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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.
Turner's paired piece titled Shade and Darkness – The Evening of the Deluge was also exhibited in 1843. In this piece as well as The Morning After the Deluge, Turner makes no attempt to mirror the scene of the flood in its naturality. [3] Fallacies of Hope is a poem that Turner supposedly wrote to parallel the two paintings. [5]
The Painting is attributed to Turner. It is highly likely to be a Turner work, and part of the Turner Bequest also. [3] Interior of a Romanesque Church: c.1795–1800 Tate Britain, London: 61 x 50.2 Fishermen at Sea: 1796 Tate Britain, London: 91.4 × 122.2 Diana and Callisto (after Wilson) 1796 Tate Britain, London: 56.5 x 91.4 Interior of a ...
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.
The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805 is a painting of 1822 by the British artist J. M. W. Turner. It was commissioned by King George IV as a part of a series of works to decorate three state reception rooms in St James's Palace and link the Hanoverian dynasty with military success. [ 1 ]
The Field of Waterloo is an 1818 history painting by the English artist J. M. W. Turner. It portrays the aftermath of the Battle of Waterloo which took place on 18 June 1815. Rather than the triumphal depictions commonplace in portrayals of the battle, it functions more as an elegy to Waterloo's unknown victims.