J. M. W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 1775 – 19 December 1851), jiske uske time William Turner ke naam se jaana jaawat rahaa, ek English Romantic chitrkaar, printmaker aur watercolourist rahaa. Turner ke uske expressive colouring, imaginative landscapes aur turbulent, jaada kar ke violent marine chitrkaar ke khaatir jaana jaawe hae. Uske artistic style, jiske uu jindagi bhar develop karis rahaa Romanticism se duur rahaa — Realism ke bypass karis—aur, iske jagha, uske baad ke kaam significant precursor of and presaging the later Impressionist and Abstract Art movements that arose in the decades after his death, rahaa.^[1] Uu aapan pichhe 550 oil paintings, 2,000 watercolours, and 30,000 works on paper chhorr gais hae.^[2] Uske kaam ke leading English art critic John Ruskin 1840 se promote karis rahaa, aur uske aaj-kal as having elevated landscape painting to an eminence rivaling history painting, ke khaatir jaana jaawe hae.^[3]

1. David Crystal, ed. (1998) (in en). Biographical Encyclopedia (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 943. ISBN 978-0-521-63099-3.
2. "Turner Society Homepage". Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
3. Lacayo, Richard (11 October 2007). "The Sunshine Boy". Time. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. At the turn of the 18th century, history painting was the highest purpose art could serve, and Turner would attempt those heights all his life. But his real achievement would be to make landscape the equal of history painting.

J. M. W. Turner
Self-Portrait, oil on canvas, c. 1799
Janam	Joseph Mallord William Turner 23 April 1775(1775-04-23) London, England
Maut	19 December 1851 (aged 76) London, England
Resting place	St Paul's Cathedral
Shiksha	Royal Academy of Arts
Known for	Paintings
Notable work	The Fighting Temeraire Rain, Steam and Speed The Slave Ship Snow Storm
Movement	Romanticism
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