Les dessins de J.M.W. Turner constituent le fondement de sa pratique artistique, offrant un aperçu de sa maîtrise de la composition, de la perspective et de l’atmosphère. Travaillant abondamment dans des carnets de croquis, il utilisait le crayon, l’encre et l’aquarelle pour capturer des paysages, des études architecturales et les effets fugaces de la lumière. Ses voyages à travers la Grande-Bretagne et l’Europe lui ont fourni une source d’inspiration inépuisable, avec des sujets allant des côtes escarpées aux grands paysages urbains. Les croquis rapides et gestuels de Turner traduisent le mouvement et l’énergie, servant souvent d’études préparatoires à ses peintures. Qu’ils soient minutieusement détaillés ou librement expressifs, ses dessins révèlent la spontanéité et la brillante maîtrise technique qui ont défini son approche de l’art du paysage et de la marine.
JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER, R.A. (LONDON 1775-1851)
The Lungernsee by Moonlight, Switzerland
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (London 1775-1851)
Venice: The New Moon – The Dogana from the steps of The Hotel Europa
JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER, R.A. (LONDON 1775-1851)
Sunrise over the Sea, perhaps at Margate
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (London 1775-1851)
Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (1775-1851)
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, with Nelson's Column
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (London 1775-1851)
The Lake of Lucerne from Brunnen, with a Steamer
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. London 1775-1851
The Brunig Pass from Meringen, Switzerland
JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER, R.A. (LONDON 1775-1851)
The Splügen Pass
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (London 1775-1851)
The Rock of Gibraltar, with shipping in the foreground
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (London 1775-1851)
Norham Castle: Sunrise
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (London 1775-1851)
Ludlow Castle, Shropshire
JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER, R.A. (1775-1851)
The Lauerzersee with the Ruins of Schwanau and the Mythen, Switzerland
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (London 1775-1851)
The Thurn and Taxis Palace with the Obermünster in the distance, Regensburg, Germany
JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER, R.A. (LONDON 1775-1851)
Hampton Court Palace
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (London 1775-1851)
Conway Castle, North Wales
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (London 1775-1851)
'Off Yarmouth': A Steamship off the Coast in Rough Weather
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (London 1775-1851)
Launceston, Cornwall
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (London 1775-1851)
The Valley of the Brook at Kidron, Jerusalem (Absalom's Tomb)
JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER, R.A. (1775-1851)
Jerusalem from the Latin Convent
JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER, R.A. (LONDON 1775-1851)
Rocks at Colgong (Kahalgaon) on the Ganges, Bihar, India
JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER, R.A. (LONDON 1775-1851)
Binger Lorch and the Mäuseturm
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. London 1775-1851
A view in the Domleschg Valley, Switzerland
JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER, R.A. (LONDON 1775-1851)
Pendennis Castle and the entrance to Falmouth Harbour, Cornwall: Scene after a Wreck
JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER, R.A. (LONDON 1775-1851)
Cassiobury, Hertfordshire, seen from the North-West
JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER, R.A. (LONDON 1775-1851)
The Grand Bridge at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (London 1775-1851)
The Chain Pier, Brighton
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. London 1775-1851
On the Mosel: Bernkastel, Kues and The Landshut, Germany
JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER, R.A. (LONDON 1775-1851)
The approach to Venice or Venice from the lagoon, circa 1840
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (London 1775-1851)
Lake Albano, Italy
JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER, R.A. (1775-1851)
Lebanon in a Thunderstorm (The Cedars of Lebanon)
JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER, R.A. (LONDON 1775-1851)
The River Aare at Thun, looking towards Lake Thun, with the Niesen and the Bernese Alps beyond
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (London 1775-1851)
Genoa, from the Sea, looking up to the Church of Santa Maria Assunta in Carignano
JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER, R.A. (LONDON 1775-1851)
London: Autumnal Morning
JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER, R.A. (1775-1851)
The Brenva Glacier from Notre Dame de la Guérison, above Courmayeur, Val d'Aosta
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (London 1775-1851)
Colour beginning: A coastal landscape with a figure in the foreground
JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER, R.A. (LONDON 1775-1851)
Binger Loch and the Mäuseturm
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (London 1775-1851)
Mont Blanc from the Bridge of St. Martin, Sallanches
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (1775-1851)
A view on the Mosel, possibly Coblenz, Germany
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (London 1775-1851)
Lake Lucerne, with the Rigi
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (London 1775-1851)
A storm at sea, Fingal's cave
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (London 1775-1851)
Mount Sinai, the Valley in which the Children of Israel were encamped
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (1775-1851)
View on the River Brent, North London
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (London 1775-1851)
The Memorial to Byron, Scott and Moore
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (London 1775-1851)
Pendennis Castle and the entrance to Falmouth Harbour, Cornwall; Scene after a Wreck
JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER, R.A. (LONDON 1775-1851)
Plymouth Citadel, a gale
JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER, R.A. (LONDON, 1775-1851)
Cologne from the river
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (1775-1851)
Sisteron from the North-West, with a Low Sun
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (London 1775-1851)
Babbacombe Bay from near Teignmouth, Devon
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (London 1775-1851)
View of Corinth, Greece