ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES 
Art Sections Aboriginal Art Central Desert Women Walala Tjapaltjarri Fake "Aboriginal" Art Norman Lindsay Morning Glory 1970s Australia 1983 Himalayas Art Biographies Charles Alston Beato Angelico Jean (Hans) Arp Hendrik Avercamp Leon Bakst Edward M. Bannister Jean Frederic Bazille Romare Bearden Cecilia Beaux Max Beckmann George Bellows Frank Weston Benson Thomas Hart Benton Abraham van Beyeren Albert Bierstadt George Caleb Bingham William Blake Umberto Boccioni Giotto di Bondone Pierre Bonnard Allesandro Botticelli Francois Boucher Eugene-Louis Boudin Adolphe William Bouguereau Will H. Bradley Georges Braque Victor Brauner Alfred Thompson Bricher Agnolo Bronzino Adriaen Brouwer Pieter Brueghel the Elder Bernard Buffet Michelangelo Buonarotti Alexander Calder Canaletto Caravaggio Antoine Caron William L. Carqueville Mary Cassatt Paul Cezanne Marc Chagall Thomas Chambers JBS Chardin William Merritt Chase Jules Cheret Judy Chicago Giorgio de Chirico Jean Clouet Anna Cochran Thomas Cole John Constable Lovis Corinth Paul Cornoyer Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Gustave Courbet Lucas Cranach (the Elder) Allan Crite Currier and Ives Aelbert Cuyp Salvador Dali Honore Daumier Jacques-Louis David Stuart Davis Edgar Degas Eugene Delacroix Paul Delaroche Paul Delvaux Charles Demuth Andre Derain Thomas Doughty Marcel Duchamp Raoul Dufy Albrecht Durer Sir Anthony van Dyck Thomas Eakins Louis Eilshemius El Greco James Ensor Max Ernst Philip Evergood Henri Fantin-Latour Lyonel Feininger Tsuguharu Foujita Jean-Honore Fragonard Helen Frankenthaler Caspar David Friedrich Frederick Carl Frieseke Othon Friesz John Henry Fuseli Thomas Gainsborough Henry Gasser Paul Gauguin Orazio Gentileschi Theodore Gericault Domenico Ghirlandaio Alberto Giacometti Giorgio Giorgione William Glackens Vincent van Gogh Arshile Gorky Adolph Gottlieb Fernand Gottlob Francisco Jose de Goya Juan Gris Matthias Grunewald Constantin Guys Frans Hals H.W. Hansen William Michael Harnett Marsden Hartley Childe Hassam George Hayes Martin Johnson Heade Edward Lamson Henry Edward Hicks Nicholas Hilliard Meindert Hobbema Hans Hofmann William Hogarth Sakai Hoitsu Hans Holbein Geoffrey Holder Winslow Homer Pieter de Hooch Edward Hopper Emperor Hui-tsung William Holman Hunt Jan van Huysum Robert Indiana Ingres George Inness Pierre Ino Alexej von Jawlensky Jasper Johns Frank Tenney Johnson William H. Johnson Frida Kahlo Wassily Kandinsky Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Moise Kisling Torii Kiyonaga Paul Klee Gustav Klimt Oskar Kokoschka Koryusai Koryusai Walt Kuhn Yasuo Kuniyoshi Kawanabe Kyosai Fitz Hugh Lane Marie Laurencin Jacob Lawrence Sir Thomas Lawrence Hughie Lee-Smith Fernand Leger William Robinson Leigh Judith Leyster Li Tang Roy Lichtenstein Max Liebermann Richard Lindner Fra Fillipo Lippi Claude Lorrain Morris Louis Bernardino Luini Auguste Macke Nicolaes Maes Rene Magritte Aristide Maillol Edouard Manet Franz Marc Marino Marini Albert Marquet Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin Masaccio Henri Matisse Jean-Francois Millet Joan Miro Amedeo Modigliani Piet Mondrian Claude Monet Henry Moore Martha Moore Gustave Moreau Berthe Morisot Ira Moskowitz Robert Motherwell Archibald John Jr Motley Alphonse Marie Mucha Edvard Munch georgia O'Keeffe Pablo Picasso Camille Pissarro Jackson Pollock Nicolas Poussin Robert Rauschenberg Pierre-Joseph Redoute Frederic Remington Pierre-Auguste Renoir Sir Joshua Reynolds Rembrant van Rijin Dante Gabriel Rossetti Georges Rouault Peter Paul Rubens Raphael (Raffaelo) Sanzio Georges Seurat Alfred Sisley Theophile Alexandre Steinlen Rufino Tamayo Yves Tanguy Giovanni Domenica Tiepolo Jacopo Robusti Tintoretto Henri Toulouse-Lautrec Joseph Mallord William Turner Paolo Ucello Diego Velazquez Johannes Jan Vermeer Leonardo da Vinci Maurice de Vlaminck Edouard Vuillard Jean-Antoine Watteau James A M Whistler Walter Williams Grant Wood Hale Woodruff Richard C Woodville Andrew Wyeth Newell Convers Wyeth Taikan Yokoyama
 

 

  Joseph Mallord William  Turner 

Birth Year : 1775
Death Year : 1851
Country : 

Joseph Mallord William Turner, the hero of Ruskin's Modern Painters and revolutionary figure in the art of landscape painting was the son of a London barber. His genius showed early, and by the time he was in his early teens, Turner was earning money coloring engraved prints. He studied drawing and was admitted first to Reynold's studio as a copyist and then to the Royal Academy Schools. Three years after he began to exhibit at the Academy in 1790, Turner had his own studio and he soon saw the beginning of a lifelong series of reproductions of his works as prints. Turner dated his career from 1799, when he was made as associate of the Royal Academy because of his drawings of Norham Castle. He worked both in watercolor and in oils, painting landscapes in classical and romantic styles, while his seascapes enjoyed a reputation almost equal to that of the Dutch masters. He became a full member of the Academy in 1802 and made his first trip to France and Switzerland. Appointed Professor of Perspective at the Academy in 1807, he opened a studio-gallery where he showed his own works and sold a great many of them. Turner then began to travel widely, sketching constantly, studying the sea and sky in all kinds of atmospheric conditions. He developed and enthusiasm for Watteau's light, fuzzy touch and for the works of Claude Lorrain. In fact, Turner wished to be considered a rival of Claude, and the bequest of his paintings to the British people included a stipulation that his works always be shown side by side with those of the elder master. Turner's work continued to be both profitable and popular until about 1834, when he developed his final and most spectacular style, which displeased the academicians and all the critics except Ruskin. Turner completely abandoned his romantic and classical landscapes and devoted himself to a series of works in which atmospheric conditions become the principal subject matter. He created visionary, swirling, misty scenes that are a symbolic expression of the forces of nature and a giant step toward the French Impressionists' direct recording of nature in all conditions of wind and weather. Constable called Turner's final works "airy visions, painted with tinted steam," an opinion that is accurate if understated, for the "airy visions" are eminently exciting, and the "tinted steam" is both poetic, and imaginative. 

 
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Grand Canal, Venice


Joseph Mallord William Turner
Fighting Temeraire, The


Joseph Mallord William Turner
Rain, Steam and Speed


Joseph Mallord William Turner
Boats with Anchors


Joseph Mallord William Turner
Rockets and Blue Lights
 

View all Joseph Mallord William Turner 

Books about Joseph Turner

Powered by Barewalls Interactive Art Inc., Sharon MA