Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) is perhaps the best-loved English Romantic artist. He became known as 'the painter of light', because of his increasing interest in brilliant colours as the main constituent in his landscapes and seascapes. His works include water colours, oils and engravings.Turner was born near Covent Garden in London and entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1789. His earliest works form part of the 18th-century topographical tradition. He was soon inspired by 17th-century Dutch artists such as Willem van der Velde, and by the Italianate landscapes of Claude and Richard Wilson.
He exhibited watercolours at the Royal Academy from 1790, and oils from 1796. In 1840 he met the critic John Ruskin, who became the great champion of his work.Turner became interested in contemporary technology, as can be seen from "The Fighting Temeraire" and :Rain, Steam and Speed". At the time his free, expressive treatment of these subjects was criticised, but it is now widely appreciated. Turner bequeathed much of his work to the nation. The great majority of the paintings are now at Tate Britain.
This is part 6 of a 13-part series on the works of J.M.W. Turner:
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| 1811 Martello Towers near Bexhill, Sussex etching 21 x 28.9 cm |
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| 1811 Martello Towers near Bexhill, Sussex etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink: first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper 28.6 x 43.5 cm |
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| 1811 The Hindoo Worshipper etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink: First Published State on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper 27.9 x 41 cm |
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| 1811 St. Catherine's Hill near Guildford etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper 28.6 x 42.9 cm |
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| 1811 Saltash with the Water Ferry, Cornwall oil on canvas 89.9 x 120.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY |
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| 1811 Near Blair Athol, Scotland etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper 29.2 x 42.2 cm |
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| 1811 Young Anglers etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper 29.8 x 44.8 cm |
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| 1811 Windmill and Lock etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper 27.3 x 39.7 cm |
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| c1811 Whalley Bridge and Abbey oil on canvas 61.2 x 92 cm Dordrechts Museum, The Netherlands |
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| c1811 Weymouth watercolour, on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper 14.6 x 21.9 cm Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT |
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| 1812 Calm etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper 26.7 x 38.7 cm |
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| 1812 Peat Bog, Scotland etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper 27.6 x 41.3 cm |
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| 1812 Chain of Alps from Grenoble to Chamberi etching on paper (size not given) |
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| 1812 Chain of Alps from Grenoble to Chamberi etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink: engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper 21 x 29.2 cm |
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| 1812 Peat Bog, Scotland etching, aquatint and mezzotint 21 x 29.4 cm |
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| 1812 Mer de Glace, Valley of Chamouni, Savoy etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink: engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper 27.9 x 41.2 cm |
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| 1812 Crypt of Kirkstall Abbey etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink: first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper 27.9 x 40.6 cm |
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| 1812 Procris and Cephalus etching, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper 29.8 x 44.1 cm |
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| 1812 Procris and Cephalus etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper 21.6 x 29.2 cm |
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| 1812 Scene in the Campagna etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink: first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper 30.5 x 44.1 cm |
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| 1812 River Wye etching and mezzotint on paper 30.2 x 44.1 cm |
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| 1812 Rivaux Abbey, Yorkshire etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper 29.2 x 39.3 cm |
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| 1812 The Bridge and Goats etching and engraving on paper 18.1 x 25.2 cm |
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| 1812 The Bridge and Goats etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink: first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper 29.5 x 44.5 cm |
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| 1812 Winchelsea, Sussex etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink: first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper 29.5 x 45.1 cm |
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| 1812 Water Mill etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink: first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper 28.3 x 41.3 cm |
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| 1812 The Mildmay Sea-Piece etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink: first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper 29.5 x 44.5 cm |
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| 1813-23 Apuleia in Search of Apuleius etching on paper 18.4 x 26.7 cm (plate) |
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| 1813-23 Apuleia in Search of Apuleius etching and mezzotint on paper 28.3 x 40 cm |
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| 1813-23 The Temple of Jupiter in the Island of Aegina etching, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper 28.9 x 42.9 cm |
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| 1813-23 The Temple of Jupiter in the Island of Aegina mezzotint on paper 19 x 26.9 cm (plate) |
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| c1813 Lillebonne watercolour and bodycolour with pen and black and brown ink 13.4 x 18.5 cm Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK |
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| c1813 Hulks on the Tamar: Twilight gouache and watercolour on paper 26.2 x 33 cm Tate Britain, London |
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| c1813 Dartmoor: The Source of the Tamar and the Torridge watercolour, gouache, graphite, and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper 20 x 32.1 cm Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT |
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| 1814 Solitude etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper 29.2 x 43.5 cm |
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| 1814 Solitude etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink: first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper 29.8 x 43.2 cm |
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| 1814-15 Lake Avernus: Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl oil on canvas 71.8 x 97.2 cm Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT |
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| 1814-26 Rye, Sussex etching: open etched state, engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper 27.3 x 33.3 cm |
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| c1814 Combe Martin, Devonshire watercolour over graphite with pen and black ink 14.6 x 23.2 cm Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK |
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| c1814 Boscastle, Cornwall watercolour over graphite with pen and black ink 14.2 x 23.1 cm Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK |
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