Joseph Mallord William Turner – the English painter was born on April, 23 1775, sharing his birthday with Shakespeare; that date was chosen by artist himself because , no actual date was recorded. He died on December 19, 1851, at age 76. He was born and died within the modern London. He was buried in St. Paul’s Cathedral. His will said to leave most of his fortune of 140, 000 pounds to the foundation of a charity for ‘decayed artists’ with a big portion that went to directly to the Royal Academy of Art. Students there can be award with the Turner Medal or the Turner Prize; the Turner Prize is an annual art award that started in 1984.
There are statues representing him at St Paul's Cathedral, Victoria & Albert Museum, Royal Academy of Arts.
He was the son of a barber and wigmaker, but he was submitted to the Royal Academy of Art in London at age 14. Eventually, he became a professor at the Royal Academy of Art, from which he resigned in 1838. He was considered one of the first impressionists, a pioneer in the shimmering colors and lightning , and skilled at creating the ‘atmosphere ‘landscape painting with transparency effects, called ‘the loose style”. His marinetime style left influences on many generations of artists around the globe.
Turner also became one of the richest artists in Britain’s history.
He is one of the finest British artists and the greatest landscapist of the 19th century. He left more than three hundred paintings and almost nineteen thousand watercolors to England. You can find his work all around the world: the biggest collection in the Tate Britain, also his works on display in the Victoria & Albert museum, and the Royal Academy of Art.
Where can I see Turner’s paintings in London?
The biggest collection is in Tate Britain.
Approximately how many paintings are in the museum?
Tate Britain has about 300 oil paintings and close to 30, 000 sketches and watercolors.
Wow, it is a lot of paintings.
Is the collection open to the public?
The museum is free to the public except for major exhibitions.
You can also find Turner’s work at the British Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum ,and the National gallery.
I am interesting how they got so many paintings, who paid for them?
All of the works were donated by Turner himself or were later bought for the museum collections.
How many collectors are well known?
The first private collector was an American, James Lenox of NY city, who bought a painting in 1845 for only 500 pounds. Since that Turner’s paintings increase dramatically in the collectors world, for example: In April 2006, at Christie’s New York sold “A View of Venice “for $35, 8 million, and in 2010
on July 7, Turner’s ‘Modern Rome – Camp Vaccino’, was sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Sotheby’s action in London for $44.9 million.
150+ years later after his death he is remains an important figure in British Art, reaching the traditional England and a Modern England at once.
References:
Tate Britain web site.
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