1. Joseph Mallard William Turner 1775-1851 English Romantic Landscape Painter

2. 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.

3. 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

4. Fishermen at Sea 1796, oil on canvas, 36” x 48”, Tate Gallery, London

5. The Shipwreck 1805, oil on canvas, 67” x 95”, Tate Gallery, London

6. 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?

7. Color Study–The Burning of the Houses of Parliament 1834, watercolor on paper, 9” x 12-3/4”, Tate Gallery, London

8. The Burning of the Houses of Parliament 1834-5, oil on canvas, 36” x 48”, Cleveland Museum of Art

9. Keelmen Heaving Coals by Night 1835, oil on canvas, 36” x 48”, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.

10. The Fighting Temeraire Towed to Her Last Berth 1838, oil on canvas, 36” x 48”, National Gallery, London

11. 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

12. Snowstorm: Steamboat off a Harborʼs Mouth 1842, oil on canvas, 36” x 48”,Tate Gallery, London
What is the real subject of this painting?

13. 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?

14. Norham Castle, Sunrise 1845, oil on canvas, 36” x 48”, Tate Gallery, London

15. 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

16. Which element determines the mood in this watercolor?
A Castle on a Headland
c.1824, watercolor
10” x 10-1/2”
British Museum, London