It wasn't until 1908 that a gallery was built for some of his paintings at the Tate Gallery.Turner is remembered as the pioneer of light color and atmosphere.

However, Turner was still recognised as an artistic genius: the influential English art critic John Ruskin described Turner as the artist who could most "stirringly and truthfully measure the moods of Nature." Turners moeder stierf in 1804, inmiddels opgenomen in een krankzinnigengesticht. Turner werd als schilder van het Britse landschap enorm populair bij het publiek. He had few close friends except for his father, who lived with him for thirty years, eventually working as his studio assistant. His success was fairly immediate, selling his first painting at just 12 years old. However, in Hannibal Crossing the Alps (1812), an emphasis on the destructive power of nature had already come into play. A prime example of his mature style can be seen in Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway, where the objects are barely recognizable. We are looking east towards London as the train heads to the west. Turner) is a British landscape artist known as the “Painter of Light”. De latere werken van Turner vertonen steeds meer een aquarelachtige vervloeiing van de vormen, waarbij voorwerpen bijna geheel versmelten met het licht. Dit kwam er echter niet van, vanwege een ruzie tussen zijn erfgenamen over de rechtsgeldigheid van zijn testament. In 2005, Turner's The Fighting Temeraire was voted Britain's "greatest painting" in a public poll organised by the BBC. On the right, an exotic ‘Moorish’ tower, representing Abydos on the Turkish coast, is just visible behind the large, jagged rocks upon which ghostly sea nymphs have gathered. Turner first visited Otley in 1797, aged 22, when commissioned to paint watercolours of the area. The story had been painted by many artists during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, most notably by Rubens, but Turner was most likely prompted to create his version when paintings by contemporaries, Henry Howard and William Etty, were exhibited in 1806 and 1827. It may also be the subject of the story told to Burnet by the dealer Woodburn: ‘Driving down to his house at Hendon, a beautiful sunset burst forth; Turner asked to stop the carriage, and remained a long time in silent contemplation. William Turner werd vooral beroemd als schilder van licht en sfeer in een tijd dat een academische benadering nog populair was. De kleuren van de zon zijn met grove streken geschilderd, maar het tuig van het schip is juist uitermate nauwkeurig in beeld gebracht. Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 1775 – 19 December 1851), known contemporarily as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist.He is known for his expressive colourisations, imaginative landscapes and turbulent, often violent marine paintings. Although the object may not be clear, the fluid movement of the piece is evident.Turner continued to paint and travel throughout the last 15 years of his life. Vanaf 1836 werd hij moreel bijgestaan door John Ruskin, die toen zeventien jaar oud was en tot een belangrijke kunstcriticus zou uitgroeien. His mother, Mary Marshall, became increasingly mentally unstable, perhaps, in part, due to the early death of Turner's younger sister, Helen Turner, in 1786. A prestigious annual art award, the Turner Prize, created in 1984, was named in Turner's honour, but has become increasingly controversial, having promoted art which has no apparent connection with Turner's.
Image released under Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND (3.0 Unported). In 1802 werd hij verkozen tot 'academician'. Turner Bequest 1856; transferred to the Tate Gallery 1928. Overview / In-depth. Around them, Turner constructs an imaginary location from various classical architectural elements, a wide staircase and a large floor mosaic. It is however darkened by discoloured megilp which makes assessment difficult. He had a younger sister named Mary Ann who sadly passed away at the age of five. A sketchbook study from 1802 suggests that Turner had planned a picture of Hero and Leander some 35 years before he produced this picture. One of his most famous oil paintings is The fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, painted in 1838, which hangs in the National Gallery, London. Turner left a small fortune which he hoped would be used to support what he called "decayed artists". Het werd tijdens de jaarlijkse tentoonstelling van de Royal Academy zonder enthousiasme ontvangen en was tot de jaren tachtig van de 20e eeuw niet in het openbaar te zien. Deze pagina is voor het laatst bewerkt op 15 jan 2020 om 21:21. He continued marine paintings and started to incorporate the natural forces in his work. Turner was born in Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London, England. Turner at the National Gallery of Art, Links naar afbeeldingen van het werk van Turner, https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Turner&oldid=55456714, Wikipedia:Lokale afbeelding anders dan op Wikidata, Wikipedia:Commonscat met lokaal zelfde link als op Wikidata, Creative Commons Naamsvermelding/Gelijk delen, Will Turner is ook een fictief personage in. In 1802 he became a full academician and by 1807 he was appointed professor of perspective.Turner's mother became ill and entered into a mental hospital in 1800. His distinctive style of painting, in which he used watercolour technique with oil paints, created lightness, fluency, and ephemeral atmospheric effects.

He never married, although he had two daughters by Sarah Danby, one born in 1801, the other in 1811.