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| the
date |
Friday,
1 August at 6:00 |
| fee |
$47seniors/$51 adults
Payment due at registration |
Turner begins to paint, and
to exhibit, in water colors. He then moves on to oils so that he
can also exhibit in the more prestigious medium at the Royal
Academy. In
1796, for his first oil at the Academy, he shows a
romanticized moonlit seascape.
On the one hand it already demonstrates his
nationalistic inclination towards British themes, as well as
his fascination with natural and reflected light, while on
the other hand the perfectly invisible brushstroke gives no
indication of the direction in which his technique would go.
By the time he paints the image here, Peace-
Burial at Sea of 1842, his imprecise brushstroke had
become distinctive, much to the distaste of many critics.
This is an exhaustive exhibition of Turner’s work
and an important examination of his paintings, done on the
cusp of an artistic revolution. |
