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 ...

Turner simply signed his works ‘W Turner’ and even now most of us are familiar with him as ‘JMW Turner.’” Financial gain is spurring the trend, too. “The high prices that these early ...

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 ...

As museums around the world celebrate the 250th birthday of JMW Turner, it's time to reappraise his beloved and celebrated painting, The Fighting Temeraire. JMW Turner's The Fighting Temeraire ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 £ ...

A lost painting by Britain's beloved artist JMW Turner which lay undiscovered in an attic for two centuries has sold for £96,000. The unsigned watercolour of Hampton Court, Herefordshire ...