not having completed the foreground of this lovely <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>, which most travellers in Switzerland will recognise with delight'. Had Turner developed this sketch as a more 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>watercolour</span></a> he would no doubt have included the kind of precisely rendered groups of figures that he introduced in the foregrounds of those works based on other sketches shown here. However, to modern eyes, his presentation of human activity in such an indistinct way, proves a satisfying means of unifying 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/c/composition" title="Glossary definition for 'Composition'"><span>composition</span></a>, while at the same time suggesting the connection between his figures and their surroundings.</p>
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adults architecture cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents figure group groups lake Lake Geneva landscape mountain natural features (non-UK) people places Switzerland townscape townscapes / man-made features Vevey water: inland
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