Wednesday 29 February 2012



The National Gallery Turner Inspired: in the Light of Claude.


OPENING THIS MONTHTurner Inspired: In the Light of Claude
14 March – 5 June 2012
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Detail from Joseph Mallord William Turner, Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Night, 1835. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Widener Collection 1942.9.86 Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Turner created a revolution in painting at the beginning of the 19th century, responding to a modern industrial landscape with a freer style and new approaches to composition.

Explore Turner’s lasting dialogue with the earlier artist Claude that lay at the heart of these developments. 
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