J.M.W. Turner, In Rome, Watercolour collection

Turner

Opere della Tate

Chiostro Del Bramante - Rome

16th July 2018

When in Rome ? Go and see Turner an English great, as it turns out the ticket was 11 euro, to see Turner in England it would cost at least £60 with the train fare to London, so a bargain.

A collection of water colours, I was engrossed, this painter breaks the rules, in my opinion Turner is the first modernist, forget Courbet's Funeral at Ornans, if the Salons had existed in London art history would be taught differently. My thoughts on Modernism, which touches on Turner are expressed in this essay, What is Modernism.

                                                              J.M.W Turner, A Wreak, 1834

J.M.W Turner, Lands End, 1834

J.M.W.Turner, The Eddystone Lighthouse, 1817.