Watercolour 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>
Mont Pilatus Sunset
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
Alps
countries and continents
figure
lake
Lake Lucerne
landscape
Mount Pilatus
mountain
natural features (non-UK)
people
places
sunset
Switzerland
times of the day
water: inland
<p>Turner toured Switzerland every year from 1841 to 1844, each trip lasting an average of three months. He was fascinated by the dramatic landscape of the mountains, the ethereal effects of atmosphere and light, and by picturesque Swiss towns and shimmering Alpine lakes. The majority of watercolours in the Turner Bequest from the 1840s are devoted to Swiss subjects.Pilatus is one of the best-known mountains on Lake Lucerne. Turner uses the mists surrounding its peak to picturesque effect, producing a poetic, hazy essay in colour and light, that is one of his most evocative studies of Alpine sunset.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
30 March 2007 – 4 November 2007
2007-11-04
30 March 2007
2007-03-30
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2007-03-30
Colour and Line: Turner's Experiments 2
Collection based display
6 July 2019 – 2 May 2021
2021-05-02
6 July 2019 – 13 October 2019
2019-10-13
2019-07-06
Kunstmuseum (Luzern, Switzerland)
http://www.kunstmuseumluzern.ch
2019-07-06
The Sea and the Alps: Turner's Quest for the Sublime
Tate partnerships & programmes
Mont Pilatus: Sunset
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>Turner toured Switzerland every year from 1841 to 1844, each trip lasting an average of three months. He was fascinated by the dramatic <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 the mountains, the ethereal effects of atmosphere and light, and by <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/picturesque" title="Glossary definition for 'Picturesque'"><span>picturesque</span></a> Swiss towns and shimmering Alpine lakes. The majority 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/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolours</span></a> in the Turner Bequest from the 1840s are devoted to Swiss subjects.<br/>Pilatus is one of the best-known mountains on Lake Lucerne. Turner uses the mists surrounding its peak to picturesque effect, producing a poetic, hazy essay in colour and light, that is one of his most evocative studies of Alpine sunset.</p>
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