Chalk, gouache and watercolour on paper
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>
A down a Mountainous Valley
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
architecture
castle
figure
landscape
military
mountain
people
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
valley
<p>Turner's travels during the 1830s often took him across France, Germany and Switzerland. This scene has not yet been identified or related to a specific tour.</p><p>Many of Turner's private sketches of  this period are characterised by vibrant, almost lurid colours. Here he juxtaposes  a range of acidic yellow-greens with the shocking brilliance of the pink peak on the right. The potency of the colours provides an idea of the strident quality  of some of Turner's later work. This helps us understand why his contemporaries found such pictures so bold and alarming.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2002</em></p>
paper unique chalk gouache watercolour
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
2002-08-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-08-12
Turner Watercolours
Collection based display
A View down a Mountainous Valley
support: 138 × 190 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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Turner's travels during the 1830s often took him across France, Germany and Switzerland. This scene has not yet been identified or related to a specific tour.</p>
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Many of Turner's private sketches of <br/>
this period are characterised by vibrant, almost lurid colours. Here he juxtaposes <br/>
a range of acidic yellow-greens with the shocking brilliance of the pink peak on the right. The potency of the colours provides an idea of the strident quality <br/>
of some of Turner's later work. This helps us understand why his contemporaries found such pictures so bold and alarming.</p>
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adults architecture castle figure landscape military mountain people townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features valley
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