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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 Turn of the left oil painting

Painting ID::  55138

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turn of the left
mk239 1923 Watercolour 42.5x47.5cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Constructure number 8 oil painting

Painting ID::  55139

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Constructure number 8
mk239 140x201cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Black Circle oil painting

Painting ID::  55140

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Black Circle
mk239 1923 130x130cm Oil on canvas
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner On the purple oil painting

Painting ID::  55141

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
On the purple
mk239 1924 Watercolour 34.5x22.6cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Brown oil painting

Painting ID::  55142

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Brown
mk239 1924 Watercolour 48.5x33.3cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner No title oil painting

Painting ID::  55143

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
No title
mk239 1924 Watercolour 25x20cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Shock oil painting

Painting ID::  55144

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Shock
mk239 1924 Watercolour
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Fly oil painting

Painting ID::  55145

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Fly
mk239 1924 Watercolour 30x40cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Bright oil painting

Painting ID::  55146

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Bright
mk239 1924 Watercolour
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Brown oil painting

Painting ID::  55147

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Brown
mk239 1924 Oil on canvas 83.1x72.7cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Centre line oil painting

Painting ID::  55148

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Centre line
mk239 1924 Watercolour 34.6x22.9cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Gray oil painting

Painting ID::  55149

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Gray
mk239 1924 48.9x33.8cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Unstable oil painting

Painting ID::  55150

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Unstable
mk239 1924 29.7x25.7cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Rover oil painting

Painting ID::  55151

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Rover
mk239 1924 Watercolour 35x24.5cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Happy construct oil painting

Painting ID::  55152

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Happy construct
mk239 1924 Watercolour 35x23cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Weight during the light oil painting

Painting ID::  55153

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Weight during the light
mk239 1924 Watercolour
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Rose and gray oil painting

Painting ID::  55154

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Rose and gray
mk239 1924 59.5x48.5cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Spoil oil painting

Painting ID::  55155

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Spoil
mk239 1925 Watercolour 48.4x32.1cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Two sawtooth oil painting

Painting ID::  55156

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Two sawtooth
mk239 1925 31.6x48.6cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner A spot oil painting

Painting ID::  55157

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
A spot
mk239 1925 oil on canvas 75x55cm
   
   
     

 

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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.