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Off Margate
Artist: TURNER, Joseph Mallord William
This painting was dismissed as an authentic work by Turner in 1956 and again in the 1960s. The 1977 Turner catalogue called it "a deliberate attempt to imitate Turner's style". However recent technical examination has shown that the painting contains the pigments Turner used - colbalt blue, lead white, mars brown/yellow and vermilion. The painting is perhaps unresolved, but is consistent in appearance with Turner's small-scale oil paintings.
Turner found great inspiration in the Kent coastline and he was a regular visitor to Margate from the 1820s, attracted by the quality of the light. He commented that "...the skies over Thanet are the loveliest in all Europe".
Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 5094
Creation/Production
TURNER, Joseph Mallord William
Role: Creation
Date: 1835 ca
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/4/1952
Measurements
Height: 30cm
Width: 46cm
h(cm) frame:53
w(cm) frame:68
d(cm) frame:9.5
Techniques
oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
oil
canvas
Location
In store
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