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Joseph Mallord William Turner RA (23 April 1775 – 19 December 1851), known in his time as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist. He is known for his expressive colouring, imaginative landscapes and turbulent, often violent marine paintings.
Learn about the life and work of the English Romantic artist known as 'the painter of light'. Find out his connections to slavery, abolition and the National Gallery collection.
Learn about the life and works of J.M.W. Turner, a child prodigy who became a professor of perspective at the Royal Academy of Arts and a champion of landscape painting. Explore his 246 artworks in various genres and media, from oil paintings to watercolours.
- British
- April 23, 1775
- London, England, United Kingdom
- December 19, 1851
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Learn about the life and achievements of the most versatile and controversial landscape painter of nineteenth-century England. Explore his watercolors, oils, etchings, and prints that range from topography to abstraction.
Learn about the life and work of JMW Turner, an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist. Explore his expressive landscapes, turbulent marine paintings and more than 550 oil paintings in Tate Britain.
See the world’s largest free display of paintings by JMW Turner, the ‘father of modern art’. Explore his unique brushwork and use of colour in seven rooms of the Clore Gallery at Tate Britain.
Apr 23, 1775 - Dec 19, 1851. Joseph Mallord William Turner RA, known in his time as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist. He is known for his...
