J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851) is celebrated as one of Britain’s greatest artists, a key figure of the Romantic period and a master of landscape art. Part of their Centenary of Canberra celebrations, the National Gallery of Australia is hosting an additional major international exhibition, ‘Turner from the Tate: The Making of a Master’.
The exhibition includes many of Turner’s most famous paintings, and provides a comprehensive overview of the artist’s monumental landscapes and atmospheric, light-filled seascapes, while offering extraordinary insights into his working life and practice. The exhibition includes over 100 works, from expansive oil paintings and watercolours to intimate sketches, as well as Turner’s own paint box and sketchbooks.
National Gallery of Australia
1 June to 8 September, 2013
Canberra
Venice, the Bridge of Sighs, 1840, oil on canvas, 68.6 x 91.4cm
Courtesy the National Gallery of Australia
