Painting by J. M. W. Turner
Calais Pier landscape painting by the British artistJ. M. W. Turner , painted in 1803 and exhibited at theRoyal Academy 'sSummer Exhibition the same year . The painting's full title isCalais Pier, with French Poissards preparing for Sea: an English Packet arriving
The painting was inspired by a visit Turner made toCalais , France, the previous year when thePeace of Amiens led to a brief break in theFrench Revolutionary War againstFrance . Having made the crossing during stormy weather, his ship was stuck outside the harbour for some time during which he made a number of sketches. Having transferred to thepilot boat he nearly drowned while getting ashore.[ 1] packet boat arriving in the harbour.[ 2]
Turner's contemporaryJohn Constable was privately critical of both this work and Turner'sThe Opening of the Vintage of Macon after viewing them at the Royal Academy, as he felt the artist had become "more and more extravagant and less attentive to nature".[ 3] art critic John Ruskin later hailed it as the first painting to display "Turner's colossal power".[ 4]
The work is now in the collection of theNational Gallery having been part of theTurner Bequest of 1856.
^ Hamilton.Turner - A Life p.122 ^ Hamilton.Turner - A Life p.124 ^ Hamilton.Constable a Portrait p.88 ^ "Calais Pier" . The National Gallery. Retrieved12 July 2024 .Hamilton, James.Constable: A Portrait . Hachette UK, 2022. Hamilton, James.Turner - A Life . Sceptre, 1998. Robinson, Alan.Imagining London, 1770-1900 . Springer, 2004.
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