Fishermen at Sea
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Fishermen at Sea is an early Romantic-era oil painting by J. M. W. Turner that dramatically depicts small fishing boats battling the moonlit waves of a turbulent sea.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Romantic-era artwork
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oil painting → painting → |
| artist |
J. M. W. Turner
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| artisticStyle |
Romantic
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| cityOfCurrentLocation |
London
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| collection |
Tate collection
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| colorPalette |
chiaroscuro contrasts
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| completionDate |
1796
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| countryOfCurrentLocation |
United Kingdom
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| countryOfOrigin |
England
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United Kingdom → |
| creator |
J. M. W. Turner
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| creatorFullName |
Joseph Mallord William Turner
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| creatorNationality |
British
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| currentLocation |
Tate Britain
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| depicts |
fishing boats
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moonlit night → rough waves → the English Channel → turbulent sea → |
| depictsActivity |
fishing
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| depictsTimeOfDay |
night
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| depictsWeather |
stormy conditions
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| exhibitedAt |
Royal Academy of Arts, London
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| exhibitionType |
Royal Academy summer exhibition
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| firstExhibited |
1796
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| genre |
marine painting
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| hasArtHistoricalSignificance |
Turner’s first exhibited oil painting at the Royal Academy
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| hasArtTechnique |
atmospheric perspective
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dramatic chiaroscuro → |
| inception |
1796
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| influencedBy |
tradition of marine painting
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| languageOfTitle |
English
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| lightingSource |
lantern light from the boats
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moonlight → |
| mainSubject |
fishermen at sea
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| medium |
oil paint
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| movement |
Romanticism
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| notableFor |
dramatic depiction of the sea
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dramatic lighting effects → early example of Turner’s marine paintings → |
| period |
late 18th century
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| relatedWorkByArtist |
Snow Storm – Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth
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The Shipwreck → |
| support |
canvas
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| theme |
danger at sea
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man versus nature → sublime power of the sea → |
| usesMedium |
oil on canvas
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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J. M. W. Turner
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