Who was J. M. W. Turner?
English Romantic painter who made light, weather and water his subject.
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Watercolour, light and water · 1775–1851
J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851): watercolour, light and water. SketchMap Atlas shows 2 sketches by J. M. W. Turner on the world map, each placed where it was drawn.
English Romantic painter who made light, weather and water his subject. He worked in watercolour and oil, travelled across Britain and Europe filling sketchbooks, and returned again and again to Venice and the Swiss lakes. Late in life his scenes dissolved into colour and atmosphere. At his death he left a vast body of work to the British nation.
Every sketch is pinned where it was drawn, so you can follow J. M. W. Turner from place to place.
Been to one of these places? Add your own sketch next to J. M. W. Turner’s.
Sketching routes with J. M. W. Turner: Venice: three centuries, one canal
English Romantic painter who made light, weather and water his subject.
Venice and Switzerland. Every sketch is shown on the map at the place where it was made.
“The Piazzetta, Venice” (1840) and “The Red Rigi” (1842). Each one is pinned to the place where it was drawn.
Yes: Venice: three centuries, one canal. Each route walks through places where artists drew, with the sketches shown on a map in SketchMap Atlas.
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John Singer Sargent
Vincent van Gogh
Rembrandt van Rijn
