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.
- Fishermen at Sea, Exhibited 1796© Tate, London; used with permission
- The Shipwreck, Exhibited 1805© Tate, London; used with permission
- Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps, 1812© Tate, London; used with permission
- Saltash with the Water Ferry, Exhibited 1812© The Metropolitan Museum of Art; used with permission
- The Temple of Jupiter Panellenius, Restored, Exhibited 1816© Collection Richard L. Feigen; used with permission
- The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire, Exhibited 1817© Tate, London; used with permission
- The Castel dell’Ovo, Naples, with Capri in the Distance, 1819© Tate, London; used with permission
- The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805, 1823-24© National Maritime Museum, London; used with permission
- Mortlake Terrace, the Seat of William Moffat; Summer’s Evening, Exhibited 1827© National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; used with permission
- Regulus, Exhibited 1828, reworked and exhibited 1837© Tate, London; used with permission
- Venice: The Dogana (Customs Office) and San Giorgio Maggiore, Exhibited 1834© National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; used with permission
- Venice, from the Porch of Madonna della Salute, ca. 1835© The Metropolitan Museum of Art; used with permission
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