The Color of Water

For J. M. W. Turner, the subject of James Hamilton’s biography, complex ideas were transformed into features of the landscape. Continue …

Arts Briefing; astronomers calculate that on July 13 moon will rise over southern French village in just same position as when van Gogh painted Evening Landscape with Rising Moon in 1889; Elvis Presley memorabilia to go on display in Liverpool under auspices of Beatles Story museum; Clark Art Institute to show Turner seascapes; Somerset House in London to show early photos of St Petersburg from Hermitage collection; 18th season of SummerStage to open in New York’s Central Park; photos; tenors Salvatore Licitra and Marcelo Alvarez to perform in Rome’s Colosseum; Bang on a Can Festival set for Symphony Space (S)… Continue …

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) was not only Britain’s greatest painter but arguably the finest landscape and marine painter ever. Turner was enormously prolific, producing some 550 oil paintings, over 2,000 highly detailed and finely finished watercolours, and some 30,000 works on paper. His bequest to the nation of much of this output is without doubt the greatest artistic legacy ever bestowed upon the United Kingdom. It is housed in Tate Britain, London.