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''In satisfying the fashion for ruins, mountains and waterfalls, he was pleasing and nourishing himself. Ruined abbeys awoke his feelings of history and so charged his mind with the fallacies of hope that this became the title of a chaotic, illiterate epic from which, throughout his life, he quoted mottoes for his pictures.'' (cf: Clark, [[Ibidem]])
''In satisfying the fashion for ruins, mountains and waterfalls, he was pleasing and nourishing himself. Ruined abbeys awoke his feelings of history and so charged his mind with the fallacies of hope that this became the title of a chaotic, illiterate epic from which, throughout his life, he quoted mottoes for his pictures.'' (cf: Clark, [[Ibidem]])
[[File:Turner, Venice, Storm at Sunset, 1840.jpg|thumb|left|Venice, Storm at Sunset, 1840.]]
[[File:Turner, Venice, Storm at Sunset, 1840.jpg|thumb|left|Venice, Storm at Sunset, 1840.]]
[[File:Turner, The Blue Rigi, ca. 1845.jpg|thumb|The Blue Rigi, ca. 1845.]]
After W. Turner’s death, in 1856, the "Turner Bequest" was settled by a decree; this contains around 300 oil paintings and nearly 30,000 sketches and watercolors by his own hand, all found in his studio.
After W. Turner’s death, in 1856, the "Turner Bequest" was settled by a decree; this contains around 300 oil paintings and nearly 30,000 sketches and watercolors by his own hand, all found in his studio.
It is said that Turner created landscape paintings that are revolutionary even today. <ref>[http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/artist05.html Joseph Mallord William Turner] Watercolor
It is said that Turner created landscape paintings that are revolutionary even today. <ref>[http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/artist05.html Joseph Mallord William Turner] Watercolor
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Turner anticipated French [[Impressionism]].
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