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JMW Turner <br />
I am now going to look at Turner and his use of sunlight. I was inspired to do this<br />
because in Turners will he asked for the Claude painting Seaport with the<br />
Embarkation of St Ursula to be hung next to his Dido Building Carthage.<br />
Self portrait on canvas,<br />
circa 1799.<br />
Turner was born in 1775 and was an English Romantic Landscape Painter. His<br />
mother was from a family of butchers, where as his father was a barber and wig<br />
maker. Turner had a younger sister but she died at the age of 5. A couple of years<br />
after this event his mothers mental health started to deteriorate and she was<br />
institutionalized in a house for “Lunatics”. Turner went to live with his uncle which is<br />
where he started to create his first artworks. Turner went on to travel across Europe<br />
and study in the Louvre (France).<br />
In his artwork Turner studied the use of light. He created many<br />
oil paintings but was also famous for his water colours. Turner<br />
didn’t have many friends during his life time but he was believed<br />
to have a very close relationship with his father. Turners father<br />
used to help around in his studio and was his assistant for<br />
roughly 30 years. When Turners father died he suffered from<br />
depression and mental illness before dying, but was not<br />
institutionalized.<br />
Dido Building Carthage, 1815,<br />
Oil on canvas, 155.5 x 230 cm
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