J. M. W. Turner
c. 1775 – 19 December 1851
Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) was an English Romantic painter, printmaker, and watercolourist, celebrated for his expressive treatment of light, atmosphere, and the sea. Regarded as one of the greatest landscape painters, his late, near-abstract works such as The Fighting Temeraire and Rain, Steam and Speed anticipated Impressionism.
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Life events
Turner was born in Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, the son of a barber and wig maker; his traditional birth date of 23 April 1775 is not documented, though he was baptised on 14 May 1775.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAt the age of 14, Turner entered the Royal Academy of Arts schools in London, exhibiting a watercolour at the Academy the following year.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgTurner showed his first oil painting at the Royal Academy, a moonlit marine scene that won critical praise.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAt 26, Turner became one of the youngest artists ever elected a full member of the Royal Academy.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgDuring the Peace of Amiens, Turner travelled to France and Switzerland, studying at the Louvre and sketching Alpine scenery that influenced his later work.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgTurner was made the Royal Academy's Professor of Perspective, a post he held for three decades despite lecturing only irregularly.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgTurner made his first visit to Italy, including Rome and Venice, and the Italian light profoundly affected his palette and style.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgTurner exhibited The Fighting Temeraire at the Royal Academy, a painting he called his 'darling' and which is now among Britain's best-loved artworks.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgTurner showed Rain, Steam and Speed at the Royal Academy, a radical late work depicting a train crossing the Maidenhead Railway Bridge.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgTurner died at his cottage in Chelsea at the age of 76 and was buried in St Paul's Cathedral, bequeathing much of his work to the British nation.
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