A year-long festival of exhibitions and events to celebrate 250 years since the birth of artist JMW Turner has been announced. Joseph Mallord William Turner was born in London on 23 April 1775 and was ...
He is known for the works The Fighting Temeraire, The Slave Ship, The Battle Of Trafalgar and The Burning Of The Houses Of Lords And Commons, among other pieces, which capture tempestuous scenery as ...
The Fighting Temeraire has gone on display at the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle on loan from the National Gallery. The painting, which depicts an old warship being towed to a scrapyard ...