JOSEPH MALLORD

WILLIAM TURNER
Joseph Mallord William Turner(23 april 1775 – 19
december 1851) was a British romantic landscape
painter, water-colourist, and printmaker.
Turner is now regarded as the artist who elevated
landscape painting to an eminence rivalling history
painting.
 Although famous for his oil paintings, Turner is
also one of the greatest masters of British
watercolour landscape painting. He is
commonly known as "the painter of light".
Turner's talent was recognised early in his life.

Shields, on the River Tyne

1823

Lake Lucerne
Turner loved to paint landscapes and
nature. His method of work was to visit
suitable locations and make pencil
sketches, he then took these back and
filled in the painting with colour at a later
stage.
Much of his work is inspired by different
locations in England and Wales. Turner
was adept at creating a sense of drama in
his painting – the combination of
movement and a sharp contrast between
sunlight and the dark clouds.
Caernarvon Castle
 His distinctive style of painting, in which he used watercolour
technique with oil paints, created lightness, fluency
(плавность), and fragile atmospheric effects. He used oils ever
more transparently. Turner became interested in contemporary
technology, as can be seen from 'The Fighting Temeraire' and
'Rain, Steam and Speed'. At the time his free, expressive
treatment of these subjects was criticised, but it is now widely
appreciated.

The Fighting Temeraire

Rain, Steam and Speed

Turner helped elevate landscape painting
and is often seen as a Romantic painter who
helped influence the new movement of
Impressionism. Along with John Constable,
he is considered one of the finest British
artists of all time.

Sunset on Rouen