Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner, also known as J.M.W Turner, was born on 23 April 1775 in Couent Garden, London, England and died on 19 December 1851 at the age of 76 i Cheyne Walk, Cheisea, London, England. he was a Romantic British painter. Turner was associated with landscape painting. Turner was renowed for his oil painting, but turner is also one of the greatest masters in water colour landscape painting. Turner had travelled in Europe, starting with France and Switzerland in 1802. He studying in the Lourvre in Paris in the same year. He also made many visits to Venice. When Turner to Lyme Regis, in Dorset he painted a stormy scene, which is held in the Cincinnati Art Museum.

Some of his works



Joseph Mallord William Turner – Dutch Boats in a Gale (1801)



Fishermen at Sea exhibited in 1796 was the first oil painting exhibited by Turner at the Royal Academy


Bibliography

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._W._Turner, 25th February 2013, 1.24am