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Tate Britain Exhibition

Turner's Early Oil Paintings, 1796-1815

21 July – 3 October 1931

Joseph Mallord William Turner, Fishermen at Sea exhibited 1796. Tate.

Joseph Mallord William Turner
Fishermen at Sea (exhibited 1796)
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This exhibition showed the development of Turner’s oil painting from 1796 to 1815.

It was possible to trace year by year the course of Turner’s development in the early period of his practice of oil painting from the Fishermen at Sea of 1796 to the Crossing the Brook of 1815, when Turner, having passed through a restricted scale of colour expression, emerged as the superb colourist that he essentially was.

J.B. Manson

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21 July – 3 October 1931

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  • Artist

    Joseph Mallord William Turner

    1775–1851
  • Artwork

    Fishermen at Sea

    Joseph Mallord William Turner
    exhibited 1796
    On display at Tate Britain Part of JMW Turner
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    Crossing the Brook

    Joseph Mallord William Turner
    exhibited 1815
    On display at Tate Britain Part of JMW Turner
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