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Joseph Mallord William Turner Gallery |
The Fighting Temeraire
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Rain, Steam and Speed
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Boats with Anchors
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Gallery Description
John Mallord William Turner (1775-1851)
Turner was one of those rare artists who was successful through out his career. He tasted success at a very age of 13 years. He is one of the finest landscape artists, who devoted his entire life to his art. Born in London, he was brought up by his dad alone, who remained his only best friend till the end.
He began painting at the age of 13 and put them up on the window of his dads shop. He has the distinction of being the youngest artist to have has his painting displayed in Royal Academy. By the time he was 18, he had his own studio and at 20 print sellers were swarming him. Turner soon achieved a fine reputation, became an associate of the Royal Academy and at 27, became a full member. He then began traveling widely in Europe.
Turner was immensly impressed by Venice, and the paintings on Venice were some of his finest works. He studied the effects of sea and sky in every kind of weather. Though he was trained as a topographic draftsemen he did not limit his art to mere factual recording; instead, he translated scenes into a light-filled expression of his own romantic feelings. With years, he developed a painting technique all his own.
As he aged, Turner became eccentric; he gave up the academy membership, painted in solitude and continued to travel but always alone. He still held exhibitions, but he usually refused to sell his paintings. He left behind a huge fortune in support of “decaying artists”.
Much of Turners work has been done in oils, but he is also regarded as the founder of English watercolor landscape paintings. Some of his famous works include Burial at Sea, The Grand Canal, Venice, Rain et.al.
Check out our gallery of J.M.W Turner’s paintings.
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Saturday, July, 5 th
2008
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