May 23 at 10:00 am – Sep 14 at 5:00 pm
Impressions in Watercolour: Turner and his Contemporaries
This will be a rare opportunity to see some of Turner’s finest watercolours from a private collection, in the 250th anniversary year since his birth.
The exhibition will showcase Turner at his most experimental and gestural. The selection of works will also place him among notable contemporaries including Thomas Girtin and John Sell Cotman, to highlight the era of exciting developments in watercolour in which they worked. The collection of works encapsulates the transition towards looser, plein-air sketching, in which new directions, materials and techniques were being explored, building an impetus that validated watercolour as an expressive and serious medium.
This exhibition is generously supported by:
Van and Eva DuBose
J M W Turner, 'A Low Sun', c.1835-40, watercolour and bodycolour on buff paper, IA23. Private Collection, photography © David Kirkham
