Watercolour on paper
Coastal Scenes and Shipping c.1820-45
Coastal Scenes and Shipping c.1820-45
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>
Sea and Sky
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
morning
sea
seascapes and coasts
sunrise
times of the day
<p>Turner was one of the first artists to paint the same motif at different times of the day in order to observe the changing effects of light. This group of watercolours repeats the same pictorial formula at sunrise, sunset, twilight and moonlight.</p><p>A natural structure is imposed by the simple unbroken line of the horizon separating the composition into a lower and upper plane. Turner reinforces the emphasis on the horizontal by applying the watercolour in bold bands of contrasting colour.</p><p><em>Gallery label, April 2005</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
23 March 2005 – 16 October 2005
2005-10-16
23 March 2005 – 16 October 2005
2005-10-16
2005-03-23
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
2005-03-23
Turner and the Sea
Collection based display
Sea and Sky
support: 252 × 368 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="text4">Turner was one of the first artists to paint the same      motif at different times of the day in order to observe the changing      effects of light. This group of watercolours repeats the same pictorial      formula at sunrise, sunset, twilight and moonlight. </span>
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<span class="text4">A natural structure is imposed by the simple unbroken      line of the horizon separating the composition into a lower and upper      plane. Turner reinforces the emphasis on the horizontal by applying the      watercolour in bold bands of contrasting colour. </span>
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morning sea seascapes and coasts sunrise times of the day
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