joseph mallord william turner
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M. IvanovaGroup 751
Presented the contemporary society with the paradoxes of English Romantic Art.
First works of art were topographical in character.
Made his career under the aegis of the Royal Academy.
(1775-1851)
Studies of light, colour and atmosphere.
An insight into the nature of the sea.
Impressionists took him for a model.
1803 “Calais Pier” National Gallery
1805 “The Shipwreck” The Tate Gallery
1823 “The Bay of Baiae, with Apollo and
the Sibyl” The Tate Gallery
1829 “Ulysses deriding Polyphemus” National Gallery
1844 “Rain, Steam and Speed” National Gallery
1835 “Burning of the Houses of Parliament” The Tate Gallery
The reflection of the artist’s faith in the future of the country.
Served as a model for the Impressionists.