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J. M. W. Turner (English Painter) Timeline

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  • TURNER BORN

    April 23, 1775: Joseph Mallord William Turner born near London, England

  • TURNER ENTERS ROYAL ACADEMY

    entered the Royal Academy of Arts, London (britannica.com/biography/J-M-W-Turner)
  • "Fishermen at Sea"

    "Fishermen at Sea"

    (Image credit: tate.org.uk
    Source: britannica.com/biography/J-M-W-Turner)

  • TURNER BECOMES ROYAL ACADEMY ASSOCIATE

    Elected at age 24 (britannica.com/biography/J-M-W-Turner)
  • "Dutch Boats in a Gale"

    "Dutch Boats in a Gale"

    (Image: nationalgallery.org.uk/media/26191/l-0297-00-000003-hd.jpg)
  • "Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps"

    "Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps"

    (Source: metmuseum.org/toah/hd/trnr/hd_trnr.htm
    Source: tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-snow-storm-hannibal-and-his-army-crossing-the-alps-n00490)
  • "Italian Landscape with Bridge and Tower"

    "Italian Landscape with Bridge and Tower"

    [circa 1827] (Image: tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-italian-landscape-with-bridge-and-tower-n03387)
  • "The Fighting Temeraire"

    "The Fighting Temeraire"

    [Full title: "The Fighting Temeraire, tugged to her last Berth to be broken up, 1838"] James Bond described it as "a bloody big ship" in the 2012 movie Skyfall. (Image: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fighting_Temeraire#/media/File:The_Fighting_Temeraire,_JMW_Turner,_National_Gallery.jpg)
  • "Rain, Steam and Speed"

    "Rain, Steam and Speed"

    [Full title: "Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway"] Perhaps Turner's most famous painting. (Image: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain,Steam_and_Speed%E2%80%93_The_Great_Western_Railway)

  • TURNER DIES

    December 19, 1851: Joseph Mallord William Turner died near London, England. The Encyclopedia Britannica observes that Turners' "studies of light, colour, and atmosphere were unmatched in their range and sublimity" among other expressionist painters in the early 19th century.