When art expert Rosie Jarvie glimpsed a photo of a painting submitted to Christie’s online appraisal service, she knew it may be something special. “The [submitted] image was poor, and the painting ...
Britain is poised for a landmark year in 2025 as institutions across the UK prepare to celebrate the 250th anniversary of JMW Turner, the visionary painter often hailed as Britain’s greatest artist.
A year-long festival of exhibitions and events to celebrate 250 years since the birth of artist JMW Turner has been announced. Joseph Mallord William Turner was born in London on 23 April 1775 and ...
“The usual place for painting from Arthur’s Seat is from St Anthony’s Chapel with Holyrood Palace in the foreground. Turner chose the far end of Salisbury Crags, looking at the city from the ...
It's been a festive tradition since 1901. Thirty eight watercolours painted by Joseph Mallord William Turner are displayed each January in Edinburgh. It's only been halted twice, by war and Covid ...
Here, we can see the beginnings of the artist whose later tilt into elemental abstraction would so influence the work of Monet. Turner’s Fishing Boats on Folkestone Beach, Kent, c 1828 Credit ...
Turner was the most famous British artist of the 19th Century, with a career which spanned half a century. Henry Vaughan was an avid fan who collected more than 200 works and shared them between ...