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Joseph Mallord William Turner

304 works

Turner's father, a London barber, showed his son's drawings in the shop window. Read more

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Turner painting of a crowded sailing boat in rough sea under a stormy sky, with smaller boats in the distance.

Fishing Boats with Hucksters Bargaining for Fish

1837-38

Painting of a stormy alpine valley with avalanche and rushing snow, dark cliffs, and tiny figures in the foreground.

Valley of Aosta: Snowstorm, Avalanche, and Thunderstorm

1836-37

Painting of a large fire burning over the Thames at night, with boats and a crowd watching from the banks.

The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834

1835

Turner's misty seascape of a sailing ship amid rough waves, with a dark whale and small boats in the foreground.

Whalers

ca. 1845

Turner painting of a stormy sea with a sailing boat heeling into waves, other vessels on the right and a large ship in the ha

Van Tromp, going about to please his Masters, Ships a Sea, getting a Good Wetting

1844

Hazy harbour scene with a timber building, figures on a quay, a red-sailed boat and a rowboat reflected in water.

Saltash with the Water Ferry, Cornwall

1811

Hazy painted view of Rome with the Colosseum, a domed church, Roman columns, and goats in the foreground.

Modern Rome - Campo Vaccino

1839

Oil portrait of a young boy with long brown curls, green jacket, gold buttons and white frilled cravat against a dark blue ba

Self-Portrait

1791

Hazy painting of brown-sailed boats on a river beside a town with a castle tower under a pale sky.

Rochester on the Medway

Oval tray painting of a misty river landscape with autumn trees, resting figures, cattle, and a distant castle, in a gilded l

Abbotsford

Stormy landscape with a glowing pyramid over a city, bodies on the ground, and a dark sky of rain and clouds.

The Fifth Plague of Egypt

1800

Painting of a river valley with a stone arched bridge, village, grazing sheep and snowy mountains under clouds.

Bonneville, Savoy

1803

Painting of sailing yachts racing through choppy waves before a castle on the shore under a warm, cloudy sky.

East Cowes Castle, the Seat of J. Nash, Esq., the Regatta Beating To Windward

1828

Misty landscape of a ruined castle on a hill at sunset, with a river reflecting the light and two figures in the lower right.

Kilgarren Castle

Turner painting of a stormy sea with a blue signal light, a steamboat, breaking waves, and figures on a wet shore.

Rockets and Blue Lights (Close at Hand) to Warn Steamboats of Shoal Water

1840

Painting of cows wading in a river beside a wooden bridge, with rolling hills and a pale evening sky.

Union of the Thames and Isis ('Dorchester Mead, Oxfordshire)

1808

Painting of Greenwich Park with domed Royal Naval College buildings, deer in foreground, and London's skyline under a stormy

London from Greenwich Park

1809

Painting of Venice waterfront with Ducal Palace, a tall campanile, moored boats, gondolas and a blue sky.

Bridge of Sighs, Ducal Palace and Custom House, Venice: Canaletti painting

1833

Painting of a sailing ship with a flag crossing a glowing lagoon toward a hazy Venetian skyline with towers.

The Sun of Venice Going to Sea

1843

Turner painting of a golden coastal landscape with two umbrella pines, seated figures, ruins, and a harbour with boats.

en

1823

Painting of Venice with the Bridge of Sighs over a canal, gondolas on the water and the Doge's Palace in warm light.

Venice, the Bridge of Sighs

1840

Painting of a river with cattle wading, a barge, white riverside buildings and a wooded hill under a cloudy sky.

Cliveden on Thames

1807

Hazy golden painting of a classical city on a river, with boats and robed figures on the quay and a stone bridge.

Ancient Rome; Agrippina Landing with the Ashes of Germanicus

1837

Hazy painted landscape of ruined classical palace and bridge over a river, with tall trees and small figures.

Caligula's Palace and Bridge

1831

Turner's painting of a stormy sea with breaking waves, wreckage in the foreground, and a small sail in the mist.

Rough Sea with Wreckage

1840

Stormy sea with a flagged boat of passengers in the foreground and sailing ships in misty light behind.

The Prince of Orange, William III, Embarked from Holland, and Landed at Torbay, November 4th, 1688, after a Stormy Pa…

1832

Turner painting of a glowing sunrise over flood waters, with a small seated figure in the sky above a crowd.

Light and Colour (Goethe’s Theory) - the Morning after the Deluge - Moses Writing the Book of Genesis

1843

Hazy landscape with large trees, a stone bridge and tower in the distance, and small figures in the grass at sunset.

Italian Landscape with Bridge and Tower

1827

Painting of a city seen from an arched loggia, with artists and figures among easels and sculpture in the foreground.

Rom, vom Vatikan aus gesehen: Von La Fornarina begleitet, arbeitet Raffael an seinen Gemälden für die Loggia

1820

Turner painting of a castle on a hilltop above a dark arch over water, with winged figures and a small boat.

Queen Mab's Cave

after 1846

Loose watercolor sketch of a crowded street with ornate buildings, a carriage, mounted riders, and a comet in a blue sky.

Fontainebleau: The Departure of Napoleon

1833

Turner painting of fire consuming Parliament buildings at night, reflected in the Thames, with crowds and boats on the river

The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16th October, 1834

1834

Turner's father, a London barber, showed his son's drawings in the shop window. The boy was born in Covent Garden in 1775 and entered the Royal Academy Schools at 14. By 27 he was a Royal Academician, one of the youngest in the Academy's history. He filled nearly 300 sketchbooks on his travels and tried painting storms and fog. His later landscapes became more abstract and weren't well received, and he left about 100 finished oil paintings to the nation. Browse 304 works by Joseph Mallord William Turner from 23 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikipedia