Tankus Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 Same mountain (Rigi) in Switzerland at different times of the day (click on the link for the third view) Turner in the Tate"A previously unseen Turner watercolour is published for the first time in The Times today after its owner’s decision to sell a collection of 14 important works".Times online :artsI just love the way this painter sees colour , and is capable of putting it down on canvas, so uniquely....And if painting is sometimes about symbolism, the one on the bottom left of this link really does it for me , in so many ways ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 The thing I find fascinating about Turner's works is that, if you examine them closely, most of the colours are "wrong" and should not work. This is demonstrated to some extent in your third example where there is the large amount of ultramarine which, by the rules, should dominate the work but it doesn't - it renders it completely harmonious.This extravagant use of "the wrong colours" can only usually be seen on the originals as reproductions normally only show the whole and not the detail. The blue in the third painting here is exceptional - and shows, similarly, how exceptional an artist Turner was.It's well worth a visit to the Tate just for the Turners there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted February 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 usually lighten blue for depth, and hes reveresed it ,drawing the eye ............wish I could find a larger downloadable version .. Let's hope the Tate gets some lottery dosh, before the Olympics drain the lot for a decade ,and it gets a few ...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 He is a wonderful artist. I once saw one without frame and very close. The art gallery hadn't put it up and the porter gave us a look. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 He is one of my favourite artists. His work is best viewed from several yards away. If you walk backwards from a painting of his it takes form steadily. AMAZING. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thos Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 If you walk backwards from a painting of his it takes form steadily.I must put one on the verge of the M6 for you to view. :D (Not really, it might get mud-splattered)Thos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 If you walk backwards from a painting of his it takes form steadily.I must put one on the verge of the M6 for you to view. :D (Not really, it might get mud-splattered)ThosYou are cruel. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 If you walk backwards from a painting of his it takes form steadily.I must put one on the verge of the M6 for you to view. :D (Not really, it might get mud-splattered)ThosThat would be a waste of time as the traffic on the M6 hardly ever moves, try the M4 or M40. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted February 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 Caerphilly mountain road from Cardiff .... Last orders used to be later in Caerphilly than in Cardiff ........ .....anyone seen death race 2000 , this is what the film was based on I'm sure...... roads a 1in 5 on the valley side too ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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