Turner
was only fourteen years old when he was admitted to the Royal Academy Schools.
He started his career by painting watercolours and producing mezzotints
under the strong influence of John Robert Cozen's work. Then, in 1796,
he launched into oil painting, working in the neoclassical manner of Richard
Wilson and Nicolas Poussin,
with results that found wide acclaim. He exhibited his first picture Fishermen
at Sea (1796) in the Royal Academy exhibition in 1796. He was
elected an Associate in 1799 and in 1802 a full member of the Royal Academy.
Turner was one of the most prolific painters of his time. He traveled extensively
in England, Scotland and Ireland, and also on the Continent (France, Belgium,
Holland, Germany, Italy). Continued...
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Fishermen at Sea. 1796. Oil on canvas.
Tate Gallery, London, UK.  |
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Morning Amongst the Coniston Fells, Cumberland.
1798. Oil on canvas. Tate Gallery, London, UK. |
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Warkworth Castle, Northumberland - Thunder Storm
Approaching at Sun-Set. 1799. Watercolour on paper. Victoria and
Albert Museum, London, UK. |
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The Shipwreck. 1805. Oil on canvas. Tate
Gallery, London, UK.  |
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The Battle of Trafalgar, as Seen from the Mizen
Starboard Shrouds of the Victory. 1806-1808. Oil on canvas. Tate
Gallery, London, UK. |
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London. 1809. Oil on canvas. Tate Gallery,
London, UK.  |
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Snow Storm: Hannibal and His Army Crossing the
Alps. 1812. Oil on canvas. Tate Gallery, London, UK. |
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Frosty Morning. 1813. Oil on canvas. Tate
Gallery, London, UK. |
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The Mew Stone at the Entrance of Plymouth Sound.
c. 1814. Watercolour on paper. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. |
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Crossing the Brook. 1815. Oil on canvas.
Tate Gallery, London, UK. |
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The Vale of Ashburnham. 1816. Watercolour
on paper. British Museum, London, UK. |
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Pendennis Castle, Cornwall; Scene after a Wreck.
c.1816. Watercolour on paper. Private collection, UK. |
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The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire.
1817. Oil on canvas. Tate Gallery, London, UK. |
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Rome, from the Vatican, Raffaelle, Accompanied
by La Fornarina, Preparing His Pictures for the Decoration of the Loggia.
1820. Oil on canvas. Tate Gallery, London, UK.  |
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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. 1823. Oil on
canvas. Tate Gallery, London, UK. |
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Rye, Sussex. c. 1823. Watercolour on paper.
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. |
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A Storm (Shipwreck). 1823. Watercolour
on paper. British Museum, London, UK. |
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Arundel Castle, with Rainbow. c. 1824.
Watercolour on paper. British Museum, London, UK. |
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Shipwreck off Hastings. c.1825. Watercolour
on paper. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. |
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Rivaulx Abbey, Yorkshire. c. 1825. Watercolour
on paper. Private collection, UK. |
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Fall of the Tees, Yorkshire. c.1825-1826.
Watercolour on paper. Private collection, UK. |
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Stonehenge. c. 1825-1828. Watercolour on
paper. Private collection, UK. |
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Alnwick Castle, Northumberland. c.1825-1828.
Watercolour on paper. National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia. |
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Cowes, Isle of Wight. c.1827. Watercolour
on paper. Private collection, UK. |
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Carisbrook Castle, Isle of Wight. c.1828.
Watercolour on paper. Private collection, UK. |
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Chichester Canal. c.1828. Oil on canvas.
Tate Gallery, London, UK.  |
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A Ship Aground. 1828. Oil on canvas. Tate
Gallery, London, UK. |
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Regulus. 1828-1837. Oil on canvas. Tate
Gallery, London, UK. |
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Caligula's Palace and Bridge. 1831. Oil
on canvas. Tate Gallery, London, UK. |
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Bridge of Sighs, Ducal Palace and Custom-House,
Venice: Canaletti Painting. 1833. Oil on canvas. Tate Gallery,
London, UK.  |
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Longships Lighthouse, Lands End. c.1834-1835.
Watercolour on paper. Private collection, UK. |
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Fire at Sea. 1835. Oil on canvas. Tate
Gallery, London, UK. |
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Yacht Approaching the Coast. 1835. Oil
on canvas. Tate Gallery, London, UK. |
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The Grand Canal, Venice. 1835. Oil on canvas.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.  |
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Flint Castle. 1838. Watercolour on paper.
Private collection, Japan. |
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The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to Her Last Berth
to Be Broken up. 1838. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery, London,
UK.   |
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Ancient Rome; Agrippina Landing with the Ashes
of Germanicus. 1839. Oil on canvas. Tate Gallery, London, UK. |
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Peace - Burial at Sea. 1842. Oil on canvas.
Tate Gallery, London, UK.   |
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The Dogana, San Giorgio, Citella, From the Steps
of the Europa. 1842. Oil on canvas. Tate Gallery, London, UK. |
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Snow Storm - Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth.
1842. Oil on canvas. Tate Gallery, London, UK.  |
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Light and Colour (Goethe's Theory) - The Morning
after the Deluge - Moses Writing the Book of Genesis. 1843. Oil
on canvas. Tate Gallery, London, UK. |
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Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway.
1844. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery, London, UK.   |
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Landscape with a River and a Bay in the Background.
1845. Oil on canvas. Louvre, Paris, France. |
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Whalers. 1845. Oil on canvas. Tate Gallery,
London, UK. |
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The Angel, Standing in the Sun. 1846. Oil
on canvas. Tate Gallery, London, UK.  |
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Mercury Sent to Admonish Aeneas. 1850.
Oil on canvas. Tate Gallery, London, UK. |
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View of Saint-Germain-ea-Laye and Its Chateau.
Watercolour on paper. Louvre, Paris, France. |