Jane Austen and JMW Turner are two of Britain’s most significant cultural icons. Although they were born in the same year, they never met. However, they came close, as Austen did visit the Royal ...

SMYRNA, GA — CSX officials have confirmed a partial train derailment in Smyrna after 17 railcars came off the tracks near a residential area at Campbell Road and Nancy Circle. The incident ...

British Romantic artist JMW Turner loved to paint outdoors, known for his swirling atmospheric landscapes which he painted en plein air. But Turner’s claim to have had himself strapped to the ...

But as the contemplative mood he was creating became apparent, Rothko withdrew from the commission and donated them instead to Tate, as a mark of his esteem for JMW Turner. 5. Whaam!, ...

including a giant bequest of J.M.W. Turner’s paintings and watercolors, but also a shabby collection of so-called “modern foreign art,” which largely reflected old British tastes for life ...

2025 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851), possibly the most widely admired and influential British artist of all time. His life and work is currently ...

Local historian Tony Seward reflects on a four-day visit by artist, JMW Turner, right, who needed toughness and stamina to pack so much into such a short space of time… Joseph Mallord William Turner ...

The German artist’s landscape paintings tried to capture the sublimity of a world that has vanished. Surely you have seen him. He’s a sturdy blond man in a sharp blue suit, standing at the ...

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 ...

Harewood House in West Yorkshire have opened a new exhibition today imagining an encounter between Jane Austen and JMW Turner (imagine that). According to their website: For the very first time, the ...

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 ...