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'''Joseph Mallord William Turner''' (Covent Garden 1775 - [[London]] 1851) was a [[British]] [[Romanticism|Romantic]] painter and printmaker. In 1802, when he was only 26, he became a full member of the Royal Academy, the youngest member ever so admitted. He traveled constantly in England and abroad ([[Venice]]).  
 
'''Joseph Mallord William Turner''' (Covent Garden 1775 - [[London]] 1851) was a [[British]] [[Romanticism|Romantic]] painter and printmaker. In 1802, when he was only 26, he became a full member of the Royal Academy, the youngest member ever so admitted. He traveled constantly in England and abroad ([[Venice]]).  
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Turner is perhaps the most famous [[English]] Romantic landscape artist. He became known as "the painter of light". The Shipwreck (1805) [http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Turner_The_Shipwreck.jpg] shows his emphasis on luminosity, and dramatic subjects.   
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Turner is perhaps the most famous [[English]] Romantic landscape artist. He became known as "the painter of light", perhaps inspired by the '[[year without a summer]]', and the amazing sunsets that resulted from it[http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Year_Without_a_Summer]. The Shipwreck (1805) [http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Turner_The_Shipwreck.jpg] shows his emphasis on luminosity, and dramatic subjects.   
    
Turner anticipated [[French]] [[Impressionism]].
 
Turner anticipated [[French]] [[Impressionism]].
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