JMW Turner’s watercolour Sunrise Over The Sea has passed auction estimates to sell for more than £1 million. The “breathtakingly beautiful” piece features bold yellows, oranges and blues to ...

JMW Turner’s watercolour Sunrise Over The Sea has passed auction estimates to sell for more than £1 million. The “breathtakingly beautiful” piece features bold yellows, oranges and blues to capture ...

Sunrise Over The Sea was previously owned by Turner’s landlady in Margate, Sophia Caroline Booth. Art collector Walter Brandt, who focused on British watercolours, later acquired it.

Sunrise Over The Sea is believed to have been created by Turner in the later years of his celebrated career before he died in 1851 aged 76.

Turner watercolour Sunrise Over The Sea sells for more than £1m The piece features bold yellows, oranges and blues to capture the changing sunlight over what is thought to be Margate.