Joseph Mallord William Turner

BORN: April 23 1775 in Covent Garden, London, England.
DIED: December 19, 1851 in Chelsea, London, England.

MOVEMENT: Romanticism

INTERESTING FACTS:

Turner is considered one of the greatest British watercolor landscape painters of all time.
Turner studied at the Royal Academy of Art Schools in 1789, when he was only 14 years old.
Turner believed that light was the emanation of God’s spirit and painted his later works as an expression of that spirituality.
At his death, Turner left a large fortune that he hoped would support “older artists.” He previously designed and planned an almshouse for them at Twickenham with a gallery for his works. Most of his dying wishes were not honored.

NOTABLE WORKS:
The Grand Canal; Rain, Steam and Speed-The Great Western Railway; The Burning of the Houses of Parliament, The Slave Ship.

JOSEPH TURNER Art Book contains 150 Reproductions of Landscapes, Seascapes and Maritime Scenes with title and date.