Joseph Mallard William Turner 1775-1851 English Romantic Landscape Painter
Joseph Mallord William Turner revolutionized landscape painting and laid the groundwork for the Impressionists with his treatment of light and color. His birth in 1775 coincided with both the Industrial Revolution and the Romantic era in the arts.
Self-Portrait 1798, oil on canvas, 29” x 23” Tate Gallery, London Where are the areas of greatest contrast? Self-Portrait 1798, oil on canvas, 29” x 23” Tate Gallery, London
Fishermen at Sea 1796, oil on canvas, 36” x 48”, Tate Gallery, London
The Shipwreck 1805, oil on canvas, 67” x 95”, Tate Gallery, London
Snowstorm; Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps 1812, oil on canvas, 57” x 93” Tate Gallery, London Where did Turner place the horizon line in this painting?
Color Study–The Burning of the Houses of Parliament 1834, watercolor on paper, 9” x 12-3/4”, Tate Gallery, London
The Burning of the Houses of Parliament 1834-5, oil on canvas, 36” x 48”, Cleveland Museum of Art
Keelmen Heaving Coals by Night 1835, oil on canvas, 36” x 48”, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.
The Fighting Temeraire Towed to Her Last Berth 1838, oil on canvas, 36” x 48”, National Gallery, London
What contrasts dominate Turnerʼs painting and give it its solemn mood?! Peace: Burial at Sea 1842, oil on canvas, 34” x 34”, Tate Gallery, London Peace: Burial At Sea
Snowstorm: Steamboat off a Harborʼs Mouth 1842, oil on canvas, 36” x 48”,Tate Gallery, London What is the real subject of this painting?
Rain, Steam, Speed; The Great Western Railway 1844, oil on canvas, 36” x 48”, National Gallery, London What traditional spatial device did Turner use here?
Norham Castle, Sunrise 1845, oil on canvas, 36” x 48”, Tate Gallery, London
How did Turner divide the space in this painting? Venice, Looking East from the Giudecca: Sunrise 1819, watercolor, 8-1/2” x 11” British Museum, London
Which element determines the mood in this watercolor? A Castle on a Headland c.1824, watercolor 10” x 10-1/2” British Museum, London