Paintings from the final 16 years of the artist's life constitute the West Coast's first major exhibition of Turner's work. By Jordan Riefe Turner Show - H 2015 In 1835, J.M.W. Turner turned 60 at a ...

Few painters have a more capacious and disorienting reputation than Joseph Mallord William Turner. The son of an English barber father and a mentally unstable mother, the precocious Turner (1775-1851) ...

Were you to consult the National Gallery in London, you would learn that J. M. W. Turner - known as William Turner - is, quote, "perhaps the best-loved English romantic artist." He is something of a ...

Born in London in 1775 to a lower-middle-class family, Joseph Mallord William Turner was a child prodigy. He enrolled in the Royal Academy of Arts at age 14—interestingly, he intended to study ...

J.M.W. Turner, “Harbor of Dieppe: Changement de Domicile” (exhibited 1825, but subsequently dated 1826), oil on canvas, 68 3/8 x 88 3/4 inches (the Frick Collection, New York; photo by Michael ...

Our first impressions of people and things don't always hold up well. Consider how the British art world first reacted to the paintings of J.M.W. Turner. Martha Teichner guides us through his life and ...

British painter J.M.W. Turner was both prolific and peripatetic, producing more than 30,000 watercolors during a lifetime in which he traveled throughout Europe. But these works are extremely ...

Following a national nomination process, the Bank of England has announced the new face of the £20 bill: famed painter Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), known for his landscapes, seascapes ...