Norham Castle, Sunrise is an oil-on-canvas painting by English painter J. M. W. Turner, created around 1845. The painting depicts Norham Castle, overlooking the River Tweed, the border between England and Scotland. The painting was bequeathed to the National Gallery of British Art (now Tate Britain) as part of the Turner Bequest in 1856.

Norham Castle, on the River Tweed, engraved by Charles Turner After Joseph Mallord William Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner RA (23 April 1775 – 19 December 1851), also known as William Turner at the time, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker, and watercolorist. He is well-known for his expressive colorizations, innovative landscapes, and stormy, sometimes violent maritime paintings.

Feb 20, 2023 · In this time, castles or castle ruins became widely popular for artists to use in their work. J.M.W. Turner painted many castles in England, Wales, and Scotland. This article will show you the castles that William Turner painted in Britain as well as castles in Italy, Switzerland, and Germany. In 1798, J.M.W. Turner went on a tour of Wales.

The Norham Castle was a place Turner frequented often and he first painted this subject in 1797 when he was just 22 years old. He exhibited his watercolor drawing at the Royal academy a year later. The castle was a place that held fond memories of Turner's youth and created new moments in his old age.

Joseph Mallord William Turner, one of Britain's greatest artists, was born in 1775. In 1882, by the age of 26, he was made a member of the Royal Academy and undertook the first of many journeys around Britain and Europe drawing landscapes, seascapes, ruined abbeys and crumbling castles.

Caernarvon Castle: The Eagle Tower, with the Sun Setting Beyond Joseph Mallord William Turner

May 14, 2016 · Norham Castle, Sunrise by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851). c. 1845. Oil on canvas, 908 x 1219 mm. Courtesy of Tate Britain (Accession no. NO1981. Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856). Click on image to enlarge it. Turner first saw Norham, bordering Scotland on the river Tweed in Northumberland, in 1797.

Located on the border between England and Scotland, Norham Castle is one of the most spectacular ruined fortress in North England. Turner knew the place quite well, as he had visited the castle in 1797, 1801 and 1831, and he had painted several watercolors showing the castle at …

(1) A Building with Classical Façade; (2) Heidelberg: The Castle from the Hillside immediately to the East Joseph Mallord William Turner