William Turner

Sculptor, Painter or Photographer

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) was an English painter, draftsman and watercolourist, renowned for his landscapes and innovative use of colour and light in both watercolours and oil paintings.

Turner is known as an English landscape artist active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries; the review discusses his late painting 'Interior at Petworth' and notes he stayed as a guest of a patron at Petworth House.

The available review praises William Turner's late work 'Interior at Petworth' as a pinnacle of his expressive power. Turner is presented as an English landscape artist excelling in watercolours, drawings and oil painting. The review emphasizes the painting's ability to induce a heightened state of consciousness and peacefulness. The writer considers 'Interior at Petworth' an autonomous, timeless work.

For:Art lovers, students of 19th-century British painting, fans of Turner

 I did not paint for people to understand, but to show what that spectacle looked like

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