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Autres titres
Sun of Venice (Drummond1918)
Le « Sun of Venice » prenant la mer (Brooke1989p159)
Commentaires
** L'oeuvre est D'après Turner.
http://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/541113
Page consultée le 26 mai 2016.
** L'oeuvre est actuellement au National Trust, UK. Elle est exposée au Knightshayes Court, Devon.
http://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/541113
Page consultée le 26 mai 2016.
* Brooke 1989 p159:
Autrefois attribué à...
Localisation actuelle inconnue [??? L'oeuvre est au National Trust dans l'inventaire p.234]
Drummond Photo
* Brooke 1989 p234 inv1219:
Huile sur panneau
[12 1/2 x 18 1/2 po]
Grande-Bretagne, The National Trust
- Historique:
[?] Londres, Sir William Quiller Orchardson;
Londres, Agnew, 1902;
Montréal, Sir George A. Drummond, 1902, jusqu'en 1910;
Londres, vente par les héritiers, Christie's, 26 juillet 1919, no159, 2205£, à Peacock;
[...]
- Expositions:
AAM 1908 no.36
AAM 1918 Drummond no.69
AAM 1939 no.43, prêté par olwell
[...]
- Bibliographie [...]
* National Trust, UK, 2016:
Oil on panel
318 x 470 mm (12 1/2 x 18 1/2 in)
Collection : Knightshayes Court, Devon (Accredited Museum)
On show At : Knightshayes Court, Devon, South West, National Trust
- Caption :
The painting shows a hazy harbour scene, the lagoon of Venice, with a boat, a ‘bragozzo’, a Venetian fishing boat, in full sail,. The name emblazoned on the sail is the ‘Sol di Venezia’ (Sun of Venice) in the centre. It is a sketch, once owned by the artist Sir William Quiller Orchardson, RA (1832 –1910) after the original painting now in Tate Britain which Turner exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1843 with an accompanying poem, 'The Fallacies of Hope', in which is an unexpected premonition of doom suggesting that anyone who ventures out to sea faces dangers, a ‘demon in grim repose’.
- Summary:
Oil painting on panel, The 'Sun of Venice' going to Sea after Joseph Mallord William Turner, RA, (London 1775 - Chelsea 1851). It shows a hazy harbour scene, the lagoon of Venice, with a boat in full sail, a ‘bragozzo’, a Venetian fishing boat. The name emblazoned on the sail is the ‘Sol di Venezia’ in the centre. It is a sketch after the original painting now in Tate Britain which Turner exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1843 with an accompanying poem, 'The Fallacies of Hope' in which is an unexpected premonition of doom suggesting that anyone who ventures out to sea faces dangers, a ‘demon in grim repose’. One of the last Sir John's 'Old Masters' collection.
- Provenance:
Sir William Orchardson, RA; Sir George Drummond, Montreal; gift of Lady Amory (1901 -1997) to the National Trust at Knightshayes Court in 1997
- Source:
http://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/541113
Page consultée le 26 mai 2016
* 1926-10-1 Star:
Interest In the once famous art collection of the late Sir George Drummond, K. C. M. G., revived by the recent sale of the former Drummond residence on Sherbrooke street, has brought to light the fact that one of the finest pictures of the collection has found its way back to Montreal and now rests within a few blocks of its former home.
It is Turner's famous "The Sun of Venice Going to Sea," now hanging in the home of Louis M. Colwell, 746 Pine street. An interesting history precedes the acquisition of this picture by Mr. Colwell in March, 1924
Upon its completion in 1843 the late W. Q. Orchardson, R. A., another famous artist, purchased the picture direct from Turner. It was
added to the.Drummond collection in 1902 and remained in Montreal until 1919, when it was sent to London with |the rest of the collection. In London it was sold by Christies for £2,205 passing into the hands of Henry Brown of the Raeburn Galleries of London, who sold it to Leo M. Flesh of Piqua, Ohio.
The picture was later purchased from Mr. Flesh by the Fearon Gallerles, New York brokers, from whom Mr. Colwell bought it.
Art connoiseurs [sic] classify the picture j a s a masterpiece, because of the magnificent water effect and glory of color achieved by the artist.
Predominant in the picture is a Venetian fishing boat, with crowded shipping indicated on either side, of the vessel, but separated by a wide expanse of water and in the background the distant shore line of Venice forming a dim horizon between water and sky.
The fishing boat is a faithful representation of the picturesque craft so frequently seen in the lagoons of Venice, with gaily colored canvas full-curved in the wind. A common sight to visitors to this charming port of old Europe, it had remained for Turner to be the first to utilize them as a subject for the painter's canvas. Truth of detail is closely observed in the cut of the sail, the quantity of
color and the hanging of the fish-baskets about the bows.
But these are only minor merits compared to the painting of the water surface. Unrelieved by shadows and shining evenly under the reflection of the vast sheet of white clouds overhead, the depth of the water and its shimmering surface have been suggested
in a manner which draws the highest commendation of all art critics.
Though in a private home, students or connoisseurs will be shown the picture willingly, thanks to the kindness of Mr. Colwell.
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