Watercolour, bodycolour and chalk on paper
Venice: In and around the Hotel Europa
Venice: In and around the Hotel Europa
Venice, Austria and Southern Germany 1840
Venice, Austria and Southern Germany 1840
Italy
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
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Catalogued Turner works on paper
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Campanile San Marco St Marks Venice Hotel Europa Palazzo Giustinian at Night with Fireworks over Molo
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
bell tower
canal
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
firework display
industrial
Italy
leisure and pastimes
music and entertainment
night
places
religious
times of the day
townscape
townscapes / man-made features
Venice, Molo
<p>During the mid-1830s and the early 1840s Turner became increasingly interested in exploring dramatic effects of light and shade. Turner’s combination of dark-toned watercolour, bodycolour and chalk in this work is perfectly suited to the subject of fireworks at night. He uses only a few colours: blue, red and touches of dark brown and, most dramatically, white for the sparks of the fireworks.</p><p>Turner’s Venetian works on brown paper have recently been re-dated to 1840, although this continues to be controversial amongst scholars and the works may date from 1833.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour bodycolour chalk
26 May 2003 – 8 December 2003
2003-12-08
26 May 2003
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Tate Britain (London, UK)
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British Watercolours: Turner and his Contemporaries around 1840
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2013-04-05
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2013-04-05
Turner: Works on Paper
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16 October 2021 – 14 July 2023
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The Campanile of San Marco (St Mark’s), Venice, from the Hotel Europa (Palazzo Giustinian) at Night, with Fireworks over the Molo
support: 228 × 300 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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<span class="text0">During the mid-1830s and the early 1840s </span><span class="text13">Turner became increasingly interested </span><span class="text0">
in exploring dramatic effects of light and shade. Turner’s      combination of dark-toned <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>, <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/gouache" title="Glossary definition for 'Gouache'"><span>bodycolour</span></a> and <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/chalk" title="Glossary definition for 'Chalk'"><span>chalk</span></a> in this </span><span class="text13">work is perfectly suited to the subject  of fireworks at      night. He uses only a few colours: blue, red and touches of dark brown and,      most dramatically, white for </span><span class="text0">the sparks of the      fireworks. </span>
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<span class="text0">Turner’s Venetian works on brown <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/paper" title="Glossary definition for 'Paper'"><span>paper</span></a> </span><span class="text14">have recently been re-dated to 1840, </span><span class="text0">although this continues to be controversial amongst scholars and      the works may date from 1833.  </span>
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