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| USA | 21 |
| United Kingdom | 21 |
| Switzerland | 5 |
| Canada | 4 |
| Italy | 4 |
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Tate Britain, United Kingdom |
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Biography: 
23.4.1775 Born in London, England (UK)
Joseph Mallord William Turner enjoys a reputation as one of the finest landscape painters in English history. The son of a London barber, Turner was born on April 23, 1775. His mother died when he was still young, and young Joseph recieved only the most rudimentary of education from his father.
From early childhood, Turner poured his energies into drawing, and later painting. By the age of 13, he was exhibiting paintings in the window of his father's barber shop. The child prodigy was rewarded when one of his paintings was shown at the Royal Academy - a remarkable honour for a lad of just 15! At 18 Turner established his own studio, and he was made a full member of the Royal Academy in 1802.
Turner's artistic education continued during extended travels abroad. He was captivated by the seascpapes of Venice, and devoted his energies to capturing the changing patterns of light and colour on the water.
Although Turner worked extensively in oils, it is as a watercolourist that he is famous. He can be rightly regarded as one of the founding fathers of English watercolour landscape painting.
One of Turner's unique qualities is that he did not attempt to reproduce what he saw, but rather he tried to paint what he felt about a scene. In this he can be considered an early "Impressionist" painter. His best works exhibit a glorious, hazy wash of light, with shapes merely suggested through the light.
Despite popular acceptance of his work, Turner was a reclusive man, with few friends. He always worked alone and travelled alone. He would exhibit his paintings, but he often refused to sell them. When he did sell a work, he plunged into depression.
JMW Turner died on December 19, 1851, and at his own request he was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral. His remarkable collection of over 300 paintings, 20,000 watercolours, and 19,000 drawings were bequeathed to the nation. The Clore Gallery at the Tate Gallery was opened in 1987 to display this collection, according to the terms of his will.
Some of his most enduring works are Burial at Sea, and The Grand Canal,
19.12.1851 Died in Chelsea, London, England (UK)
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Public exhibitions 72
until 31.1.2010
Solo shows 24
2009
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| Turner and Italy - Museum of Fine Arts - Budapest, Budapest |
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| Turner & Italy - National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh (Scotland) |
2008
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| J.M.W. Turner - McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, ON |
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| Turner e l´Italia - Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara (FE) |
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| J. M. W. Turner - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY |
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| J. M. W. Turner - Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX |
2007
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| Turner in January: The Vaughan Bequest - Weston Link, Edinburgh (Scotland) |
2006
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| Light into Colour - Turner in the South West - Tate St. Ives, St. Ives, Cornwall (England) |
2005
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| The age of Turner - Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam |
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| Turner Watercolors - Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH |
2003
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| Turner - The Late Seascapes - Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester (England) |
2002
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| Turner's Journeys of the Imagination - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (England) |
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| William Turner - Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich |
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| Watercolors by J.M.W. Turner from the Taft Museum of Art - The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN |
2000
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| JMW Turner - The Sun is God - Tate Liverpool, Liverpool (England) |
1999
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| William Turner et les Alpes - Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny |
1997
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| Ut Poesis Pictura: J.M.W. Turner's Illustrations to the British Poets - USC Fisher Museum - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA |
1996
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| Turner et le paysage romantique - Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Quebec City |
1986
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| J. M. W. Turner: The Foundations of Genius - Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH |
1966
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| Turner: Imagination and Reality - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
1953
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| JMW Turner - Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (England) |
1951
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| An Exhibition of Paintings by J.M.W. Turner - National Gallery of Canada - Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa, ON |
1946
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| Liber Studiorum by J.M.W. Turner - The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
1941
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| Views of the British Isles by J.M.W. Turner - National Gallery of Canada - Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa, ON |
Group shows 47
2009
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| Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales - Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK |
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| Turner to Cezanne - Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales - Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC |
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| Long Island collects - Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY |
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| Twelve Travels - British Art in Sensibility and Experience - Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo |
2008
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| Dawn of a Colony: St Ives 1811–1888 - Tate St. Ives, St. Ives, Cornwall (England) |
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| Paper Trail II: Passing Through Clouds - The Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA |
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| Turner to Monet - National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT |
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| Great British Art: 200 Years of Watercolors, Drawings, and Prints from The Bank of New York Mellon Collection - Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburg, PA |
2007
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| Great British Watercolours from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art - The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg |
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| An American's Passion for British Art: Paul Mellon's Legacy - Royal Academy of Arts, London (England) |
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| Seduced: Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now - Barbican, London (England) |
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| La Abstraction del Paisaje - Fundación Juan March, Madrid |
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| Great British Watercolors - Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA |
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| Gainsborough, Constable, and Turner: The Manton Collection - Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute - The Clark, Williamstown, MA |
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| BP Summer Exhibition - Hockney on Turner Watercolours - Tate Britain, London (England) |
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| British Watercolours 1640 - 1860 - Nordiska Akvarellmuseet - The Nordic Watercolour Museum, Skarhamn |
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| Crosscurrents: American and European Masterpieces from the Permanent Collection - The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| Opulence & Anxiety: Landscape Paintings from the Royal Academy of Arts - Compton Verney, Compton Verney, Warwickshire (England) |
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| Artists Choice - Oldham Art Gallery, Oldham, Greater Manchester |
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| Masterpieces - European Art from the Collection - The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
2006
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| Masterpieces Of European Painting From The Cleveland Museum Of Art - The Frick Collection, New York City, NY |
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| In den Alpen - Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich |
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| Bilder vom Vierwaldstättersee - von William Turner bis Kurt Felix - Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern |
2005
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| A Picture of Britain - Tate Britain, London (England) |
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| Landskap - Malmö konstmuseum, Malmö |
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| Foundations: Old Master and Nineteenth-Century Prints from the Collection - Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, IL |
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| Dromen van Dordrecht - Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht |
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| Turner Whistler Monet - Tate Britain, London (England) |
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| Works on Paper - From Turner to Freud - Lefevre Fine Art Limited, London (England) |
2004
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| Watercolours and Drawings - 18th-20th centuries - Lowell Libson Ltd, London (England) |
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| Turner-Whistler-Monet - Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris |
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| In the Haze: watercolours by Turner and Williamson - Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight |
2003
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| Montagna arte scienza mito. Da Dürer a Warhol - MART- Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto |
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| In the Eye of the Beholder - NIU Art Museum, DeKalb, IL |
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| Happiness - A Survival Guide for Art and Life - Mori Art Museum, Tokyo |
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| The Allure of Light - Turner to Cézanne - European Masterpieces from the Nationa - Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, Christchurch |
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| Shakespeare nell´arte - Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara (FE) |
2002
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| Freude am Dialog - Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz |
2001
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| British Art - Grey Art Gallery, NYU, New York City, NY |
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| Sisters Select. Paintings & Drawings from the Davies Collection - The Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, Somerset (England) |
2000
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| Farbe > Licht - Foundation Beyeler, Riehen |
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| Cosmos - From Goya to De Chirico from Friedrich to Kiefer - Palazzo Grassi - Francois Pinault Foundation, Venice |
1999
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| Watercolours from the Permanent Collection - Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria (England) |
1996
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| Comme un oiseau - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris |
1993
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| Azur - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris |
1991
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| Painters of Hastings - Hastings Museum & Art Gallery, Hastings, East Sussex (England) |
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Switzerland
| | Galerie Jan Krugier, Dietesheim & Cie, Geneva
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United Kingdom
| | Hildegard Fritz-Denneville Fine Arts Ltd, London (England)
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| | The Gallery Manchester & Anglesey Art House, Rhosneigr, Anglesey (Wales)
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USA
| | Jan Krugier Gallery, New York City, NY
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Public collections 42
Australia
| | Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
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| | Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
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| | NGV National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
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Croatia
France
Ireland (Republic)
| | National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
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Japan
| | Koriyama City Museum of Art, Koriyama
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| | Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka
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| | Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Tochigi
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| | NMWA The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
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Liechtenstein
| | Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz
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Malta
| | The Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta
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New Zealand
| | Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland
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| | Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
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Spain
| | Museo de Bellas Artes de A Coruña, Coruna
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Switzerland
| | Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne
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| | Museo Cantonale d´Arte Lugano, Lugano
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United Kingdom
| | The Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, Somerset (England)
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| | Ulster Museum, Belfast (Northern Ireland)
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| | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (England)
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| | Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria (England)
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| | Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds (England)
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| | Sudley House, Liverpool (England)
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| | Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (England)
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| | The National Gallery, London (England)
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| | Tate Britain, London (England)
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| | Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
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| | Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight
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| | Shefffield Galleries & Museums Trust, Sheffield
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| | SCAG - Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton (England)
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| | The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, West Midlands (England)
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USA
| | MFA - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
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| | Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
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| | Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
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| | Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH
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| | The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
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| | Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, IL
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| | Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT
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| | The RISD Museum - University of Rhode Island, Providence, RI
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| | Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO
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| | Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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| | Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute - The Clark, Williamstown, MA
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