J. M. W. Turner was born on April 23, 1775[1], in Covent Garden[2]. He died on December 19, 1851[3], in Cheyne Walk[4]. He worked as a painter[5], landscape painter[6], draftsperson[7], printmaker[8], and architectural drafter[9]. He ranks in the top 0.56% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,659 views/month, #5,596 of 1,000,298).[10]
Notable work: The Fighting Temeraire[28], Fishermen at Sea[29], The Battle of Trafalgar[30], Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway[31], The Slave Ship[32], Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps[33], Crossing the Brook[34], Chichester Canal[35], Sunrise with Sea Monsters[36], Light and Colour (Goethe's Theory) – The Morning after the Deluge – Moses Writing the Book of Genesis[37], The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons[38]
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Things named for J. M. W. Turner include Turner Prize[64].
Why It Matters
J. M. W. Turner has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[65] He is known by 96 alternative names across languages and contexts.[66]
He has been cited as an influence by Claude Monet[67], a painter[68], 1840–1926[69], of France[70], specialised in painting[71]; Ivan Aivazovsky[72], a painter[73], 1817–1900[74], of Russian Empire[75], awarded the Knight of the Legion of Honour[76], specialised in painting[77]; Alfred Sisley[78], a painter[79], 1839–1899[80], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[81], specialised in visual arts[82]; and François-Auguste Ravier[83], a painter[84], 1814–1895[85], of France[86].
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