/R E P E A T -- Invitation to the media - Turner and the sublime/

Until May 2, 2021

Presented by National Bank

QUEBEC, Feb. 4, 2021 /CNW Telbec/ - Fall under the spell of the Turner and the Sublime international exhibition presented during an exclusive Canadian engagement at the MNBAQ.

Left to right: Joseph Mallord William Turner, The St Gotthard Road between Amsteg and Wassen, Looking up the Reuss Valley, c. 1814-1815. Gouache, graphite and watercolour on paper, 67.5 x 101 cm. © Tate, London 2017 / Going to the Ball (San Martino), exhibited 1846. Oil paint on canvas, 61.6 x 92.4 cm. © Tate, London 2017 / The Blue Rigi, Sunrise, 1842. Watercolour on paper, 29.7 x 45 cm. © Tate, London 2017 (CNW Group/Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec)

Discover visionary English painter, watercolourist and engraver Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), one of the 19^th century's foremost European artists. Presented by National Bank, the innovatively designed exhibition focuses on highly topical questions and is sure to delight visitors, who will have an opportunity to view striking landscapes that highlight spectacular storms, turbulent seas, or impressive mountain vistas, and to experience the sublime. Turner's unique, modern grasp of landscape continues to engage and deeply move us to the present day.

This outstanding collection of 77 paintings and works on paper presented in Québec City covers the biggest portion of the great master's career, from the outset in the 1790s until his apogee around 1840.

Three original immersive video installations created from three of the artist's paintings round out this remarkable excursion to the heart of the sublime.

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Grand hall of the Pierre Lassonde Pavilion
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
179, Grande Allée Ouest
Québec (Québec)  G1R 2H1

Two visits are being offered because of the physical distancing rules:

10 a.m. or 1 p.m.

Reservations accepted on a first-com, first-serves basis

Interviews are possible at the conclusion of the press visit with:

Jean-Luc MURRAY, Director General, MNBAQ
Annie GAUTHIER, Director of Collections and Exhibition, MNBAQ
André GILBERT, Exhibition Curator, MNBAQ
Jean HAZEL, Designer, MNBAQ
Lionel ARNOULD, Multimedia Designer

The Turner et le sublime exhibition, organized by the Musée national des beaux–arts du Québec, in collaboration with the Tate Britain, will be presented until May 2, 2021

SOURCE Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec

RSVP: Linda Tremblay, Head of Media Relations, 418 262-4681 / [email protected]