A comprehensive look at Turner - all my blog posts

This is the blog post I should have done yesterday - on the 250th anniversary of the birth Joseph William Mallord Turner on 23 April April 1775 in Maiden Lane in Covent Garden #turner250

Below is a list of all my blog posts about some aspect of Turner since I started writing this blog. They all include images of various works by Turner - and some even include my versions

Many of you will never have seen or read them.

However, beware the links to pages relating to the Turner Bequest at Tate Britain. They revamped their website - without bothering to do any 301 commands to take people from old URLs to new URLs. In part bebcause they've dumped a lot of their content relating to Turner which used to be on the website - which is a very great shame.

Turner on Making A Mark (2007-2025)

A drawing by JMW Turner
On the Washburn, under Folly Hall
British Museum

2007

• Turner Watercolours with Hockney and Shirley

2008

• Tonight Matthew I'm going to be JMW Turner..... includes one of my sketches of Turner paintings

A study of Turner's snowstorm seascape
coloured pencil on Arches HP, 8" x 10"
copyright Katherine Tyrrell

2010

• Exhibition review: Turner and the Masters at Tate Britain
• Talk and Draw at the National Gallery

The Fighting Temeraire (1839)

oil on canvas, 90.7 x 121.6 cm

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Turner Bequest 1856

2011

• Review: 'Watercolour' exhibition at Tate Britain
• Turner finished my sketchbook

2012

• A Picture of London

"The burning of the Houses of Parliament" by JMW Turner

2013

• 25th November 2013 - Who's made a mark this week? - featuring Turner and the Sea - a major exhibition of marine paintings which opened at the National Maritime Museum.

2014

• Royal Academy Videos: how we made Mr. Turner
• "Mr Turner" - a new film about JMW Turner

2015

• J.M.W. Turner's House in Twickenham - open today!
• Review of Ruskin's Turners at the Fitzwilliam Museum

Brunnen, Lake Lucerne in the distance c.1841-3,
J.M.W Turner (1775-1851).
watercolour over graphite, with pen, brown and black ink on paper
(touches of watercolour, verso, from next page)
height, 225, mm; width, 290, mm
Image: copyright Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

2016

• Art History: JMW Turner and the Industrial Revolution

Rain, Steam, and Speed - The Great Western Railway
Location: Maidenhead Railway Bridge looking east,
across the River Thames​ between Taplow and Maidenhead
The bridge was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and completed in 1838. 
Exhibited: Royal Academy in 1844
Collection: National Gallery

2018

• Visit the Prints and Drawings Room at Tate Britain

2019

• JMW Turner's Travelling Watercolour Paints

Watercolour palette owned by J.M.W. Turner, R.A.
175 mm x 148 mm x 4 mm

2020 

J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851), The Doge's Palace and Piazzetta, Venice, c.1840.
Image © National Gallery of Ireland

• J.M.W Turner and The Vaughan Bequest
• British Museum: Prints and Drawings - The Solution! - how to see some of his drawings and watercolours up close

2023

• Unseen Turner and Bonington watercolours now on display at the Wallace Collection

2025

• The Turner Prize Shortlist 2025 begs a question

Where you can see Turner's artwork

The Turner Society maintains a list of all the larger collections in public museums and galleries throughout the world, has a magazine and various events, walks, visits related to Turner. 

You can become a member of the Turner Society.