The country's most important prize for modern artalso bears the name of Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851). The artist was firstly renowned for works spanning glowing sunsets, dark cloud ...

The Yale Center for British Art draws on its wealth of Turner works to stage an exhibition that showcases his immense talent ...

He was known as the “painter of light” thanks to his atmospheric all-weather landscapes illuminating scenes from natural life. But Joseph Mallard William Turner, who was born on April 23 ...

Each artist — who must be British or working predominantly in Britain — is nominated for an exhibition held during the previous 12 months, and the Turner Prize judges selected Sami for ...

Anyone wanting to understand why Joseph Mallord William Turner is Britain’s greatest artist need look no further than his extraordinary 1842 painting Snow Storm – Steam-Boat Off a Harbour’s ...

Although Turner was trained within the English topographical tradition, his practice was deeply rooted in a wider European heritage of landscape painting. He was inspired by 17th-century Dutch artists ...

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This year marks the 250th anniversary of his birth, but it was a midlife encounter with two landscapes that created the painter as we know him. By Michael Prodger JMW Turner baffled his contemporaries ...