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"This is a great whirling vortex of sea, snow and sky articulated by Turner's gestural, fluid handling. A steamboat struggles in the eye of the storm, sending up distress flares.

The painting that resulted, Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth (1842), shows a boat literally in the eye of the storm, caught in the middle of a spiral of wind and water. Land has ...

Anyone wanting to understand why Joseph Mallord William Turner is Britain’s greatest artist need look no further than his extraordinary 1842 painting Snow Storm – Steam-Boat Off a Harbour’s ...

Turner's first ever exhibited oil painting is to be put up for auction after being lost for more 150 years.

The way JMW Turner depicted a storm at sea shocked his contemporaries, and foreshadowed the evolution of abstract art.

The first oil painting ever exhibited by Turner is to be put up for auction after being lost for more 150 years. The Rising Squall features a dramatic view of a former hot spring and spa in ...

The painting was discovered after a restoration project last year The first oil painting ever exhibited by Turner is to be put up for auction after being lost for more 150 years. The Rising Squall ...