ARTIST

J. M. W. Turner

1775–1851 · Kingdom of Great Britain

J. M. W. Turner, the 'painter of light,' transformed landscape painting with his turbulent marine scenes and expressive use of color.

ABOUT

Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 1775 – 19 December 1851), known in his time as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist. He is known for his expressive colouring, imaginative landscapes and turbulent, often violent marine paintings. His artistic style developed over his lifetime, moving away from Romanticism—bypassing the following rising style of Realism—and, instead, with his later works being a significant precursor of and pre…

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NOTABLE WORKS
A Limekiln, Possibly at Briton Ferry in South Wales 1797 · Yale Center for British Art Aeneas and the Sibyl, Lake Avernus 1798 · National Gallery Morning amongst the Coniston Fells, Cumberland 1798 · National Gallery Harlech Castle, from Tygwyn Ferry, Summer's Evening Twilight 1799 · Yale Center for British Art Dolbadarn Castle 1800 · National Library of Wales Tummel Bridge, Perthshire 1802 · Yale Center for British Art
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