Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway

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landscape painting painting

"Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway" is a celebrated 1844 landscape painting by J. M. W. Turner that dramatically depicts a steam train racing through a rainstorm, symbolizing the power and dynamism of the Industrial Revolution.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	landscape painting ⓘ painting ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway ⓘ surface form: Rain, Steam and Speed
artHistoricalStatus	masterpiece of British Romantic painting ⓘ
artisticTheme	Industrial Revolution ⓘ nature versus technology ⓘ speed ⓘ technological progress ⓘ
collection	National Gallery collection ⓘ
colorPalette	blues ⓘ browns ⓘ golden tones ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
creator	J. M. W. Turner ⓘ
depicts	Great Western Railway ⓘ West of England Main Line ⓘ surface form: Great Western Railway line between London and the west of England Maidenhead Railway Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ River Thames NERFINISHED ⓘ boat on river ⓘ crowd on the bridge ⓘ figures in a boat ⓘ hare ⓘ industrial landscape ⓘ ploughed field ⓘ railway bridge ⓘ railway tracks ⓘ rainstorm ⓘ smoke and steam clouds ⓘ steam train ⓘ
exhibitionHistory	Royal Academy of Arts ⓘ surface form: Royal Academy of Arts, London
firstExhibited	Royal Academy summer exhibition 1844 ⓘ
genre	landscape art ⓘ
inception	1844 ⓘ
inMuseumCollectionSince	19th century ⓘ
inspiredBy	expansion of British railways ⓘ
languageOfTitle	English ⓘ
location	National Gallery ⓘ surface form: National Gallery, London
mainSubject	steam locomotive ⓘ
materialUsed	oil paint ⓘ
movement	Romanticism ⓘ
notableFeature	atmospheric effects of rain and mist ⓘ contrast between blurred background and solid train ⓘ dynamic diagonal composition ⓘ
setInPeriod	early Victorian era ⓘ
significance	iconic representation of the Industrial Revolution in art ⓘ major work in J. M. W. Turner’s late career ⓘ
surface	canvas ⓘ
title	Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway self-link ⓘ

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