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=Joseph Mallord William Turner=

Overview
Joseph Mallord William Turner, often reffered to as JMW Turner, was a British painter, watercolorist, and printmake who created over 20,000 different paintings and drawings in his lifetime. He is often reffered to as "the painter of light", "the great pyrotechnist", and is often said to be the father of impressionism. He is well known throughout Britain for being a prolific painter and had his works displayed in the prestigious Royal Academy of Art Schools from a young age. Turner was considered a master of British Watercolor painting as well as an expert oil painter. He is known in history for raising the credibility of landscape painting to rival that of history painting. Turner's romantic impressionist style was studied by painter such as Monet and made him the father of Impressionism.

Life (1785-1651)
Turner grew up in a middle class family in London, England. His father was a barber and his mother was a housewife. In 1785, at the age of 10, Turner was sent to live with his uncle west of London. There Turner expressed a keen interest in painting and art and by the age of 14, Turner was admitted to the Royal Acadamy of Art in 1789 at the age of 14. There his art began to flourish, and by 1796 he exhibited his first painting, Fisherman at Sea. Turner's work took off after that, and by 1802 Turner was travelling around Europe to study art. Turner visited Switzerland, France and most notably studied at the Louvre for a chunk of time in 1802. From there Turner continued to visit places such as Venice around Europe and practice art. Experts say that Turner's most creative and inspired work was done in Venice. By the time he was 20, his works were being printed and reproduced across Europe. At 27, Turner was made a full member of the Royal Academy. As Turner became older, he grew more detached from other people. He began creating massive amounts of works from then until he died, December 19, 1851. Upon his death, Turner bequeathed over 19,000 artworks to the public. A scholarship fund was created for artists in his name, as well as a fund for "decaying artists."

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Style
Turner began his art career painting many landmarks and landscapes in a studious and academic manner. When he started drawing and painting, Turner was considered highly gifted. His artworks were displayed in prestigious art exhibitions when he was as young as 15. As a young man, Turner's paintings were considered very studious and academic. His style reflected years of study and his works were looked on admirably by his colleagues. As Turner matured and started visiting Europe, his artworks started to become less realistic and reflect a style more similar to impressionism. His works became less coherent and focused on light and what he saw as he was painting. As he approached the final years of his life, Turners works became increasingly abstract. He became obsessed with showing light and atmospheric effects in his paintings. Many critics today see this period in his life as producing his greatest work, //"Rain, Steam, and Speed - The Great Western Railway".// It is seen as the culmination of his investigation into light and atmosphere in his paintings. At the time, many of Turners contemporaries shunned his later work, including the queen of England, who thought he was mad. However shortly after his death, he was heralded as the father of the movement we know as impressionism. Turner revolutionized painting because he changed the way light and atmospheric effects were used in artworks.