Turner's first ever exhibited oil painting 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 Bristol seen ...

Turner voluntarily put himself through a similar ordeal. Determined to witness a snowstorm at sea from the inside ... The painting that resulted, Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth (1842), ...

"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. A depiction of ...

In “Calais Pier, with French Poissards Preparing for Sea: An English Packet Arriving” (1803), painted after Turner’s first trip abroad, the Union Jack flutters from a storm-tossed British ...

Not content to watch the storm from the safety of ... as mere “soapsuds and whitewash”, Turner responded bitterly, “I wonder what they think the sea is like! I wish they’d been in it!

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 ...

In “Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps,” we can see Turner drawing a parallel between ... or the Tate’s “Peace — Burial at Sea,” are among the most dazzling images ...

Sunrise Over The Sea is estimated to sell at auction for up to £800,000 Sunrise Over The Sea is thought to be Margate seaside It is believed to have been created by JMW Turner in the later years ...