On the West building, we saw a completely different painting created in the early 1800’s. JMW Turner was a Royal Artist from the UK and his watercolor paintings were large, historic with a touch of fictional exaggeration but overall highlighted the British Naval power and infused most of the paintings with the power of religion. These almost 200 year-old paintings looked fresh as if they were painted yesterday. His paintings of battles at sea were more dramatic than his landscapes but both had the same gravitas in terms of history and religion. The paintings took pains to tell you a story.
To download a PDF of the Exhibition Brochure, please go to: http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2007/turner/turner_brochure.pdf
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