I disegni di J.M.W. Turner costituiscono il fondamento della sua pratica artistica, offrendo uno spaccato della sua maestria nella composizione, nella prospettiva e nell’atmosfera. Lavorando intensamente sui suoi taccuini di schizzi, utilizzava matita, inchiostro e acquerello per catturare paesaggi, studi architettonici e gli effetti fugaci della luce. I suoi viaggi in Gran Bretagna e in Europa gli fornirono un’ispirazione inesauribile, con soggetti che spaziavano dalle coste frastagliate ai grandiosi paesaggi urbani. Gli schizzi rapidi e gestuali di Turner trasmettono movimento ed energia, fungendo spesso da studi preparatori per i suoi dipinti. Che siano meticolosamente dettagliati o liberamente espressivi, i suoi disegni rivelano la spontaneità e la brillantezza tecnica che hanno caratterizzato il suo approccio all’arte paesaggistica e marina.
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