Description
ターナーは幼児期からテムズ川とその周辺の風景に愛着をもち、刻々と変化する海や河の景観は、雄大な自然のリズムの美を少年の心に植え付けた。初期の作品は、綿密な観察に基づくリアリズムの技法に、明るい光や大気の表現法などクロード・ロランらの古典的手法を取り入れたもので、本作は小品ながらも、この時期の画家の力量を如実に示している。左から右へ覆い始めた暗雲、強風で横倒しになる船、急いで帆を下げようとする人の動き、強大な力を今にも爆発させようとする波のうねりによって、差し迫った嵐の緊迫感が見事に描出されている。この時期、ターナーは、人間のささやかな努力を圧倒するような強大な自然の力をロマンティックな手法で描く海景画を何点か残している。
Data source
Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection Database
This database showcases some 2,000 objects from our collection of some 30,000 pieces of artworks from various periods and cultures including Japanese, Eastern and Western works, ranging from paintings...
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The Japanese Council of Art Museums
The Japanese Council of Art Museums (JCAM) supports the accomplishment of mission of art museums and seeks to assist art museums in fully basing their activities in a social context. The organization holds an annual meeting, memorial forums at annual meetings, lectures, Curatorial Study Meetings, and Study Group activities every year. The information and reports generated by these various activities are then expected to be shared with member museums, the greater art-related world and the general public. JCAM was founded in 1952 with the aim of providing a forum for art museums in Japan to think and act together. The organization was registered as a general incorporated association on April 1st, 2020 and includes over 450 members (full members, individual members and supporting members).
Last updated
April 29, 2026