British painter Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775 – 1851) will have a retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art this summer. Labeled an “English Romantic”, he worked in both oil and watercolor and painted primarily landscapes/seascapes. He hasn’t been on view in the U.S. for more than 40 years.
“Shipwreck of the Minotaur”, oil on canvas, Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon
(Looking at the above, you can tell why Turner is referred to as “the painter of light”. Awesome)
J.M.W.Turner * July 1 – Sept 21, 2008
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Ave and 86 Street, NYC
The painting in the post is not "The Fighting Temeraire…"; it's "The Shipwreck of the Minotaur".
Thank you Alma, we think we've got it correct now.