Turner
Joseph Mallord William Turner, here in his self portrait ….
… .born in London in 1775.
Although his work is marked by the romantic style …
…. It can be said to have laid the foundation for the birth of Impressionism.
If in his days was considered a controversial figure, he is currently seen as the artist who elevated the art of landscape painting to a level that can compete with the so-called, and at the time most considered, history painting.
Turner, nicknamed “the painter of light” …
… He is best known for his works in oil ….
but was also a master of landscapes in watercolor.
Lover of the then nascent railways, he exalts the appearance as wrapped in a beam of light ….
During his travels through the Europe,
Turner stays in Venice ….
ย … Then he retired to live with his father becoming more solitary and grumpy …
ย and he died in Chelsea in 1851.
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