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Joseph Mallord William Turner
English Romantic Painter, 1775-1851 Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 1775 ?C 19 December 1851) was an English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker, whose style is said to have laid the foundation for Impressionism. Although Turner was considered a controversial figure in his day, he is now regarded as the artist who elevated landscape painting to an eminence rivalling history painting. Turner's talent was recognised early in his life. Financial independence allowed Turner to innovate freely; his mature work is characterised by a chromatic palette and broadly applied atmospheric washes of paint. According to David Piper's The Illustrated History of Art, his later pictures were called "fantastic puzzles." However, Turner was still recognised as an artistic genius: the influential English art critic John Ruskin described Turner as the artist who could most "stirringly and truthfully measure the moods of Nature." (Piper 321) Suitable vehicles for Turner's imagination were to be found in the subjects of shipwrecks, fires (such as the burning of Parliament in 1834, an event which Turner rushed to witness first-hand, and which he transcribed in a series of watercolour sketches), natural catastrophes, and natural phenomena such as sunlight, storm, rain, and fog. He was fascinated by the violent power of the sea, as seen in Dawn after the Wreck (1840) and The Slave Ship (1840). Turner placed human beings in many of his paintings to indicate his affection for humanity on the one hand (note the frequent scenes of people drinking and merry-making or working in the foreground), but its vulnerability and vulgarity amid the 'sublime' nature of the world on the other hand. 'Sublime' here means awe-inspiring, savage grandeur, a natural world unmastered by man, evidence of the power of God - a theme that artists and poets were exploring in this period. The significance of light was to Turner the emanation of God's spirit and this was why he refined the subject matter of his later paintings by leaving out solid objects and detail, concentrating on the play of light on water, the radiance of skies and fires. Although these late paintings appear to be 'impressionistic' and therefore a forerunner of the French school, Turner was striving for expression of spirituality in the world, rather than responding primarily to optical phenomena. Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway painted (1844).His early works, such as Tintern Abbey (1795), stayed true to the traditions of English landscape. However, in Hannibal Crossing the Alps (1812), an emphasis on the destructive power of nature had already come into play. His distinctive style of painting, in which he used watercolour technique with oil paints, created lightness, fluency, and ephemeral atmospheric effects. (Piper 321) One popular story about Turner, though it likely has little basis in reality, states that he even had himself "tied to the mast of a ship in order to experience the drama" of the elements during a storm at sea. In his later years he used oils ever more transparently, and turned to an evocation of almost pure light by use of shimmering colour. A prime example of his mature style can be seen in Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway, where the objects are barely recognizable. The intensity of hue and interest in evanescent light not only placed Turner's work in the vanguard of English painting, but later exerted an influence upon art in France, as well; the Impressionists, particularly Claude Monet, carefully studied his techniques.

 

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Landscape oil painting

Painting ID::  54917

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Landscape
mk238 1828 Oil on canvas 60x92.5cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner The town oil painting

Painting ID::  54918

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
The town
mk238 1828 Watercolour 14x18.6cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Lake oil painting

Painting ID::  54919

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Lake
mk238 1828 Watercolour 28.6x41.2cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Landscape oil painting

Painting ID::  54920

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Landscape
mk238 1828 Oil on canvas 60.3x101.9cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Georgian oil painting

Painting ID::  54921

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Georgian
mk238 1822 Oil on board 68.5x91.8cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Sea fight oil painting

Painting ID::  54922

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Sea fight
mk238 1823-1824 Oil on canvas 259x365.8cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Receive baptism oil painting

Painting ID::  54923

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Receive baptism
mk238 1825 Oil on canvas 60x75.5cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Lifeimosi oil painting

Painting ID::  54924

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Lifeimosi
mk238 1829 oil on canvas 132.5x203cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Cockpit oil painting

Painting ID::  54925

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Cockpit
mk238 1831 Oil on canvas 91.4x122cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Boat oil painting

Painting ID::  54926

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Boat
mk238 1831 Oil on canvas 91.4x122cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Azrael oil painting

Painting ID::  54927

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Azrael
mk238 1825-1830 Oil on canvas 59.7x75.6cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Tunalu oil painting

Painting ID::  54928

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Tunalu
mk238 1832 Watercolour 28.2x24cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Cay oil painting

Painting ID::  54929

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Cay
mk238 1832 Watercolour 13.9x19.1cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Village oil painting

Painting ID::  54930

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Village
mk238 1832 Watercolour
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Hafulier oil painting

Painting ID::  54931

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Hafulier
mk238 1832 Watercolour 13.8x18.7cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner View oil painting

Painting ID::  54932

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
View
mk238 1832 Watercolour 29x47cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Lighthouse oil painting

Painting ID::  54933

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Lighthouse
mk238 1832 Watercolour 14x19cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Sunset oil painting

Painting ID::  54934

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Sunset
mk238 1832 Watercolour 14x19.2cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Warship oil painting

Painting ID::  54935

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Warship
mk238 1833 Oil on canvas
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Gate oil painting

Painting ID::  54936

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Gate
mk238 1832 14.2x19.1cm
   
   
     

 

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
English Romantic Painter, 1775-1851 Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 1775 ?C 19 December 1851) was an English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker, whose style is said to have laid the foundation for Impressionism. Although Turner was considered a controversial figure in his day, he is now regarded as the artist who elevated landscape painting to an eminence rivalling history painting. Turner's talent was recognised early in his life. Financial independence allowed Turner to innovate freely; his mature work is characterised by a chromatic palette and broadly applied atmospheric washes of paint. According to David Piper's The Illustrated History of Art, his later pictures were called "fantastic puzzles." However, Turner was still recognised as an artistic genius: the influential English art critic John Ruskin described Turner as the artist who could most "stirringly and truthfully measure the moods of Nature." (Piper 321) Suitable vehicles for Turner's imagination were to be found in the subjects of shipwrecks, fires (such as the burning of Parliament in 1834, an event which Turner rushed to witness first-hand, and which he transcribed in a series of watercolour sketches), natural catastrophes, and natural phenomena such as sunlight, storm, rain, and fog. He was fascinated by the violent power of the sea, as seen in Dawn after the Wreck (1840) and The Slave Ship (1840). Turner placed human beings in many of his paintings to indicate his affection for humanity on the one hand (note the frequent scenes of people drinking and merry-making or working in the foreground), but its vulnerability and vulgarity amid the 'sublime' nature of the world on the other hand. 'Sublime' here means awe-inspiring, savage grandeur, a natural world unmastered by man, evidence of the power of God - a theme that artists and poets were exploring in this period. The significance of light was to Turner the emanation of God's spirit and this was why he refined the subject matter of his later paintings by leaving out solid objects and detail, concentrating on the play of light on water, the radiance of skies and fires. Although these late paintings appear to be 'impressionistic' and therefore a forerunner of the French school, Turner was striving for expression of spirituality in the world, rather than responding primarily to optical phenomena. Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway painted (1844).His early works, such as Tintern Abbey (1795), stayed true to the traditions of English landscape. However, in Hannibal Crossing the Alps (1812), an emphasis on the destructive power of nature had already come into play. His distinctive style of painting, in which he used watercolour technique with oil paints, created lightness, fluency, and ephemeral atmospheric effects. (Piper 321) One popular story about Turner, though it likely has little basis in reality, states that he even had himself "tied to the mast of a ship in order to experience the drama" of the elements during a storm at sea. In his later years he used oils ever more transparently, and turned to an evocation of almost pure light by use of shimmering colour. A prime example of his mature style can be seen in Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway, where the objects are barely recognizable. The intensity of hue and interest in evanescent light not only placed Turner's work in the vanguard of English painting, but later exerted an influence upon art in France, as well; the Impressionists, particularly Claude Monet, carefully studied his techniques.