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La Baleinière

ca. 1845
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 808
Turner avait soixante-dix ans quand, en 1845, il présenta La Baleinière pour la première fois à l’exposition annuelle de la Royal Academy. Admirateurs et détracteurs s’entendirent sur la difficulté de distinguer la baleine qui se débat et les canots, pourtant au premier plan et au centre de la composition. Turner peignit des marines pendant toute sa carrière. Nombre de ses œuvres plus tardives, comme celle-ci, célèbrent d’une manière presque abstraite la puissance spectaculaire de la mer. Ce tableau, et trois autres qui se trouvent au Tate Museum de Londres, auraient été inspirés en partie par The Natural History of the Sperm Whale (histoire naturelle du cachalot), un livre publié par Thomas Beale en 1839.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titre: La Baleinière
  • Artiste: Joseph Mallord William Turner, Britannique, 1775–1851
  • Date: v. 1845
  • Technique: Huile sur toile
  • Dimensions: 91,8 x 122,6 cm
  • Crédits: Collection Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, fonds Wolfe, 1896
  • Accession Number: 96.29
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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