J.M.W Turner- Understanding Modern Art

J.M.W. Turner, England's premier landscape painter captured the beauty and power of the natural world in his magnificent colorful and tumultuous paintings. Inspired by the Romantic movement and gifted with great natural ability, Turner would become a cornerstone of inspiration for modern art as his forward looking painting reflect the changes he lived though and the advent of the modern world Want to help us out? support the channel on https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theartshole Link to Tom Keating on Turner- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDmiOmYnwKk any questions, feedback, comments etc - theartshole@gmail.com In 1832 on the eve of the Royal academies summer exhibition artists from all over England gathered in London for the tradition of varnishing day, an event where artists could add finishing touches to their works, see who the jury had given the best spots too and conversely whose work they had slighted by hanging it in the men's room. Among those present that year (and most