Three Seascapes, c 1887
One of a group of cursory marine sketches datable to the late 1820s, this work was perhaps painted while Turner was visitng East Cowes, or in the studio from recollections of his stay there. It is unlikely to have been painted outdoors from nature. The canvas bears three sketches of sea and sky one of which was painted upside down so that one sky serves for two subjects when the canvas is turned. It is exhibited with two seascapes the right way up.
Very reminiscent of Mark Rothko.
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