Joseph Mallord William Turner

Storm over the Mountains

c.1842–3

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Centro Cultural Palacio la Moneda (Santiago, Chile): Turner Watercolours

Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Medium
Graphite, watercolour and pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
Support: 228 x 291 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D36243
Turner Bequest CCCLXIV 380

Display caption

These two watercolours were painted
on the same batch of paper. They show how Turner responded to the expressive possibilities in his materials. In both
works he is less concerned with
creating an exact sense of place,
than with evoking the stormy weather
he frequently encountered during
his travels in the Alps.

Gallery label, September 2004

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