DAC Collection Artist Information
Joseph Mallord William Turner
English painter and draftsman
Brief biography, in most instances from the Union List of Artist Names® Online:
Turner dominated British landscape painting throughout the first half of the 19th century. He established a reputation in the Royal Academy, London, as a topographical watercolorist and painter of Sublime and historical landscapes. Turner's body of work includes around three hundred paintings and over twenty thousand drawings and watercolors, the majority of which were given to the English government upon his death.
Artist ID number in the Union List of Artist Names®: ULAN 500026846.
The ULAN link above leads to a cataloging authority record at the Getty Research Institute.
Objects related to Joseph Mallord William Turner:
Joseph Mallord William Turner | Great Malvern Abbey and Gateway, 19th century | Crayon drawing |
Joseph Mallord William Turner | Junction of the Severn and Wye, 1811 | Etching, possibly with mezzotint and/or aquatint |
Joseph Mallord William Turner | Isleworth, 1819 | Etching before mezzotint |
Joseph Mallord William Turner | Sketch-Book: Greece 1818, 1818 | Pencil drawing |
Joseph Mallord William Turner | Bridge in the Middle Distance, 1808 | Etching and aquatint |
Joseph Mallord William Turner | Mt. St. Gothard, 1808 | Etching and mezzotint |
Joseph Mallord William Turner | Scarborough, 19th century | Pencil drawing on wove paper |
Joseph Mallord William Turner | Skiddaw over Solierey, 19th century | Pencil and wash drawing |
Joseph Mallord William Turner | Sketch Book: Snadgate, Folkstone and other views, 19th century | Drawing and watercolor |
Manner of Joseph Mallord William Turner | Autographic Memoranda on Mt. Scenery, 19th century | Pen drawing on wove paper |
John Horsburg after Joseph Mallord William Turner | Malvern Abbey and Gate, 19th century | Engraving |
Frank Short after Joseph Mallord William Turner | Stonehenge at Daybreak, late 19th century - early 20th century | Mezzotint printed in brown ink on white wove paper |
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