J. M. W. Turner, London, England, 1775-1851, “Coastal Landscape,” 8x13,” Listed.

Description: This is an original, one-of-a-kind watercolor painting by J.M.W. Turner, a British artist from the early 19th century. The painting depicts a coastal landscape in Northumbria, England and measures 8 inches in height and 13 inches in length. It is signed by the artist and is unframed. This Artist’s paintings have high auction prices of +$10,000 & will be a valuable addition to your fine art collection. Born in London, England, Joseph Turner, known commonly as J.M.W. Turner, became one of the 19th centuries most famous painters in England and Europe of landscapes, skyscapes and seascapes. He is regarded as one of the promulgators of English watercolor landscape painting, but he also painted in oil. Unique to him was a special treatment of light, which conveyed atmosphere, mood, and romantic feelings. Turner came from a working class family, supported by his father who was a barber. His mother died when he was very young, and he did not have much formal schooling although his father taught him to read. His art talent was obvious, and by the age of 13 he was making drawings at home and exhibiting them in his father's shop window for sale. He received much attention and by the time he was 15 years old, one of his paintings was exhibited at the Royal Academy---a very rare honor. By the time he was 18 he was set up in his own studio, and shortly after printers were seeking his work for reproduction. He was elected an associate of the Royal Academy, and when he was age 27 in 1802, he became a full member. He then began traveling widely in Europe, especially to Venice, which became the inspiration for many paintings regarded as his finest. With age, Turner became an eccentric. He lived with his father for 30 years and had few friends and was highly reclusive when painting. For months, he would disappear from sight outside his home, and although he exhibited his work, he often refused to sell it. If one did sell, he suffered depressions for days afterward. His last exhibition was in 1850. A year later he disappeared from his home and was found hiding in a house in Chelsea. He died the following day, December 19, 1851. Turner left much money designated to help what he described as "decaying artists." His collection of paintings was left to the country of England, and upon his request, he was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral. In 1817, Turner undertook his first trip abroad after the end of the Napoleonic Wars, to Belgium, to the battlefield of Waterloo, then along the Rhine and finally to Holland before returning to England. Fifty-one watercolors resulted from this journey through northern Europe, including our work 'Loch Binger and the Mäuseturm on the Rhine'. This series is unanimously considered one of the artist's most important, and these watercolors as pure marvels. Our sheet is no exception to the rule and testifies to the wonders of which Turner is capable, achieving "a tone of depth and force which I would never have believed before that one would dream of achieving with such tools indocile" as a visitor expressed it during an exhibition of his watercolors at the Royal Academy1. It depicts the view across the Rhine to the Binger Gorge with the village of Bingen and the ruins of Klopp Castle on the left, Ehrenfels Castle on the right and the island with the Bingen Mäusethurm in the center. This trip is one of Turner's best-documented tours, as he himself recorded his travels in his notebook 'The Itinerary Rhine Tour' and it is possible to accurately trace the path taken by the artist. Turner left London on Sunday 10 August and spent a few days in Belgium before traveling to Cologne where he arrived on Monday 18 August. It then follows the west bank of the Rhine, mainly on foot, to Mainz, before returning the same way, this time mainly by boat. Careful preparations preceded his departure, our artist studying and taking detailed notes from the various guides available. Throughout his career, Turner drew incessantly, filling three notebooks with hundreds of pencil sketches quickly executed from life. It was historically accepted in the past, an example of the "Turnerian mythology" specific to immense artists, that our painter produced this series during his trip, creating the watercolors directly from life, which meant a production of three watercolors per day. This story stemmed mainly from erroneous information according to which on his return, Turner went directly to Farnley to Walter Fawkes, his friend and patron, the first collector of our work, who bought the whole series from him. The reality as it is defended by historians today is less sensational: once landed on the English shores, the artist would have gone first to Raby Castle, where he created most of the series of 'after the drawings previously sketched from life. This theory is based in particular on the quality of the paper used on the one hand, which is not the type with which Turner would have traveled, and on the other hand on the fact that the artist lost "his box" during his trip. "colored". Ultimately, it would simply not have been possible for Turner to travel at the speed with which he did and execute, at the same time, the hundreds of sketches in his notebooks and the group of watercolors which required some time drying. J. Turner was a romantic landscape, watercolourist painter and printmaker born in London in 1775. He was educated in the Royal Academy of Art School in 1789 at a very young age when his uncle saw his talent for art. Once developing a reputation, Turner traveled around all of the art centres in Europe, expanding his knowledge on art. Influencing impressionism, he is often viewed as one of the greatest British artists of all time. Turner’s subject matter mainly consisted of landscapes and nature, often going to extremes in order to witness nature in its true element such as aggressive storms. Freedom was important to him and so when he gained financial independence, he began to experiment more with his style and approach towards his subject, particularly with light. Sometimes referred to as the ‘Painter of Light’ as ‘light’ is often the focus of his paintings.

Price: 3995 USD

Location: Homosassa, Florida

End Time: 2024-10-24T19:53:50.000Z

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