Wednesday, January 29, 2020

The Turner exhibition at Mystic Seaport Museum

It was everything the critics said it was, an almost overwhelming collection of mostly water colors from the Tate Museum, London, and only visiting the US at Mystic.  Very large crowds every day
of the exhibit, I was told, and no wonder.  The chance to see these artworks, some very early, some very unlike what we think of with Turner, and a few of the great oils to gaze at in wonder.
Here are just a few examples.


JMW Turner Exhibition

Loch Long, Morning
c.1801


Durham Cathedral: The Interior, 
Looking East along the South Aisle
1797-8


Holy Island Cathedral
C. 1806-7


Arundel Castle, on the River Arun
c.1824


Dryburgh Abbey
c.1832


Jumieges
c.1832



Venice Quay, Ducal Palace
Exhibited 1844


Venice: An Imaginary View of the Arsenale
c.1840


A Shipwreck in a Stormy Sea
1823


Stormy Sea with Dolphins
c. 1835-40


Whitby
1824


Whalers (Boiling Blubber) Entangled in Flaw Ice,
Endeavouring to Extricate Themselves
1846
One of the few huge oils included in the show.
(The blue spot in the middle is an unfortunate reflection from behind).

(detail)

(detail)


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