Category: Turner

Rain Steam and Speed is an oil painting created in 1844 by British artist Joseph Mallord William Turner, considered the precursor of Impressionism. It depicts a locomotive crossing a bridge over the Thames in a misty and turbulent landscape. It is housed in the National Gallery in London and is part of the Romantic movement. […]

The Fighting Temeraire is an oil painting on canvas by William Turner, made in 1838. It depicts a large English warship, the HMS Temeraire, towed by a steam tugboat to its place of demolition. It is exhibited at the National Gallery in London. This work is considered a masterpiece of romanticism and an evocation of […]