Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth

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"Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth" is a dramatic 1842 marine painting by J. M. W. Turner, renowned for its swirling, atmospheric depiction of a steamship battling a violent sea storm.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf marine painting
painting
artStyle atmospheric painting
painterly abstraction
author J. M. W. Turner
colorPalette browns
greys
muted tones
whites
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator J. M. W. Turner
depictionType seascape
storm scene
depicts funnel of a steamship
harbour mouth
rough sea
sea storm
smoke
snow
steamship
waves
wind
follows earlier marine paintings by J. M. W. Turner
genre Romanticism
hasPart sea
ship
sky
smoke plume
snowfall
waves
inception 1842
influencedBy sublime aesthetics
languageOfWork English
mainSubject ship in a storm
medium oil paint
movement Romantic art
notableFor dramatic depiction of a steamship in a storm
swirling atmospheric effects
notableWorkOf J. M. W. Turner
period 19th century art
surface canvas
technique impasto
loose brushwork
theme man versus nature
nature’s power
technology at sea
title Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
J. M. W. Turner
notableWork
Fishermen at Sea ("Snow Storm – Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth")
relatedWorkByArtist
Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth
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