This being the 250th anniversary of JMW Turner’s death, there are any number of events and exhibitions dedicated to the great man, who was, let’s not forget, one of the great revolutionaries ...

Conventional wisdom has it that Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) was the first modern artist, his impressionistic landscapes and seascapes preceding French Impressionism by at least half ...

Tickets for the Walker Art Gallery’s major exhibition exploring the work of JMW Turner and his enduring impact on later generations are on sale from today – exactly 250 years since the artist ...

By Michael Prodger JMW Turner baffled his contemporaries. At the beginning of his career he was a prodigy, a preternaturally gifted tyro who joined the Royal Academy Schools at 14, and at 15 became ...

‘There is a Turner for everybody,’ says Amy Concannon ... But if I really had to choose, [it would be] Dido Building Carthage. It's a beautiful representation of history while feeling incredibly ...

“J.M.W. Turner: Romance and Reality ... Encompassing the building’s third-floor galleries, the works allow viewers to circulate throughout the chronological trajectory of Turner’s artistic focus.

A year-long festival of exhibitions and events to celebrate 250 years since the birth of artist JMW Turner has been announced. Joseph Mallord William Turner was born in London on 23 April 1775 and ...

This year marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of one of England’s most celebrated artists, Joseph Mallord William Turner ... work showing a medieval building in Canterbury, then it ...

JMW Turner was a bit of an eccentric, as well as a recluse, but on the rare occasion that he did attend a party or gathering, he always had interesting stories to tell. One of his most intriguing ...

M. W] Turner's Dido Building Carthage. And he started comparing this painting to a Max Miller stand-up routine.... He saw Max Miller. He used to go to the music halls in the late 1940s.” ...

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Paintings and drawings by JMW Turner will be exhibited alongside other landscapes from the 17th century to the modern day. Contextualising the Romantic artist against the painters that influenced him, ...