J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851)
Author of The Turner Collection in the Clore Gallery: An Illustrated Guide
About the Author
Joseph Mallord William Turner, together with Constable, was one of the two greatest English landscape painters and one of the greatest romantic artists of all time. He was also a major precursor of impressionism. Steam, breaking waves, fire, the luminosity of the air, and above all light itself, show more were his subject matter. The son of a London barber, Turner showed a precocious talent and made an early success of his career, which enabled him to travel to France, Switzerland, and Italy. The Swiss Alps and the beauty of Venice nourished his vision. His enormous originality attracted criticism, but he found a powerful supporter in John Ruskin (see Vol. 1), who considered him the greatest of the "modern painters." He was freer in his composition than Constable, as he was in his impressionist technique and in his subject matter, which included such dramatic scenes as the famous Shipwreck, Steam and Speed and The Snowstorm. He worked extensively for engravers and published a Liber Studiorum (1807--19) of his own landscape engravings, in defense, as it were, of his art. The variety, spontaneity, and beauty of Turner's drawings and watercolor sketches are almost unequaled. There are no less than 20,000 of them. Personally, Turner was a hardheaded and taciturn man who became a recluse in his later years. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Self-portrait, circa 1799
(Wikipedia)
Works by J. M. W. Turner
Turner and the Sublime : (cat. exp.) Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1 November 1980 - 4 January 1981, Yale Center for… (1980) 80 copies
Turner and Venice [cat. exp., London, Tate Britain, 9 Oct. 2003-11 Jan. 2004, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 15 Feb-30… (2003) 56 copies, 1 review
Truth is beauty; best-loved romantic poems of Shelley, Keats, Byron, Wordsworth and others (1968) — Illustrator — 30 copies
Turner and the Alps (cat. exp., Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny Suisse, 5 mars au 6 juin, 1999 (1999) 7 copies
Collected correspondence of J.M.W. Turner ; with an early diary and a memoir by George Jones (1980) 6 copies
Les fleuves de France 5 copies
J. M. W. Turner Postcards: 24 Full-Color Ready-to-Mail Cards from Watercolors in the Collection of the British Museum… (1989) 4 copies
Watercolours by JMW Turner: Thirty Two Postcards from the Turner Collection in the Clore Gallery (1987) 3 copies
Exploring late Turner 3 copies
Turner en France: Aquarelles, peintures, dessins, gravures, carnets de croquis : [exposition, Centre culturel du Marais… (1981) 3 copies, 1 review
Turner 2 copies
J.M.W. Turner: A Selection of Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon [exhibition] National Gallery… (1968) 2 copies
Turner und die Schweiz : [Ausstellung], Kunsthaus Zürich, 7. Oktober 1976-2. Januar 1977 : [Katalog 2 copies
Liber Fluviorum (Rivers of France) 2 copies
J.M.W. Turner 1775 - 1851 1 copy
Joseph Turner 1 copy
William Turner 1 copy
The Fighting Temeraire 1 copy
Illustrations of Scotland, and The Waverley Novels: From drawings by J. M. W. Turner. Comic illustr 1 copy
Turner : the sun is god : Exposition du 3 mars au 25 juin 2023, organisée en collaboration avec la Tate (2023) — Artista — 1 copy
Art for the Eye (pamphlet) 1 copy
Turner : [monografie] 1 copy
Turner's Last Sketchbook 1 copy
Watercolors 1 copy
Turner sketches, 1789-1820 1 copy
Rockets and blue lights 1 copy
Associated Works
Neoclassicism and Romanticism, 1750-1850: Sources and Documents (Sources & Documents in History of Art), Volume 2… (1970) — Contributor — 18 copies
Late Turner : Painting set free : Tate Britain : 10 Sep 2014 - 25 Jan 2015 (2014) — Artist — 2 copies
Joseph Mallord William Turner: le Mont Blanc et la Vallee d'Aoste — Pittore — 2 copies
Turner's modern World : Painting times of change : Tate Britain : 28 Oct 2020 - 7 Mar 2021 (2020) — Artist — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Turner, Joseph Mallord William
- Birthdate
- 1775-04-23
- Date of death
- 1851-12-19
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- England
- Country (for map)
- UK
- Birthplace
- Covent Garden, London, England
- Place of death
- Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, England
- Places of residence
- Isleworth, London, England, UK
Chelsea, London, England, UK - Education
- Royal Academy of Arts
- Occupations
- painter
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JMW Turner - Paintings & Drawings Vol 1 (Zedign Art… by Joseph Mallord William Turner
The artworks of English Romanticist landscape painter Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 1775 – 19 December 1851). Volume 1 (of 3). This is the digital edition of Book XVIII in The Zedign Art Series of monographs of the masters, published by The Zedign House. A dedicated webpage of Turner's book and artworks is maintained at https://books.zedign.com/zas/18.html
The artworks of English Romanticist landscape painter Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 1775 – 19 December 1851). Volume 3 (of 3). This is the digital edition of Book XX in The Zedign Art Series of monographs of the masters, published by The Zedign House. A dedicated webpage of Turner's book and artworks is maintained at https://books.zedign.com/zas/20.html
The artworks of English Romanticist landscape painter Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 1775 – 19 December 1851). Volume 2 (of 3). This is the digital edition of Book XIX in The Zedign Art Series of monographs of the masters, published by The Zedign House. A dedicated webpage of Turner's book and artworks is maintained at https://books.zedign.com/zas/19.html
The artworks of English Romanticist landscape painter Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 1775 – 19 December 1851). Volume 1 (of 3). Composite 2 Edition. This is the standard print edition of Book XVIII in The Zedign Art Series of monographs of the masters, published by The Zedign House. A dedicated webpage of Turner's book and artworks is maintained at https://books.zedign.com/zas/18.html
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