Watercolour on paper
France
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>
Tréport
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
coast
countries and continents
France
places
seascapes and coasts
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
Tréport, Le - non-specific
<p>Remarkable for its great difference in technique and approach to subject from the other exhibited view of the port (no.48), Turner has inscribed this sheet 'Treport'. It would be impossible to guess the location without this written indication. Turner relied on the many thousands of drawings in his sketchbooks for the pictorial information he needed for his finished works. This watercolour could not fulfil such a function. It is instead an example of the artist taking enjoyment in the medium of watercolour, experimenting with a satisfying mix of colour, foram and technique for its own sake, in a manner that approaches abstraction. In no sense is it a study for a picture in the way that his 'colour-beginnings' are (e.g. no.1).</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
Tréport
support: 250 × 308 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>Remarkable for its great difference in technique and approach to subject from the other exhibited view of the port (no.48), Turner has inscribed this sheet 'Treport'. It would be impossible to guess the location without this written indication. Turner relied on the many thousands 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/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawings</span></a> in his sketchbooks for the pictorial information he needed for his finished works. This <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> could not fulfil such a function. It is instead an example of the artist taking enjoyment in the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/m/medium" title="Glossary definition for 'Medium'"><span>medium</span></a> of watercolour, experimenting with a satisfying mix of colour, foram and technique for its own sake, in a manner that approaches <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/a/abstract-art" title="Glossary definition for 'Abstract art'"><span>abstraction</span></a>. In no sense is it a study for a picture in the way that his 'colour-beginnings' are (e.g. no.1).</p>
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architecture cities, towns, villages (non-UK) coast countries and continents France places seascapes and coasts townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features Tréport, Le - non-specific
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