aug 1, 1832 - “He has been here and fired a gun” (Summer Exhibition in 1832)

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But the rivalry of our most famous RA Schools graduates, Turner and Constable, was never more fraught than on the eve of the Summer Exhibition in 1832. The story goes that when Turner saw his cool-toned seascape Helvoetsluys hung next to Constable’s scarlet-flecked Thames scene The Opening of Waterloo Bridge, he was piqued by the prospect of being upstaged. So in a retaliatory move, he planted a single daub of red in the sea of his own canvas, later finessing it to look like a buoy bobbing in the choppy seas.
When Constable saw what Turner had done, he declared: “He has been here and fired a gun.”


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