Tag: Joseph Mallord William Turner
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5 Works – Marine art, J. M. W. Turner
Dutch boats are shown on course for collision in stormy weather. Dark clouds contribute to the sense of danger. The painting was commissioned by the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater as a companion piece to a 17th-century Dutch seascape in his possession. More on this painting Joseph Mallord William Turner, RA (1775–19 December 1851) was an…
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25 Works, November 12th. is William Turner’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #233
This is Turner’s only work by ‘royal command’ and the largest and most publicly controversial painting of his career. George IV gave him the commission late in 1822 on the advice of Sir Thomas Lawrence, President of the Royal Academy. It was to form a naval pair with Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg’s 1795 view of The…
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Joseph Mallord William Turner, Fishing Boats caught in a Storm 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #146
Private collectionsJoseph Mallord William Turner, RA (baptised 14 May 1775 – 19 December 1851) was an English Romanticist landscape painter. Turner was considered a controversial figure in his day, but is now regarded as the artist who elevated landscape painting to an eminence rivalling history painting. Although renowned for his oil paintings, Turner is also one…
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