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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 Sunrise oil painting

Painting ID::  54957

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Sunrise
mk238 1840-1845 Oil on canvas 91.5x122cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Bridge oil painting

Painting ID::  54958

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Bridge
mk238 1840-1845 Oil on canvas 86.3x117.5cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Light and colour oil painting

Painting ID::  54959

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Light and colour
mk238 1843 Oil on canvas 78.5x78.5cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Sunset oil painting

Painting ID::  54960

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Sunset
mk238 1845 Oil on canvas 91.4x121.9cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Storm oil painting

Painting ID::  54961

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Storm
mk238 1845 Watercolour 28.9x47.3cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Rain Cloud oil painting

Painting ID::  54962

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Rain Cloud
mk238 1845 29.1x44cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Lake oil painting

Painting ID::  54963

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Lake
mk238 1848-1850 Watercolour 36.9x54cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Lake oil painting

Painting ID::  54964

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Lake
mk238 1846-1850 Watercolour 36.8x54cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Angel oil painting

Painting ID::  54965

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Angel
mk238 1746 Oil on canvas 78.5x78.5cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Sunset oil painting

Painting ID::  54966

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Sunset
mk238 1840-1845 Oil on canvas 90.8x121.9cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Warship oil painting

Painting ID::  54967

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Warship
mk238 1850 Oil on canvas 89.9x120.3cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Lolusi oil painting

Painting ID::  54968

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Lolusi
mk238 1830 Watercolour 61.6x82.5cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Square view oil painting

Painting ID::  54969

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Square view
mk238 1833-1835 Watercolour 15x22.8cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Wedding oil painting

Painting ID::  54970

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Wedding
mk238 1835 oil on canvas 91.4x121.9cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Night oil painting

Painting ID::  54971

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Night
mk238 1833-1835 Watercolour 24x31.5cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Theatre oil painting

Painting ID::  54972

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Theatre
mk238 1833-1840 Watercolour 22.6x29.4cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Meeting oil painting

Painting ID::  54973

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Meeting
mk238 1839 Watercolour 24x30cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Canal oil painting

Painting ID::  54974

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Canal
mk238 1840 Watercolour 22.1x31.8cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Storm oil painting

Painting ID::  54975

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Storm
mk238 1840 Watercolour 21.8x31.8cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Factory oil painting

Painting ID::  54976

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Factory
mk238 1840 Watercolour 24.3x30.8cm
   
   
     

 

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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.