J. M. W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April, 1775 (exact date disputed) - 19 December, 1851) was an English Romantic landscape artist, whose style can be said to have laid the foundation for Impressionism.

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• The sun is God
  • These are said to have been his last spoken words - Norman Davies, Europe: A history p. 687 ISBN: 978-0712666336