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The Yale Center for British Art draws on its wealth of Turner works to stage an exhibition that showcases his immense talent ...
By Michael Prodger JMW Turner baffled his contemporaries. At the beginning of his career he was a prodigy, a preternaturally gifted tyro who joined the Royal Academy Schools at 14, and at 15 became ...
Wednesday 23 April was the 250th anniversary of the birth of JMW Turner, one of the greatest British artists. A host of exhibitions and events are marking this moment, and we speak to Amy ...
As museums around the world celebrate the 250th birthday of JMW Turner, it's time to reappraise his beloved and celebrated painting, The Fighting Temeraire. JMW Turner's The Fighting Temeraire ...
Tickets for the Walker Art Gallery’s major exhibition exploring the work of JMW Turner and his enduring impact on later generations are on sale from today – exactly 250 years since the artist ...
Who was better, JMW Turner or John Constable? A daft question, surely, or so I thought. In my recent book on British art, I avoided choosing. Two greats, too different. But when The Times asked me ...
Tomasz Schafernaker explains how he was inspired by JMW Turner The legacy of British artist JMW Turner is without question and has been widely celebrated this week which marks the 250th ...
An oil sketch created by JMW Turner on Margate's seafront is about to go on display in the Kent town to mark 250 years since artist's birth. Waves Breaking on a Lee Shore at Margate will be on ...
Joseph Mallord William Turner, born in London on 23 April, 1775, is considered one of Britain's greatest Romantic artists. Emin's projection of her poem For Turner from 20:00 BST on the artist's ...
Alex Farquharson, Tate Britain’s director and the chair of the prize jury, said that there were traces of Turner’s art in some of the shortlisted artists’ work, including in the “sublime ...