Watercolour on paper
Tancarville Colour Studies c.1839
Tancarville Colour Studies c.1839
France
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>
Tancarville Colour
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
bank
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
France
natural features (non-UK)
places
river
River Seine
Tancarville - non-specific
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
tree
water: inland
<p>This is the full-sized colour study for the finished watercolour that Turner made for the Swinburne family (British Museum). There are many such 'colour beginnings' in the Turner Bequest, in which the artist carefully plots out his composition and colour harmonies before embarking on the finished design. This practice, however, became increasingly rare in the 1840s. The finished watercolours Turner made in these years, almost invariably of Alpine subjects, were usually based on watercolour studies made on the spot or later on the tour. He therefore had no need to make further colour studies.The finished 'Tancarville' is a landscape of Classical repose, bathed in brilliant sunshine.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
4 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
4 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
2007-06-04
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2007-06-04
Hockney on Turner
Collection based display
Tancarville: Colour Study
support: 307 × 488 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>This is the full-sized colour study for 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>watercolour</span></a> that Turner made for the Swinburne family (British Museum). There are many such 'colour beginnings' in the Turner Bequest, in which the artist carefully plots out 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> and colour harmonies before embarking on the finished design. This practice, however, became increasingly rare in the 1840s. The finished watercolours Turner made in these years, almost invariably of Alpine subjects, were usually based on watercolour studies made on the spot or later on the tour. He therefore had no need to make further colour studies.<br/>The finished 'Tancarville' is a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscape</span></a> of <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/classicism" title="Glossary definition for 'Classicism'"><span>Classical</span></a> repose, bathed in brilliant sunshine.</p>
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2019-11-24T00:00:00
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architecture bank cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents France natural features (non-UK) places river River Seine Tancarville - non-specific townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features tree water: inland
CCLXIII 17