Watercolour and gouache on paper
Venice: The Lagoon
Venice: The Lagoon
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
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>
Approach to Venice
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
boat, gondola
boat, sailing
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
Italy
lagoon
places
seascapes and coasts
society
sunset
times of the day
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
Venice - non-specific
<p>Turner's visit to Venice in 1840 resulted in some of his most atmospheric watercolours. His limpid washes vividly capture the unique qualities of flickering and reflected light found in the city. Ruskin recognised that Venice held a special place in Turner's affections, claiming that 'The Alps brought him always sadness, but Venice delight'. It is unlikley, however, that Ruskin would have known any of these sketches before Turner's death. While in Venice in 1845, he wondered whether Turner could be persuaded to make him a finished watercolour view of the city: 'his ideal of it is superb - it makes me quite pine for it here, that I may feel it more. Venice itself is now nothing, barring always fishing boats'.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour gouache
9 October 2003 – 30 May 2004
2004-05-30
9 October 2003 – 11 January 2004
2004-01-11
2003-10-09
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
15 February 2004 – 30 May 2004
2004-05-30
2004-02-15
Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, USA)
http://www.kimbellart.org
2003-10-09
Turner and Venice
Exhibition
8 February 2013 – 13 April 2014
2014-04-13
8 February 2013 – 19 May 2013
2013-05-19
2013-02-08
Art Gallery of South Australia (Adelaide, Australia)
http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au
4 June 2013 – 8 September 2013
2013-09-08
2013-06-04
National Gallery of Australia (Canberra, Australia)
8 October 2013 – 18 December 2013
2013-12-18
2013-10-08
Toyko Metropolitan Art Museum (Toyko, Japan)
1 January 2014 – 13 April 2014
2014-04-13
2014-01-01
Kobe City Museum (Kobe, Japan)
2013-02-08
J.M.W. Turner: Makings of a Master
Loan-out
29 March 2019 – 5 October 2019
2019-10-05
29 March 2019 – 23 June 2019
2019-06-23
2019-03-29
York Art Gallery (York, UK)
http://www.york.art.museum
11 July 2019 – 5 October 2019
2019-10-05
2019-07-11
Abbot Hall Art Gallery (Kendal, UK)
http://www.abbothall.org.uk
2019-03-29
Turner, Ruskin and the Storm Cloud of the Modern World
Loan-out
The Approach to Venice
support: 230 × 323 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's visit to Venice in 1840 resulted in some of his most atmospheric <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>. His limpid washes vividly capture the unique qualities of flickering and reflected light found in the city. Ruskin recognised that Venice held a special place in Turner's affections, claiming that 'The Alps brought him always sadness, but Venice delight'. It is unlikley, however, that Ruskin would have known any of these sketches before Turner's death. While in Venice in 1845, he wondered whether Turner could be persuaded to make him a finished watercolour view of the city: 'his ideal of it is superb - it makes me quite pine for it here, that I may feel it more. Venice itself is now nothing, barring always fishing boats'.</p>
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architecture boat, gondola boat, sailing cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents Italy lagoon places seascapes and coasts society sunset times of the day townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features transport: water Venice - non-specific
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