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 12 of a 13-part series on the works of J.M.W. Turner:
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| 1834-35 The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, October 16, 1834 oil on canvas 123.1 x 91.9 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA |
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| 1834-35 Long Ship's Lighthouse, Land's End watercolour & gouache and scraping on paper 28.6 x 44 cm The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
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| 1834-36 Fort of L'Essillon, Val de la Maurienne, France watercolour 19.7 x 28 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY |
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| c1834c Wreckers: Coast of Northumberland, with a Steam-Boat Assisting a Ship off Shore oil on canvas 90.4 x 125.8 cm Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT |
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| 1835 Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight oil on canvas 92.3 x 122.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1835 A Disaster at Sea oil on canvas 220.3 x 171.4 cm Tate Britain, London |
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| 1835-39 Line Fishing, off Hastings (UK) oil on canvas c58.4 x c 76.2 cm V&A Museum, London |
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| c1835-40 Margate? from the Sea oil on canvas 91.2 x 122.2 cm |
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| 1835-40 Margate? from the Sea oil on canvas 91.2 x 122,2 cm The National Gallery, London |
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| 1836 Juliet and her Nurse oil on canvas 88 x 121 cm Collection Analita Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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| 1836 Chatel Argent and the Val d'Aosta from above Villeneuve watercolour and gouache over graphite on paper 25.7 x 30.5 cm |
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| 1836 Mercury and Argos (partly repainted 1840) oil on canvas 151.8 x 111.8 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa |
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| 1836-37 Valley of Aosta: Snowstorm, Avalanche and Thunderstorm oil on canvas 92.2 x 123 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| before 1837 The Parting of Hero and Leander - from the Greek of Musaeus oil on canvas 146 x 236 cm The National Gallery, London |
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| c1837 The Death of Actaeon, with a Distant View of Montjovet, Val d’Aosta oil on canvas 150.9 x 112.5 cm Tate Britain, London |
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| c1837 Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland: Preparatory Study graphite and watercolour on paper 45.9 x 76.9 cm Tate Britain, London |
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| c1838 The Fortified Rock of Monaco from the East watercolour, gouache, pen and brown ink and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper 13.7 x 19.1 cm Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT |
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| 1838 The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up oil on canvas 90.7 x 121.6 cm The National Gallery, London |
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| 1838 Monaco at Sunset from the Southwest watercolour and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper 14 x 18.7 cm Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT |
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| c1839 The Rham Plateau, Luxembourg, from the Alzette Valley watercolour 14 x 19.3 cm Tate Britain |
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| c1839 The Evening Star oil on canvas 91.1 x 122.6 cm The National Gallery, London |
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| 1839 View of the Campo Vaccino (Forum Romanum) in Rome oil on canvas 91.8 x 122.6 cm Getty Centre. Los Angeles, CA |
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| 1839 View of the Campo Vaccino (Forum Romanum) in Rome oil on canvas 91.8 x 122.6 cm Getty Centre, Los Angeles, CA |
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| 1840 The Sun of Venice watercolour with scraping on paper 21.9 x 32 cm National Galleries Scotland, Edinburgh, UK |
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| 1840 Rockets and Blue Lights (Close at Hand) to Warn Steamboats of Shoal oil on canvas 92.1 x 122.2 cm Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts |
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| 1840 Landscape with Water oil on canvas 182.2 x 121.9 cm Tate Britain, London |
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| 1840 Venice: The Riva degli Schiavoni watercolour with pen and red and brown ink 21.7 x 31.8 cm Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK |
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| 1840 Venice: the Grand Canal watercolour over graphite with bodycolour and pen and red ink 21.5 x 31.5 cm Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK |
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| 1840 Venice: The Accademia watercolour over graphite with pen and reddish-brown ink 21.7 x 31.8 cm Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK |
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| 1840 Venice: Looking across the Lagoon at Sunset watercolour on paper 24.4 x 30.4 cm Tate Britain, London |
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| 1840 Venice: the Bridge of Sighs oil on canvas 91.4 x 68.6 cm Tate Britain, London |
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| c1840 Yarmouth Sands watercolour, graphite and scraping out on paper 24.8 x 36.5 cm Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT |
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| c1840 View off Margate, evening oil on canvas 32.1 x 48.9 cm Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts |
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| c1840 Red Sails at Chioggia watercolour and gouache on paper 16.5 x 25 cm Tate Britain, London |
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| 1840-45 Stormy Sea Breaking on a Shore oil on canvas 44.5 x 63.5 cm Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT |
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| 1840-45 Squally Weather oil on paper, laid on canvas 30.5 x 45.7 cm Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT |
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| 1840-45 A Wreck, with Fishing Boats oil on canvas 91.4 x 122.2 cm Tate Britain, London |
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| 1841 Glaucus and Scylla oil on panel 78.3 x 77.5 cm Kimbell Ar Museum, Fort Worth, TX |
