PLASTIC £20 notes are now in circulation, featuring a celebrated masterpiece by JMW Turner - one of Britain's greatest romantic artists. Here's what we know about the "painter of light" and face ...

Renowned English artist JMW Turner appears on the new polymer £20 banknote - which comes into circulation today. One of the country's most celebrated artists, Turner was born in London in 18th ...

This being the 250th anniversary of JMW Turner ... avant la lettre. Check out in particular the sketchbooks and drawings in a show at the Tate called Cataloguing Turner’s Bequest which is ...

JMW Turner was a bit of an eccentric, as well as a recluse, but on the rare occasion that he did attend a party or gathering, he always had interesting stories to tell. One of his most intriguing ...

An oil sketch created by JMW Turner on Margate's seafront is about to go on display in the Kent town to mark 250 years since artist's birth. Waves Breaking on a Lee Shore at Margate will be on ...

As museums around the world celebrate the 250th birthday of JMW Turner ... Metropolitan Museum Félix Bracquemond's La Locomotive, 1873, based on Turner's Rain, Steam and Speed, was displayed ...

JMW Turner, who died in 1851 at the age of 76, is considered to be one of Britain's greatest landscape artists A new exhibition is to examine how British artist JMW Turner unknowingly captured the ...

A JMW Turner painting of Chepstow Castle overlooking the River Wye has sold at auction to Chepstow Museum for £93,375. The sale price has beaten by almost double the pre-auction estimate of £ ...