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

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
J. M. W. Turner
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