1840
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
View of the Danube and Regensburg cathedral at sunset is a 1840 watercolor by Joseph Mallord William Turner, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a hazy cityscape by a wide river at dusk. The cathedral’s towers loom in the distance, barely defined by pale strokes of brown and gray. Below, a bridge stretches across the water, and a few small figures walk or stand near the riverbank. Turner used watercolor to blur edges, making the scene feel dreamy and alive. The light is soft, almost glowing, as if the sunset is fading fast. Check out how he used watercolour to create this mood—it’s a whole different way of painting.
A watercolour by Joseph Mallord William Turner depicts the Danube River at Regensburg, with the city’s cathedral visible in the background as the sun sets. The work was once believed to represent Lyons and dated around 1846, but later research by Cecilia Powell identified the scene as Regensburg from Turner’s 1840 tour along the Danube.
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Joseph Mallord William Turner was born in 1775 at Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, where his father kept a barber and wig-making shop.
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