Oil paint on canvas
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Unknown artist, Britain
Dedham Vale
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
architecture
Dedham
England
England, East
Essex
fir
landscape
people
places
river
River Stour
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK natural features
water: inland
woman
wooded
<p>This little oil, quite probably painted from nature, may be dated to the end of the eighteenth century. It belongs to the Turner Bequest, but is clearly not by Turner himself. Its style combines reminiscences of Richard Wilson in the creamily painted distances and of Alexander and J.R.Cozens in the fir trees on the left, with a more advanced looseness of touch and brightness of tone. As the subject is definitely Dedham, seen from Langham with the Stour estuary in the distance, it may have served to remind Turner of the characteristic imagery that Constable drew direct from nature.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
5 October 2013 – 5 January 2014
2014-01-05
5 October 2013 – 5 January 2014
2014-01-05
2013-10-05
Turner Contemporary (Margate, UK)
2013-10-05
Capturing British Landscape - Turner
Loan-out
Dedham Vale
support: 215 × 266 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 little oil, quite probably painted from nature, may be dated to the end of the eighteenth century. It belongs to the Turner Bequest, but is clearly not by Turner himself. Its style combines reminiscences of Richard Wilson in the creamily painted distances and of Alexander and J.R.Cozens in the fir trees on the left, with a more advanced looseness of touch and brightness 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/t/tone" title="Glossary definition for 'Tone'"><span>tone</span></a>. As the subject is definitely Dedham, seen from Langham with the Stour estuary in the distance, it may have served to remind Turner of the characteristic imagery that Constable drew direct from nature.</p>
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<p><b>551a. </b>[<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/unknown-artist-britain-dedham-vale-d04173" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>D04173</span></a>]<b> Landscape with Distant Church</b></p>
<p>THE BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON (LXX-V)</p>
<p>Oil on canvas, trimmed irregularly, approx. 8 7/16 × 10 1/2 (21·5 × 26·5)</p>
<p><b>Coll.</b> Turner Bequest 1856.</p>
<p><b>Lit.</b> Finberg 1909, i, p. 176 (as ‘Church and Lane’); Ziff 1980, p. 167.</p>
<p>Despite having been selected for exhibition and numbering (782) by the National Gallery in the late 1860s this work does not seem to be by Turner; the forms and execution are altogether too delicate and precise. Andrew Wilton agrees with this verdict (verbal communication) though Ziff accepts the work as genuine.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Martin Butlin and Evelyn Joll, <i>The Paintings of J.M.W. Turner</i>, revised ed., New Haven and London 1984
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Catalogue entry
2004-07-12T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
adults architecture Dedham England England, East Essex fir landscape people places river River Stour townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions UK natural features water: inland woman wooded
LXX V