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Joseph Mallord William Turner
(London, 1775-1851, London)

-British painter, -master of romantic landscape, -watercolorist, -engraver

Parents Education
The father: William Turner, a barber The mother: died Thomas Malton - architector (1780); Royal Academy of Arts (1789), inspired by Reynolds
The style : romanticism

Periods of the life Genres/ Special features of painting Main works
1799 1807 The member of Royal Academy of Arts The professor at the Royal Academy of Arts prospects «The sea at Bridgewater» "Battle of Trafalgar", "Field of Waterloo"

Periods of the life Genres/ Special features of painting Main works
1789-1840 the history painting; the landscape; the seascape “Calais Pier”, “Dido Building Carthage”, “Rain”, “Steam and Speed”, “Burial at Sea”, and “The Grand Canal, Venice”

The most famous works

The Fighting Temeraire

Watercolors and drawings: 20 000 His style: the foundation for Impressionism The date of his death: 19 December of 1851 William Turner was called "the greatest artist of all time"