PRESENTATION ~O~ The discovery of JMW Turner's oil on canvas exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1793 ~O~ PRESENTATION

Study of 'The St. Vincent's Rock Oil'
It is A Rising Squall

'The St. Vincent's Rock Oil' is clearly 'A Rising Squall';

Click the picture for visual presentation of 'squalls' that may have been seen by Turner before 1793 (4 pages)

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Clouds and spray are billowing in the breeze. Overhead a break in the clouds reveals blue sky lit by hidden sun from behind the viewer. Waves breaking against the rocks are splashing and foaming behind the figures on the right and ominous brown mists are rising on the horizon suggesting that a storm may be approaching.

There is little, stylistically, to link it to Turner's later oils. This, however, is to be expected: Those who knew Turner's later works and saw Turner's early oils described the early oils as, 'Differing in every quality from the characteristics of his present works.' (B&J Cat. No.538 (Italian Landscape) 1835)

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