J. M. W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner (born in Covent Garden, London on April 23 1775 (exact date disputed), died December 19 1851) was an English Romantic landscape artist, whose style can be said to lay the foundations for Impressionism.

Selected works

• 1799 - Warkworth Castle, Northumberland - Thunder Storm Approaching at Sun-Set, oil on canvas - Victoria and Albert Museum, London
• 1806 - The Battle of Trafalgar, as Seen from the Mizen Starboard Shrouds of the Victory, oil on canvas - Tate Gallery, London
• 1812 - Snow Storm: Hannibal and His Army Crossing the Alps, oil on canvas, Tate Gallery, London
• 1822 - The Battle of Trafalgar, oil on canvas, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
• 1835 - The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, oil on canvas, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
• 1835 - The Grand Canal, Venice, oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
• 1838 - The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to Her Last Berth to Be Broken up, oil on canvas, National Gallery, London
• 1840 - Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On), oil on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• 1844 - Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway, oil on canvas, National Gallery, London