PLASTIC £20 notes are now in circulation, featuring a celebrated masterpiece by JMW Turner - one of Britain's greatest romantic artists ... he lies near to fellow English painter, Sir Joshua ...

Renowned English artist JMW Turner appears on ... on one of the capital's most famous sons. Joseph Mallord William Turner was born in Covent Garden on April 23, 1775, to William, a barber and ...

When JMW Turner unveiled his painting, The Hero of a Hundred Fights, at the Royal Academy in 1847, one review was particularly damning. “This kind of painting is not the madness of genius ...

Bank of England governor Mark Carney made the announcement as he unveiled a concept image of the note at the Turner Contemporary art gallery in the southeast English seaside resort of Margate.

Following a national nomination process, the Bank of England has announced the new face of the £20 bill: famed painter Joseph Mallord William ... Art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon said Turner ...

One of the greatest artists to record these changes in Britain was the painter JMW Turner. Turner, who was born in 1775 in London, is best known for his use of unusual colours to depict light in ...

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 ...

It will be the first time an artist has appeared on a British banknote, after nominations from 30,000 members of the public JMW Turner and his painting The Fighting Temeraire will feature on the ...

Nnena Kalu, Rene Matić, Mohammed Sami and Zadie Xa have been shortlisted for this year’s Turner Prize. Announced on the 250th anniversary of English artist JMW Turner’s birth, the four ...

A huge operation to replace the most popular banknote in the country begins today as the new £20 note featuring artist JMW Turner enters circulation. At least two billion new polymer £20 notes ...

17 September 2009 • 11:24pm A new exhibition at the Tate Britain juxtaposes the works of JMW Turner with paintings by the old masters to show how they influenced the English landscape artist.

Margate's glitterati turned out in force today for a sneak peek of the new £20 polymer note featuring one of the seaside town's most famous (adopted) sons, artist JMW Turner. Bank of England ...