Joseph Mallord William Turner
Joseph Mallord William Turner, better known as William Turner or his initials J. M. W. Turner, is a British painter, watercolorist and engraver. Initially of the English romantic vein, his work is marked by an audacious innovative research which makes one regarded as the "painter of light" as a precursor of Impressionism, with his contemporary John Constable.
Renowned for his oils, Turner is also one of the greatest English masters of landscapes in watercolor. He gained the nickname of "painter of light". Most of Turner's works are kept at Tate Britain.
He was born between the end of April and the beginning of May 1775 in the district of Covent Garden in London, then baptized on 14 May 1775 and died on 19 December 1851 at Cheyne Walk in the Chelsea district, still in the British capital .
Some of his works
The Fighting Temeraire 1839
Chichester Canal 1828
Modern Rome – Campo Vaccino 1839
Venice: The Dogana and San Giorgio Maggiore 1836
Juliet and her Nurse 1836
Alnwick Castle 1839
