J.M.W. Turner’s Watercolors In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, when J.M.W. Turner was a burgeoning artist of the Romantic era , watercolor was not considered a fine art medium in its own ...

The painting turned out to be a watercolor by the English artist J.M.W. Turner. Born in 1775, Turner is “perhaps the best-loved English Romantic artist,” as London’s National Gallery writes.