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Rain, Steam and Speed. Movement. Romanticism. Signature. Joseph Mallord William Turner RA (23 April 1775 – 19 December 1851), known in his time as William Turner, [ a ] was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist. He is known for his expressive colouring, imaginative landscapes and turbulent, often violent marine paintings.
28.9 x 40.3. Beech Trees at Norbury Park. c. 1797. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin. 44 x 43.1. Turner was invited to Norbury Park in Surrey by the owner William Lock in 1797. The painting was bequeathed to the gallery in 1900 by Henry Vaughan. [4][5] Aeneas and the Sibyl, Lake Avernus.
Location. National Gallery, London. Rain, Steam, and Speed – The Great Western Railway is an oil painting by the 19th-century British painter J. M. W. Turner. [1] The painting was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1844, though it may have been painted earlier. [i] It is now in the collection of the National Gallery, London.
Philip (or Philippe) Jean (1755–1802) – of Jersey. Thomas Stothard (1755–1834) Henry Bone (1755–1834) William Blake (1757–1827) George William Sartorius (1759–1828) Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760–1803) Sir Thomas Lawrence (1760–1830) – Principal Painter in Ordinary to the King. George Augustus Wallis (1761–1847)
Tate Britain: the venue for the Turner Prize except in 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017 The Turner Prize is an annual prize presented to a British visual artist, organised by the Tate Gallery. Named after the painter J. M. W. Turner, it was first presented in 1984, and is one of the United Kingdom's most prestigious, but controversial, art awards. Initially, the prize was awarded to the ...
The following is a List of authors by name whose last names begin with T: ... Andrew Taylor (born 1951, England, f) ... Charles Tennyson Turner (1808–1879, England, p)
7 August 1862. (1862-08-07) (aged 72) St John Street, Oxford, England. Known for. Watercolours. William Turner RWS (29 November 1789 – 7 August 1862) was a British painter who specialised in watercolour landscapes. He is often known as William Turner of Oxford or just Turner of Oxford to distinguish him from his contemporary, J. M. W. Turner ...
Elizabeth Taylor (née Coles; 3 July 1912 – 19 November 1975) was an English novelist and short-story writer. Kingsley Amis described her as "one of the best English novelists born in this century". Antonia Fraser called her "one of the most underrated writers of the 20th century", while Hilary Mantel said she was "deft, accomplished and ...