J. M. W. Turner

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J. M. W. Turner was a pioneering 19th-century English Romantic painter renowned for his atmospheric, light-filled landscapes and seascapes that anticipated Impressionism.

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J. M. W. Turner canonical 61
Joseph Mallord William Turner 9
JMW Turner 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Romantic artist
landscape painter
marine painter
painter
person
activeYearsEnd 1851
activeYearsStart 1790
artisticFocus atmosphere
light
nature
burialPlace St Paul's Cathedral
surface form: St Paul’s Cathedral, London
causeOfDeath cholera
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1775-04-23
dateOfDeath 1851-12-19
describedBySource 19th-century English Romantic painter
educatedAt Royal Academy of Arts
surface form: Royal Academy Schools
employer Royal Academy of Arts
ethnicGroup English
familyName Turner
fieldOfWork painting
printmaking
watercolour painting
fullName J. M. W. Turner self-linksurface differs
surface form: Joseph Mallord William Turner
genre history painting
landscape painting
marine art
seascape painting
givenName Joseph
Mallord
William
hasWorkInCollection Louvre Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
National Gallery
surface form: National Gallery, London

Tate Britain
influenced Claude Monet
Impressionism
James McNeill Whistler
surface form: J. M. Whistler
influencedBy Claude Lorrain
Delft School
surface form: Dutch Golden Age painting
knownFor atmospheric landscapes
dramatic seascapes
expressive, almost abstract treatment of nature
innovative use of light and colour
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Royal Academy of Arts
movement Romantic art
Romanticism
Impressionism
surface form: proto-Impressionism
nativeLanguage English
notableWork Dido Building Carthage
Fishermen at Sea
Norham Castle, Sunrise
Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway
surface form: Rain, Steam and Speed

Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway
Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth
The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons
The Fighting Temeraire
The Slave Ship
occupation draughtsman
painter
printmaker
watercolourist
placeOfBirth Covent Garden (part)
surface form: Covent Garden, London, England
placeOfDeath Chelsea, London, England
positionHeld Professor of Perspective at the Royal Academy
residence Chelsea, London, England
surface form: Chelsea, London

London, England
surface form: London
sexOrGender male

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Mr. Turner featuresHistoricalFigure J. M. W. Turner
Theory of Colours influenced J. M. W. Turner
Thomas Gainsborough influenced J. M. W. Turner
Francesco Guardi influenced J. M. W. Turner
Félix Ziem influencedBy J. M. W. Turner
William Turner sharesNameWith J. M. W. Turner
William Turner sharesNameWith J. M. W. Turner
this entity surface form: William Turner (artist)
Richmond Hill associatedWith J. M. W. Turner
La Mer influencedBy J. M. W. Turner
Turner Contemporary art gallery namedAfter J. M. W. Turner
subject surface form: Turner Contemporary
Modern Painters supportsArtist J. M. W. Turner
John influencedBy J. M. W. Turner
subject surface form: John Ruskin
Gainsborough influenced J. M. W. Turner
Cascata di Tivoli wasDepictedBy J. M. W. Turner
this entity surface form: Joseph Mallord William Turner
Royal Academy summer exhibition 1844 featuresWorkBy J. M. W. Turner
subject surface form: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 1844
Turner Bequest namedAfter J. M. W. Turner
Turner Bequest creator J. M. W. Turner
Turner Bequest donatedBy J. M. W. Turner
Norham Castle on the River Tweed creator J. M. W. Turner
Norham Castle on the River Tweed creator J. M. W. Turner
this entity surface form: Joseph Mallord William Turner
Claude Gellée influenced J. M. W. Turner
English landscape school notableArtist J. M. W. Turner