Joseph Mallord William Turner: Fishermen at Sea: (1796)
Media: Oil on Canvas:
Support: 914 x 1222mm:
Frame: 1120 x 1425mm x 105mm
Location: Tate Collection
Image available at:
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/the-sublime
I like the dark brooding sky in this painting. It is an element I would like to try and create in my own painting.
Joseph Mallord William Turner: Snow Storm: (1842)
Media: Oil on Canvas:
Support: 1099 x 1600:
Frame: 1562 x 2052 x 175mm
Location: Tate Collection
Image available at:
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/the-sublime
Turner uses paint to hint at the terrifying and awesome using techniques of dark, light and scale. His brushstrokes are applied in such a way that they create the atmosphere of a turbulent sea and sky.
Other artists I researched for my painting of The Abyss were, Phillip James Loutherbourg, James Ward, John Martin, and Joseph Wright of Derby.
Phillip James De Loutherbourg:
An Avalanche in the Alps (1803)
Media:Oil on Canvas:
Support: 1099 x 1600mm
Frame: 1562 x 2052mm
Location: Tate Collection
Image available at:
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/the-sublime
Phillip James De Loutherbourg:
Belle Isle, Windermere in a Storm: (1785)
Media: Oil on Canvas:
Dimensions: 1360 x 2020mm
Location: Lakelands Art Trust Collection
Image available at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/belle-isle-windermere-in-a-storm
James Ward: Gordale Scar: (1812-14)
Media: Oil on Canvas:
Support: 3327 x 4216mm
Location:Property of Lord Ribblesdale
Image available at:
http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/mind-fields
Joseph Wright of Derby: Vesuvius in Eruption (1776-80)
Media: Oil on Canvas:
Support: 1220 x 1764mm:
Frame: 1461 x 1941 x 95mm
Tate Collection
Image available at:
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/the-sublime
John Martin: The Great Day of his Wrath: (1851-3)
Media: Oil on Canvas:
Support: 1965 x 3032mm:
Frame: 2400 x 3470 x 175mm
Tate Collection
Image available at:
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/martin-the-great-day-of-his-wrath-n05613
Joseph Wright of Derby: Matlock Tor: (circa 1778-1780)
Media: Oil on Canvas:
Dimensions: 731 x 1000mm
Location: The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Image available at:
Joseph Wright of Derby: Dovedale by Moonlight:(1785)
Media: Oil on Canvas:
Dimensions: 685 x 900mm
Location: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Image available at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/dovedale-by-derbyshire-moonlight-61217
All the different elements that I want to include within my own painting are captured in these paintings; the vastness of the landscape, dark and stormy skies and the insignificance in size of the figure.
