Oil paint on canvas
Italy
Tate Collection
Works with images
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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Oil paintings
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
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Venice  Sunset a Fisher
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
abstraction
architecture
canal
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
cloud
countries and continents
dome
features
from recognisable sources
industrial
Italy
landscape
landscape
places
sky
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
Venice, Canal della Giudecca
Venice, Grand Canal
Venice, Santa Maria della Salute
weather
<p>This painting is part of a pair to<span> Venice - Noon</span> (on display nearby). Turner first exhibited it with the caption ‘Fallacies of Hope’. This is the title of a poem he wrote to accompany his pictures, although he didn’t include any verse in this case. The domes of the Salute church appear in the middle distance. A reviewer at the time noted the pictures were, ‘another pair of gorgeous visions of <span>Venice</span>, blazing with sunlight that floods sea and sky’.</p><p><em>Gallery label, December 2020</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
1 September 2020 – 27 November 2022
2022-11-27
1 September 2020
2020-09-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2020-09-01
Clore 106
Collection based display
6 July 2024 – 15 January 2028
2028-01-15
6 July 2024 – 1 September 2024
2024-09-01
2024-07-06
Grimaldi Forum (Monaco, Monaco)
30 September 2024 – 7 May 2025
2025-05-07
2024-09-30
Museum of Art Pudong (Shanghai, China)
21 June 2025 – 5 October 2025
2025-10-05
2025-06-21
Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art (Brisbane, Australia)
1 June 2026 – 1 October 2026
2026-10-01
2026-06-01
External
15 November 2026 – 15 March 2027
2027-03-15
2026-11-15
External
1 May 2027 – 1 September 2027
2027-09-01
2027-05-01
External
15 October 2027 – 15 January 2028
2028-01-15
2027-10-15
External
2024-07-06
Turner's Sublime Legacy
Tate partnerships & programmes
Venice - Sunset, a Fisher
support: 613 × 921 mm
frame: 878 × 1185 × 110 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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<p>This painting is part of a pair to<i> Venice - Noon</i> (on display nearby). Turner first exhibited it with the caption ‘Fallacies of Hope’. This is the title of a poem he wrote to accompany his pictures, although he didn’t include any verse in this case. The domes of the Salute church appear in the middle distance. A reviewer at the time noted the pictures were, ‘another pair of gorgeous visions of <i>Venice</i>, blazing with sunlight that floods sea and sky’.</p>
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<p><b>419. </b>[<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-venice-sunset-a-fisher-n00542" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N00542</span></a>]<b> Venice—Sunset, a Fisher Exh. 1845</b></p>
<p>THE TATE GALLERY, LONDON (542)</p>
<p>Canvas, 24 1/8 × 36 1/4 (61 × 92)</p>
<p><b>Coll.</b> Turner Bequest 1856 (one of 18–21; 36–40; see No. 383 [<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-venice-the-bridge-of-sighs-n00527" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N00527</span></a>]); transferred to the Tate Gallery 1954.</p>
<p><b>Exh.</b> R.A. 1845 (422).</p>
<p><b>Lit.</b> Thornbury 1862, i,p. 349; 1877, p. 467; Bell 1901, p. 153 no. 254; Armstrong 1902, p. 235; MacColl 1920, p. 24; Finberg 1930, pp. 151, 158; Davies 1946, pp. 152, 186; Finberg 1961, pp. 407, 509 no. 568; Rothenstein and Butlin 1964, p. 66.</p>
<p>Exhibited in 1845 with the caption ‘<i>MS. Fallacies of Hope</i>’. MacColl describes this as a ‘View of the Guidecca and Grand Canals from a point near their junction; in the centre of the picture the domes of the Salute are seen in the middle distance.’ For contemporary criticism see No. 418 [<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-venice-noon-n00541" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N00541</span></a>].</p>
<p>Transferred from the original <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/canvas" title="Glossary definition for 'Canvas'"><span>canvas</span></a> in 1908.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Martin Butlin and Evelyn Joll, <i>The Paintings of J.M.W. Turner</i>, revised ed., New Haven and London 1984
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Catalogue entry
2004-09-23T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
abstraction architecture canal cities, towns, villages (non-UK) cloud countries and continents dome features from recognisable sources industrial Italy landscape landscape places sky townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features Venice, Canal della Giudecca Venice, Grand Canal Venice, Santa Maria della Salute weather