The first major (and largest ever) US Turner retrospective in 40 years, J. M. W. Turner contained over 140 works in oils and watercolor. The paintings provided an overview of both the artist's long career and his varied interests in history, mythology, seascapes and, of course, landscapes. Here we have a sampling of all of these themes, plus two works purely from Turner's own imagination.
J. M. W. Turner was organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (where it opened and was on view October 1, 2007-January 6, 2008), the Dallas Museum of Art (February 10-May 25, 2008) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (July 1-September 21, 2008), in association with Tate Britain, London which, from its enormous Turner collection, loaned over half of the works on exhibition.
To read a full review of the exhibition as seen at the MMA, please see J. M. W. Turner by art critic Beth Gersh-Nesic.
- Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight, 1835© National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; used with permission
- The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16th October 1834, 1835© Philadelphia Museum of Art; used with permission
- Peace - Burial at Sea, 1842© Tate, London; used with permission
- Snow Storm – Steam Boat off a Harbor’s Mouth Making Signals in Shallow Water© Tate, London; used with permission
- Light and Color – Moses Writing the Book of Genesis, Exhibited 1843© Tate, London; used with permission
- Lake of Zug: Early Morning, 1843© The Metropolitan Museum of Art; used with permission
- Whalers (The Whale Ship), 1845© The Metropolitan Museum of Art; used with permission
- Eu: The Church of Notre-Dame and Saint-Laurent, 1845© Tate, London; used with permission
- Norham Castle, Sunrise, ca. 1845© Tate, London; used with permission
- Whalers (Boiling Blubber) Entangled in Flaw Ice, Exhibited 1846© Tate, London; used with permission
- The Angel Standing in the Sun, Exhibited 1846© Tate, London; used with permission
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