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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 Marine fetch  the piglet from board oil painting

Painting ID::  54817

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Marine fetch the piglet from board
mk238 1792-1793 Oil on canvas 21.6x27.5cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Waterworks oil painting

Painting ID::  54818

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Waterworks
mk238 1794-1795 watercolor 29.8x41.9cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Channel oil painting

Painting ID::  54819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Channel
mk238 1795 Watercolor 30.7x48.3cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Interior Ruin oil painting

Painting ID::  54820

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Interior Ruin
mk238 1796 Watercolour 21.4x27.4cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Lincon church oil painting

Painting ID::  54821

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Lincon church
mk238 1795 watetcolour 45x35cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Resident place oil painting

Painting ID::  54822

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Resident place
mk238 1795
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner The bridge on the river oil painting

Painting ID::  54823

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
The bridge on the river
mnk238 1795-1796 33.1x44.3cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Landscape oil painting

Painting ID::  54824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Landscape
mk238 1795-1796 30.4x43cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Fisher oil painting

Painting ID::  54825

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Two Fisher
mk238 1796-1797 Watercolour 19.8x27.5cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Old London bridge oil painting

Painting ID::  54826

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Old London bridge
mk238 1797 watercolour 26.2x35.9cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner The morning oil painting

Painting ID::  54827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
The morning
mk238 1798 Oil on canvas 123x89.7cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Landscape oil painting

Painting ID::  54828

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Landscape
mk238 1798 watercolour 28.9x41.6cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Castle oil painting

Painting ID::  54829

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Castle
mk238 1798 Oil on canvas 47x69cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Village oil painting

Painting ID::  54830

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Village
mk238 1799 watercolour 19.5x27.2cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Fisher oil painting

Painting ID::  54831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Fisher
mk238 1796 Oil on canvas 91.4x122.2cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Castle oil painting

Painting ID::  54832

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Castle
mk238 1799 Watercolour 55x77cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Castle oil painting

Painting ID::  54833

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Castle
mk238 1799 watercolour 55.5x76.2cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner The tree at the edge of lake oil painting

Painting ID::  54834

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
The tree at the edge of lake
mk238 1800 Oil on canvas 39.1x60.6cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Fifth tragedy of Egypt oil painting

Painting ID::  54835

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Fifth tragedy of Egypt
mk238 1800 125x183cm
   
   
     

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner Ruin castle oil painting

Painting ID::  54836

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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Ruin castle
mk238 1802-1803 watercolour 27.4x33.4cm
   
   
     

 

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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.