Romanticism
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J.M.W. Turner
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1775-1851 |
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England |
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Early work done in dark colours in the classical
academic tradition.
Later, he became more interested in the effects of light. |
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Subject:
- Landscape - particularly maritime scenes
- Contemporary events
- early works dealt with mythologies.
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Brushstroke:
- Loose and quick broken brushwork.
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The Fighting "Temeraire" tugged to her
last berth to be broken up
1838
Oil on canvas
91 x 122 cm
National Gallery, London |
Saw the Temeraire being towed at Margate, and was deeply
moved.
Temeraire was a symbol of naval heroism. She was the second
ship in line of battle at Trafalgar.
The setting sun lay golden robe on her, but the focus of
Turner is on the tug which is graceful as a black swan.
Symbol of change - steam engine replacing sail.
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Rain, Steam and Speed
1844
Oil on canvas
90.8 x 121.9 cm
National Gallery, London |
This painting is done with the Industrial Revolution in Europe
as a background. Turner was travelling on a train one day
in the rain and when he saw this scene, he made a mental note
of it. When he returned to the studio, he immediately painted
it.
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Turner admired modernity, as shown in the Termeraire.
Turner painted a hare running in front of the engine - Nature
about to be destroyed by Industry? Or how slowly the train is
moving? |
Detail of train. |
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Snowstorm
1842
Oil on canvas
91.5 x 122 cm |
Recording the violence and drama of natural forces.
“…got sailors to lash me to the mast to observe it;
I was lashed for four hours…”
Balancing between abstraction and representation, form and content,
observation and inner vision. |
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Norham Castle, Sunrise
c. 1835-40
Oil on canvas
78 x 122 cm
Clore Gallery for the Turner Collection, London |
An atmospheric work. Painting the effects
of light which the Impressionist picked up a couple of decades
later.
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Turner is very influential to the later artists
in particular the Impressionists. |
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