This being the 250th anniversary of JMW Turner’s death, there are any number of events and exhibitions dedicated to the great man, who was, let’s not forget, one of the great revolutionaries ...

Conventional wisdom has it that Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) was the first modern artist, his impressionistic landscapes and seascapes preceding French Impressionism by at least half ...

Tickets for the Walker Art Gallery’s major exhibition exploring the work of JMW Turner and his enduring impact on later generations are on sale from today – exactly 250 years since the artist ...

Who was better, JMW Turner or John Constable? A daft question, surely, or so I thought. In my recent book on British art, I avoided choosing. Two greats, too different. But when The Times asked me ...

By Michael Prodger JMW Turner baffled his contemporaries. At the beginning of his career he was a prodigy, a preternaturally gifted tyro who joined the Royal Academy Schools at 14, and at 15 became ...

From huge paintings to complex installations, this year's shortlisted artists for the Turner Prize embrace the 250-year-old artist's ambition. Nnena Kalu, Rene Matić, Mohammed Sami and Zadie Xa ...

As museums around the world celebrate the 250th birthday of JMW Turner ... were both wowed by Turner's art. An engraving of Turner's Rain, Steam and Speed (which depicts a train hurtling over ...

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 ...

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 ...

The legacy of English romantic painter JMW Turner will be celebrated throughout this year with exhibitions and a BBC documentary, as 2025 marks 250 years since his birth. The artist, born on April ...

This year marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of one of England’s most celebrated artists, Joseph Mallord William Turner, better known as JMW Turner and famous for a style which ...