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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.
- British
- April 23, 1775
- London, England, United Kingdom
- December 19, 1851
- The Shipwreck J.M.W. Turner 1805.
- Childe Harold J.M.W. Turner 1823.
- The Burning of the Houses of Parliament J.M.W. Turner 1834.
- Wreckers Coast of Northumberland J.M.W. Turner 1834.
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.
3 days ago · From 1796 Turner exhibited oil paintings as well as watercolours at the Royal Academy. The first, Fishermen at Sea (1796), is a moonlight scene and was acclaimed by a contemporary critic as the work “of an original mind.”
Summary of Joseph Mallord William Turner. Turner took classical genres and scenes - the stately landscape in well-designed compositions and historical events writ large - and infused them with a new dynamic in painting.
- British
- April 23, 1775
- Covent Garden, London, England
- December 19, 1851
Joseph Mallord William Turner. The son of a London barber and wig maker, Turner entered the Royal Academy Schools at the age of fourteen. As a youth, he traveled around England making drawings and watercolors of the countryside. In 1796, Turner exhibited his first oil painting at the Royal Academy.
Works of Art. Artist Bibliography. Biography. Turner was born on Maiden Lane in Covent Garden, London, in 1775 (the actual day is uncertain, but Turner maintained it was Saint George's Day, 23 April), the only son of William Turner and Mary Marshall.
