JMW Turner was a bit of an eccentric ... the artist allegedly tied himself to the mast of a ship that was heading into troubled water, remaining in place for over four hours.

Romance and Reality,” at the Yale Center for British Art. Its reason for being is the artist’s 250th birthday, and why not?

Joseph Mallord William Turner was a painter and printmaker during the English romantic period and was most famed for his ...

Joseph Mallord William Turner was born in London on 23 April 1775 ... He is known for the works The Fighting Temeraire, The Slave Ship, The Battle Of Trafalgar and The Burning Of The Houses ...

“J.M.W. Turner: Romance and Reality” opened on March 29 ... Take, for example, “Staffa: Fingal’s Cave (c. 1832),” which portrays a ship pulling a black cloud of coal and an amber sun on the horizon ...

Anyone wanting to understand why Joseph Mallord William Turner is Britain’s greatest ... smoke streaming from the perilously listing ship, and surging sea captured in a spiralling vortex of ...

JMW Turner's The Fighting Temeraire became a national ... of cannon volleys in return – an onslaught that lacerated the ship and spattered her decks with blood. But like a stalwart prize-fighter ...