Watercolour and gouache 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>
Coastal Terrain
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
beach
coast
sea
seascapes and coasts
<p>These watercolours share a common palette of grey, black, blue and olive-green backgrounds interspersed with fluid bands of pink, yellow or blue. Turner may have painted the sheets one after the other, using the same few colours ready mixed on his palette.</p><p>Working in this way freed Turner from the conventions of watercolour painting and enabled him to experiment with new methods. In On the Sea Shore he seems to have created dots of colour by flicking a brush loaded with paint against the paper.</p><p><em>Gallery label, July 2008</em></p>
paper unique watercolour gouache
4 March 2002 – 25 August 2002
2002-08-25
4 March 2002 – 25 August 2002
2002-08-25
2002-03-04
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-03-04
Turner and Marden
Collection based display
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
5 May 2012 – 24 March 2013
2013-03-24
5 May 2012 – 24 March 2013
2013-03-24
2012-05-05
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2012-05-05
Turner as chosen by Vija Celmins
Collection based display
25 January 2014 – 11 May 2014
2014-05-11
25 January 2014 – 11 May 2014
2014-05-11
2014-01-25
Turner Contemporary (Margate, UK)
2014-01-25
Making Painting: Helen Frankenthaler and JMW Turner.
Loan-out
26 January 2019 – 5 May 2019
2019-05-05
26 January 2019 – 5 May 2019
2019-05-05
2019-01-26
Turner Contemporary (Margate, UK)
2019-01-26
Katie Paterson & JMW Turner
Tate partnerships & programmes
3 February 2024 – 18 May 2025
2025-05-18
19 October 2024 – 12 January 2025
2025-01-12
2024-10-19
The Box (Plymouth, UK)
2024-02-03
Vija Celmins
Loan-out
Coastal Terrain
support: 192 × 273 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="text1">These <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> share a common </span><span class="text6">palette of grey, black, blue and olive-green</span><span class="text1"> backgrounds interspersed with fluid bands of pink, yellow or      blue. Turner may have painted the sheets one after the other, using the      same few colours ready mixed on his palette. </span>
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<span class="text1">Working in this way freed Turner from the conventions      of watercolour <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/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> and enabled him to experiment with new methods. In </span><span class="text7">On the Sea Shore</span><span class="text1"> he seems to      have created dots of colour by flicking  a brush loaded with paint against      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/p/paper" title="Glossary definition for 'Paper'"><span>paper</span></a>. </span>
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beach coast sea seascapes and coasts
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