Tempestad de nieve, de Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775-1851

Snow Storm - Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth exhibited 1842

Oil on canvassupport: 914 x 1219 mm

frame: 1233 x 1535 x 145 mm painting

Bequeathed by the artist 1856

Turner painted many pictures exploring the effects of an elemental vortex. Here, there is a steam-boat at the heart of the vortex. In this context the vessel can be interpreted as a symbol of mankind’s futile efforts to combat the forces of nature.

It is famously said that Turner conceived this image while lashed to the mast of a ship during an actual storm at sea. This seems to be nothing more than fiction, but the story has endured as a way of demonstrating Turner’s full-blooded engagement with the world around him.

Fuente: http://www.tate.org.uk