William Turner 1775 - 1851. Perhaps the most famous English Romantic landscape artist. He became known as 'the painter of light'

William Turner 1775 - 1851. Perhaps the most famous English Romantic landscape artist

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TURNER, JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM 1775–1851

Turner entered the Royal Academy Schools at the age of fourteen and began his career painting watercolours. His first employment was as a topographical draftsman, in which capacity he travelled around England in the early 1790s. In 1796 he exhibited his first oil painting, and by 1799 he was an associate member of the Royal Academy. He became a full Academician in 1802. Influenced by Reynolds and the eighteenth-century landscapist Richard Wilson, Turner intended to unite landscape with the noble genre of history painting. He travelled extensively in England and on the Continent and made innumerable sketches, many of which he used as the basis for paintings and prints. Turner’s style changed considerably over his long career, but, while his late works demonstrate the increasing dominance of abstract pictorial qualities, he never abandoned his interest in subject matter. His pictures have a poetic depth that is unsurpassed in British landscape painting.

English Rivers in watercolour by J.M.W.Turner English Rivers slideshow (needs Broadband)

Stangate Creek on the River Medway, 1824, 16 x 24cm, Clore Gallery Stangate Creek on the River Medway, 1824, 16 x 24cm, Clore Gallery

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Totnes, on the River Dart, 1824, 16 x 23, Clore Gallery for the Turner Collection Totnes, on the River Dart, 1824, 16 x 23, Clore Gallery for the Turner Collection
River Tavey, Devonshire, 1813, 22 x 37, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford River Tavey, Devonshire, 1813, 22 x 37, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Junction of the Greta and Tees at Rokery, 1816 Junction of the Greta and Tees at Rokery, 1816, 29 x 41cm, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Shields, on the River Tyne, 1823 Shields, on the River Tyne, 1823, 15 x 22cm, Clore Gallery for the Turner Collection
More Park, near Watford, on the River Colne, 1822 More Park, near Watford, on the River Colne, 1822, 16 x 22cm
Rochester, on the River Medway, 1822 Rochester, on the River Medway, 1822, 15 x 22cm, Clore Gallery for the Turner Collection
Norham Castle, on the River Tweed, 1822, Norham Castle, on the River Tweed, 1822, 16 x 22cm, Clore Gallery for the Turner Collection
Dartmouth Castle on the River Dart, 1822, 16 x 22 Dartmouth Castle on the River Dart, 1822, 16 x 22, Clore Gallery for the Turner Collection
Kirkstall Abbey, on the River Aire, 1824, 16 x 22cm Kirkstall Abbey, on the River Aire, 1824, 16 x 22cm, Clore Gallery for the Turner Collection
Mouth of the River Humber, 1924-25 Mouth of the River Humber, 1924-25, 17 x 24, Clore Gallery for the Turner Collection
Old London Bridge and Vicinity, 1824, 29 x 44cm, Victoria and Albert Museum
Colchester. 1825, 28 x 40cm, Courtauld Institute Gallery Colchester. 1825, 28 x 40cm, Courtauld Institute Gallery
Walton Bridge, 1828, 29 x 46cm Walton Bridge, 1828, 29 x 46cm, Private Collection UK
   

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