Turner dominated landscape painting in the 19th Century from his great classical
compositions inspired by the Old Masters to his more topographical views of Europe but
some of his most magical and sought after works are his studies on paper painted on a
much more intimate scale.
In this watercolour Turner has captured a steamship making way through the Solent off Yarmouth on the western side of the Isle of Wight. Turner loved the sea and understood it better than any other artist enabling him to successfully capture its movement with a series of rapid and freely executed brushstrokes. The condition of the drawing is remarkable and the pigments are brilliant – the purples and blues of the skies almost shocking.
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In this watercolour Turner has captured a steamship making way through the Solent off Yarmouth on the western side of the Isle of Wight. Turner loved the sea and understood it better than any other artist enabling him to successfully capture its movement with a series of rapid and freely executed brushstrokes. The condition of the drawing is remarkable and the pigments are brilliant – the purples and blues of the skies almost shocking.
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