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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) was One of the
finest landscape oil painting artist, whose work was exhibited when
he was still a teenager. His entire life was devoted to his art.
Unlike many artists of his era, he was successful throughout his
career.
Turner was 15 years old when he received a rare honor--one of his
paintings was exhibited at the Royal Academy. By the time he was 18
he had his own studio. Before he was 20 print sellers were eagerly
buying his drawings for reproduction.
He quickly achieved a fine reputation and was elected an associate
of the Royal Academy. In 1802, when he was only 27, Turner became a
full member. He then began traveling widely in Europe.
Venice was the inspiration of some of Turner's finest work.
Wherever he visited he studied the effects of sea and sky in every
kind of weather. His early training had been as a topographic
draftsman. With the years, however, he developed an oil painting
technique all his own. Instead of merely recording factually what
he saw, Turner translated scenes into a light-filled expression of
his own romantic feelings.
Although well known for his oil paintings, Turner is regarded as
one of the founders of English watercolor landscape painting. Some
of his most famous works are Calais Pier, Dido Building Carthage,
Rain, Steam and Speed, Burial at Sea, and The Grand Canal, Venice.
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