Frosty Morning is an 1813 landscape painting by the British artist J. M. W. Turner. Based on a sketch made when Turner was journeying to Yorkshire and the coach paused.[1] It depicts a bright but frosty early morning in winter and group of men clearing a ditch at the side of the road. The girl in the painting, with a hare stole around her shoulders, is believed to be modelled on Turner's eldest daughter Evelina.[2]
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| Artist | J. M. W. Turner |
| Year | 1813 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, landscape painting |
| Dimensions | 113.5 cm × 174.5 cm (44.7 in × 68.7 in) |
| Location | Tate Britain, London |
It was exhibited at the Royal Academy's 1813 Summer Exhibition at Somerset House, where it was his most successful work.[3] John Constable's friend and patron John Fisher considered it the only work on display that year better than Constable's own paintings, describing it as a "picture of pictures".[4] In 1818 Turner valued the work at 350 guineas but did not sell it.[5] Part of the Turner Bequest of 1856, it is today in the collection of the Tate Britain.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Bailey p.282
- ^ https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-frosty-morning-n00492
- ^ Reynolds p.65-66
- ^ Bailey p.282
- ^ Bailey p.265
- ^ https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-frosty-morning-n00492
Bibliography
edit- Bailey, Anthony. J.M.W. Turner: Standing in the Sun. Tate Enterprises Ltd, 2013.
- Hamilton, James. Turner - A Life. Sceptre, 1998.
- Reynolds, Graham. Turner. Thames & Hudson, 2022.
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