J M W
TURNER
Great Britain
1775
–
1851
90.5 (h) x 116.5 (w) cm Tate Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856 Photo: © Tate 2013
Turner’s sketching expedition along the Thames and Wey rivers in 1805 produced a group of large oil studies on unstretched canvas prepared with an off-white ground. The canvas was carried rolled; while he worked it was tacked over a frame or board. The composition, created using a thick, soft brush and very diluted pigments, is carefully resolved. It seems to be an experiment in beginning pictures outdoors, suggesting that Turner was attempting to bring a greater naturalism into his appreciation of English landscape.
Turner’s sketching expedition along the Thames and Wey rivers in 1805 produced a group of large oil studies on unstretched canvas prepared with an off-white ground. The canvas was carried rolled; while he worked it was tacked over a frame or board. The composition, created using a thick, soft brush and very diluted pigments, is carefully resolved. It seems to be an experiment in beginning pictures outdoors, suggesting that Turner was attempting to bring a greater naturalism into his appreciation of English landscape.
Turner’s sketching expedition along the Thames and Wey rivers in 1805 produced a group of large oil studies on unstretched canvas prepared with an off-white ground. The canvas was carried rolled; while he worked it was tacked over a frame or board. The composition, created using a thick, soft brush and very diluted pigments, is carefully resolved. It seems to be an experiment in beginning pictures outdoors, suggesting that Turner was attempting to bring a greater naturalism into his appreciation of English landscape.
