Great Artists : J M W Turner : Posted by Gillian Hammerton .

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775 – 1851) was an English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker. Turner is now regarded as the artist who elevated landscape painting to an eminence rivaling history painting. Although renowned for his oil paintings, Turner is also one of the greatest masters of British watercolour landscape painting. He is commonly known as "the painter of light" and his work is regarded as a Romantic preface to Impressionism.

Saturday, 23 June 2012

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775 - 1851


Portrait of Joseph Mallord William Turner
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Self Portrait’, about 1799, Tate Gallery, London























Turner is perhaps the best-loved English Romantic artist. He became known as 'the painter of light', because of his increasing interest in brilliant colours as the main constituent in his landscapes and seascapes. His works include water colours, oils and engravings.
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