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Amgueddfa Cymru is proud to celebrate the 250th anniversary of J.M.W. Turner’s birth by bringing his iconic artworks back on display at National Museum Cardiff.
To mark the 250th birthday of one of the greatest British painters, we are staging a celebratory display of works by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775 – 1851) at National Museum Cardiff.
Turner became one the leading avant-garde artists of his time, pushing boundaries and challenging traditional academic ways of painting. He explored new ways of creating atmosphere in his works and once said that ‘atmosphere is my style’.
The display ranges from some of Turner’s early Welsh watercolour paintings, created when he was a young artist touring Wales during the 1790s, to his great late seascapes painted towards the end of his life. Turner found Wales’s dramatic landscapes and ancient ruins inspirational. One example is his Transept of Ewenny Priory, which he visited during his 1795 tour of south Wales.
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