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Joseph Mallord William Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner was born on the 23rd of May, 1775. Joseph Mallord William Turner was born on the 23rd of May, 1775.

Turner’s first drawings are dated 1787 when he was only twelve. Turner’s first drawings are dated 1787 when he was only twelve.

William Turner received almost no general education but at 14 he became a student at the Royal Academy of Arts. In 1791 Turner exhibited two watercolours at it for the first time. William Turner received almost no general education but at 14 he became a student at the Royal Academy of Arts. In 1791 Turner exhibited two watercolours at it for the first time.

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William Turner often travelled in England and abroad using every opportunity to make sketchers for his studio paintings in oil and water. William Turner often travelled in England and abroad using every opportunity to make sketchers for his studio paintings in oil and water.

In 1807 Joseph Mallord William Turner became Professor of the Royal Academy of Arts. In 1807 Joseph Mallord William Turner became Professor of the Royal Academy of Arts.

Joseph Mallord William Turner was famous for visionary interpretations of landscape, making experiments with light and colour. Joseph Mallord William Turner was famous for visionary interpretations of landscape, making experiments with light and colour.

Turner’s distinctive style of painting, in which he used watercolour technique with oil paints, created lightness, fluency, and ephemeral atmospheric effects. Turner’s distinctive style of painting, in which he used watercolour technique with oil paints, created lightness, fluency, and ephemeral atmospheric effects.

Suitable vehicles for Turner's imagination were found in shipwrecks, fires, natural catastrophes and natural phenomena such as sunlight, storm, rain, and fog. He was fascinated by the violent power of the sea. Suitable vehicles for Turner's imagination were found in shipwrecks, fires, natural catastrophes and natural phenomena such as sunlight, storm, rain, and fog. He was fascinated by the violent power of the sea.

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“He (William Turner) was an artist who could most stirringly and truthfully measure the moods of Nature.” John Ruskin, the influential English art critic