Casgliadau Celf Arlein
Yr Oleufa [The Beacon Light]
TURNER, Joseph Mallord William (1775 - 1851)
Cyfrwng: olew ar gynfas
Maint: 61.5 x 96.0 cm
Derbyniwyd: 1952; Cymynrodd; Gwendoline Davies
Rhif Derbynoli: NMW A 433
Casgliad: Casgliad y Chwiorydd Davies
Cafodd y paentiad hwn ei wrthod fel gwaith dilys ym 1956. Fe’i disgrifir yn y catalog cyflawn o baentiadau Turner, 1977, fel ‘a partly reworked fragment… curiously unauthentic appearance… has certainly been worked on by a hand other than Turner’s’. Ar ôl archwilio’r deunyddiau a’r technegau, fodd bynnag, mae’r arbenigwyr yn derbyn mai ôl llaw Turner a neb arall ydyw.
Mae Turner yn cyfleu effeithiau’r golau ar y môr tymhestlog a’r tonnau gwyllt sy’n tasgu yn erbyn y clogwyn. Ei nod oedd archwilio natur y môr dan awyr gyfnewidiol yn hytrach na phortreadu man penodol. Fodd bynnag, wedi i lun goleudy ar ymyl clogwyn gael ei ddarganfod dan y paent ar yr wyneb, aed ati i ymchwilio o’r newydd i’r lleoliad posibl. Credwyd mai golygfa o Needles ar Ynys Wyth oedd hon yn wreiddiol, ond bellach, mae’n debyg mai’r arfordir rhwng St Margaret’s-at-Cliffe, i’r gogledd o Dover yn edrych tuag at oleudy a goleufa South Foreland ydyw. Mae tystiolaeth yn awgrymu bod gan Turner dŷ yn St Margaret’s-at-Cliffe tua’r cyfnod yma.
Prynodd Gwendoline Davies Yr OIeufa am £2,625 mewn ocsiwn drwy Hugh Blaker ym mis Mehefin 1922.
sylw - (21)
Hello National Museum Wales,
I have only recently found and started watching with great interest the BBC show Fake or Fortune.
I want to pass along some images I have found on Google Books pertaining to Turner's The Beacon Light. I don't think the Fake or Fortune show mentioned in provenance that Ralph Brocklebank Esq. had owned the painting before the Davies sisters. While it was in his possession it was attributed to Turner, even listed as a Turner in Sir Walter Armstong's 1902 book Turner. Funny that it should have developed such doubt later that Philip Mould and Fiona Bruce were able to put to rest.
I would guess you are already aware of all this, but in case you are not, I would be happy to share my findings if you would give me an email address to accept them.
Cheers,
Karl Jensen
New Jersey, USA
Hi Tina,
Thank you for your enquiry. This work does not have a signature on it. In fact, it has an interesting history as its authorship by Turner was once disputed and it was the subject of a BBC show called 'Fake or Fortune'.
Best wishes,
Jennifer Dudley
Curator: Art Collections Management and Access
i recognised this cliff immediately it is the beach that i spent my childhood on, not off the cost of Margate, not even in Thanet, but it's the cliff that dominates the beach at St Margarets Bay in between Dover and Deal on the south east kent coast.
wonderful painting and even more wonderful place,
jlb
Here's a link to the exhibition page:
J.M.W. Turner: The Davies Collection
They are wonderful.