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Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artist

WA-00041695

PaintingRomanticism

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

34258

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Publications Referenced

80%

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Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Turner: Imagination and Reality

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1966

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Masters of British Painting, 1800�1950

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1956

Field Verification (6 fields)

0 cross-verified · 6 single-source

BiographyWikipedia + Gallery Generic· 88%
Death yearWikidata· 92%
Birth yearWikidata· 92%
NationalityWikidata· 92%
Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
LocationWikidata· 80%

Source Registry (1)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%

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Movement

Romanticism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Art Institute of ChicagoChicago National Gallery of ArtWashington, D.C.TateCity of Westminster

Canonical record

Artworks (23)

Queen Mab's Cave

1846 · oil on fabric

Unframed: 73 x 89.5 cm (28 3/4 x 35 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Lake of Zug

1843 · Watercolor and bodycolor (gouache) with reductive techniques over graphite

11 3/4 × 18 3/8 in. (29.8 × 46.6 cm) Framed: 21 × 27 in. (53.3 × 68.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Flüelen, from the Lake of Lucerne

1840 · watercolor with gouache and scratch-away

Sheet: 29.2 x 47.9 cm (11 1/2 x 18 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

View of Lucerne

1840 · Watercolor, with scraping on white wove paper

23.3 × 29.2 cm (9 3/16 × 11 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Whalers

1840 · Oil on canvas

36 1/8 x 48 1/4 in. (91.8 x 122.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Chatel Argent and the Val d'Aosta from above Villeneuve

1836 · Watercolor and gouache (bodycolor) over graphite

sheet: 10 1/8 x 12 in. (25.7 x 30.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Valley of Aosta: Snowstorm, Avalanche, and Thunderstorm

1836 · Oil on canvas

92.2 × 123 cm (36 1/4 × 48 in.); Framed: 116.9 × 147.4 × 11.8 cm (46 × 58 × 4 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834

1835 · oil on canvas

Framed: 123.5 x 153.5 x 12 cm (48 5/8 x 60 7/16 x 4 3/4 in.); Unframed: 92 x 123.2 cm (36 1/4 x 48 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Fort of L'Esseillon, Val de la Maurienne, France

1835 · Watercolor

sheet: 7 3/4 x 11 in. (19.7 x 28 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fishing Boats with Hucksters Bargaining for Fish

1832 · Oil on canvas

174.5 × 224.9 cm (68 3/4 × 88 1/2 in.); Framed: 216.6 × 268 cm (85 1/4 × 105 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Venice, from the Porch of Madonna della Salute

1830 · Oil on canvas

36 x 48 1/8 in. (91.4 x 122.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mussooree and the Dhoon from Landour

1830 · Watercolor and gouache, over graphite, on off-white wove paper, edge mounted on cream wove card

12.3 × 20.2 cm (4 7/8 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sunset and Moonrise

1822 · Watercolor and gouache over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper, laid down on board

29.4 × 45.5 cm (11 5/8 × 17 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Liber Studiorum

1818 · etching on paper

height: 207 cm, width: 288 cm

Rijksmuseum

Landschap met Apuleia bij groep herderinnen

1813 · etching on paper

width: 295 cm, height: 210 cm

Rijksmuseum

Saltash with the Water Ferry, Cornwall

1811 · Oil on canvas

35 3/8 x 47 1/2 in. (89.9 x 120.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

View of Farnley Hall in Yorkshire

1808 · brush on watercolor (paint), paper, deck paint

height: 285 cm, width: 396 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Castle above the Meadows, plate 8 from "Liber Studiorum, part II"

1808 · Etching; before first state of four

plate: 7 x 10 1/4 in. (17.8 x 26 cm) sheet: 8 1/16 x 11 3/8 in. (20.5 x 28.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Watermill near a Flowing Brook

1795 · brush on paper, watercolor (paint)

height: 242 cm, width: 344 cm

Rijksmuseum

Liber Studiorum: The Fifth Plague of Egypt

etching and mezzotint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Liber Studiorum: Vessels Unloading

etching and mezzotint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Liber Studiorum: Dumblain Abbey, Scotland

etching and mezzotint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Windsor castle from Salt Hill

paper

height: 209 cm, width: 292 cm

Rijksmuseum

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Artwork sources (4)

4 published of 1000 catalogued · 5 with image

Art Institute Chicago
2 publishedof 3 catalogued3 img
Rijksmuseum
1 published1 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published1 img
+ 1 more source · 995 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

View of Farnley Hall in Yorkshire
1808 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834
1835 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Flüelen, from the Lake of Lucerne
1840 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Liber Studiorum: The Fifth Plague of Egypt
— · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Liber Studiorum: Vessels Unloading
— · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Liber Studiorum: Dumblain Abbey, Scotland
— · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Watermill near a Flowing Brook
1795 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Landschap met Apuleia bij groep herderinnen
1813 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Liber Studiorum
1818 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Windsor castle from Salt Hill
— · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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