Extraordinarily inventive and enduringly influential, J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851) produced his most important and famous pictures after the age of sixty, in the last fifteen years of his life.
When the Houses of Parliament caught fire on the evening of October 16, 1834, tens of thousands of Londoners gathered to watch the conflagration from the banks of the Thames. For the painter JMW ...
The Getty Center’s new exhibit, “Painting Set Free,” displays an incredible number of works by the man many people now think of as the greatest English painter of all time. UPDATE: The Getty Center ...
In the 250 years since the artist was born, the natural world he loved so much has changed. But he still reminds us to look with truth, clarity, and feeling. By Emily LaBarge and Tom Jamieson A writer ...