Gallery label:
[br]Turner's experimentation with gouache and blue paper resulted in works that were less detailed but richer in dramatic effect. Gouache allowed him to silhouette Orford's 12th-century keep against a lurid sunset above the sheltered harbor obscured by the deep blue shadows of twilight. [url=http://collection.imamuseum.org/artwork/49383/]Read more...[/url]
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Size:
7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in
Medium:
Gouache strengthened with pen and ink on blue paper
Credit:
Public Domain, Courtesy of the Indianapolis Museum of Art
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