“Turner from the Tate Collection”
Du 23 avril au 28 juin 2009
The first major exhibition of the works J.M.W. Turner will open at the National Art Museum of China (NAMOC) in Beijing on 23 April. 112 major works are on loan from the Tate’s Turner Bequest. J.M.W. Turner (1775 - 1851) is considered to be one of the greatest painters Britain has ever produced. He was the leading British artist of his era, who raised the status of landscape painting to an unprecedented level.
Works exhibited include: Early period: Fishermen at Sea (exhibited 1796), Battle of Trafalgar (1806-8) Middle period: Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps (exhibited 1812), The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire (exhibited 1817), Battle of Waterloo (exhibited 1818), The Lake, Petworth, Sunset (circa 1828) Late period: famous works focusing on light effects and indistinct outlines such as The Burning of the Houses of Parliament (exhibited1834), Snow Storm (1842), Light and Colour (Goethe’s Theory) - the Morning after the Deluge (exhibited 1843), Rough Sea (circa 1844-6), Norham Castle, Sunrise (circa 1845).
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