Five of JMW Turner’s works are to be auctioned across three sales on the 250th anniversary of the painter’s birth. Born in 1775, Joseph Mallord William Turner was a painter and printmaker during the ...

Throughout history, artists have used light and shadow in their work to create the illusion of a three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface.

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 ...

Few painters have a more capacious and disorienting reputation than Joseph Mallord William Turner ... “Mr. Turner” was depicted as a single-minded artist and dyspeptic loner who disdained ...

Conventional wisdom has it that Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) was the first modern artist, his impressionistic landscapes and seascapes preceding French Impressionism by at least half ...

Joseph Mallord William Turner’s "Rockets and Blue Lights (Close ... watercolors, drawings and prints — celebrates a 2007 gift of British art from the Manton Foundation, and gives a good ...

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 ...

Born in 1775, Joseph Mallard William Turner showed artist excellence from an early age and went on to be voted an Associate Member of The Royal Academy at only 27. Inspired by 17th Century masters ...

From Remainers to Reform UK voters, from Mike Leigh to the Bank of England's note-makers, everyone seems to agree that Joseph Mallord William Turner "was our greatest artist", said Jonathan Jones ...

A year-long festival of exhibitions and events to celebrate 250 years since the birth of artist JMW Turner has been announced. Joseph Mallord William Turner was born in London on 23 April 1775 and ...

There are currently 14 exhibitions showcasing the works of Joseph Mallord William Turner in various locations around the world, including Lisbon (Portugal), Utsunomiya (Japan), Bedford, London, ...