MANNER OF JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER (MID-LATE 19TH CENTURY)

FOLLOWER OF JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER (MID-LATE 19TH CENTURY)
View of Dunstanburgh Castle
oil on canvas
61 x 92 cm

Turner's use of light and colour was particularly influential during his lifetime, and his loose, painterly style which he used to create stunning atmospheric effects in his paintings. The present work taken from a similar view as Turner's ‘Dunstanburgh Castle’, about 1798-1800, (V&A). Turner showed the castle apparently cut off by sea, a way of expressing its isolated and exposed location. It is possible to get that view from rocks at high tide. A comparison between the present work reveals a well observed understanding of Turners handling and technique, with thin transparent glazes, scumbling and impasto, methods Turner pioneered. All these elements come together to convey a sense of movement and energy, through the use of swirling intense compositions that Turner uses to suggest the forces of nature.Click here to share: