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Mountains have always inspired me, from the first time I stayed in a small mountain village in the Dolomite s in 1999, and in later years, a tour by coach of some Swiss mountains , including a train journey on the famous Glacier Express and a trip to Norway, which included a train trip [...]
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as well as being St Georges Day – England’s Patron Saint, it is also the Birthday of J.M.W Turner.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
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The summer of 1797 saw Turner travel to the North of England, visiting Yorkshire, coast of Northumberland,Valley of the Tweed with castle Northam and the Lake District
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!795 saw Turner travel to South Wales and Isle of Wight
It was during this year that he received a commission to to produce a set of drawings of Salisbury Cathedral and other buildings of the city
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A rather Dramatic Turner this one. This of the Pembrokshore Coast. Turner was always at his best when painting the weather.
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As we left the last post on Turner in North Wales I though a painting of North Wales appropriate for this post.
There is also a good article here which adds to the knowledge about Turners Welsh travels.
If we are being accurate I know that I have only shown one painting [...]
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!793 Sees Turner travel to Hereford,great Malvern.Worcester,
Tewkesbury and Tintern. in the Autumn he is off again to Kent and Sussex
Here is a link to a site which includes Great Malvern abbey
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1791 saw Turner visit a friend of his father at Bristol and sketching in the Avon Gorge
There is a fascinating article here on Turners visit to the area
Clifton and visits to Bath and Malmesbury
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I was surprised to discover this image whilst browsing this collection of Turner’s paintings at The National Galleries of Scotland.
Turner never did go to the Himalayas! He based this painting on a sketch h made by someone else a Lieutenant George Francis White.
This is a good example of how Turner used his experience e of [...]
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Put together two magical ingredients, in this case Venice and J.M,W.Turner and you have a gigantic reaction of creativity
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