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Labeling Turner
Modern Rome–Campo Vaccino, Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775–1851), 1839. Oil on canvas, 36 1/8 x 48 1/4 in. (unframed), 48 1/4 x 60 3/8 x 4 3/8 in. (framed). The J. Paul Getty Museum,...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes with J.M.W. Turner’s “Modern Rome”
How long does it take to install a painting in the Museum, from loading dock to gallery wall? For J.M.W. Turner’s Modern Rome—Campo Vaccino, the answer is seven days: really busy days, with lots of...
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Audio: Gallery Talk on Turner’s “Modern Rome”
Emily Beeny of the Museum’s paintings department recently gave a gallery talk for eager Getty staff to acquaint us with the Museum’s new painting by J.M.W. Turner, whose arrival and installation we...
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Question of the Week: When Are Memories More Vivid Than Life Itself?
Do you have memories that feel more real than your life today? British painter J. M. W. Turner did, and they are the subject of this painting. Modern Rome–Campo Vaccino, Joseph Mallord William Turner...
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Mike Leigh’s “Mr. Turner” Shows Art as Hard Work
New biopic about British painter J. M. W. Turner brings alive the toil of transforming ideas into craft Timothy Spall as J. M. W. Turner. Photo by Simon Mein, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics In Mike...
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“The Sun Is God”: JMW Turner in Los Angeles
A lover of sun and surf, J. M. W. Turner would have thrived as an Angeleno Norham Castle, Sunrise, about 1845, Joseph Mallord William Turner. Oil on canvas, 35 3/4 x 48 in. Tate: Accepted by the nation...
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J. M. W. Turner, Now for iPad
Artist Elke Reva Sudin captures Turner’s stormy energy through close looking and skillful use of a stylus iPad sketch by Elke Reva Sudin inspired by J. M. W. Turner’s Blue Rigi—Sunrise in the...
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J.M.W. Turner Exhibition Open till 9pm on Its Final Day
See the original painter of light—after dark. J.M.W. Turner: Painting Set Free stays open till 9pm on Saturday and Sunday, May 23 and 24, before the masterpieces fly north Inside the exhibition at the...
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Writing the gallery label for a painting can sometimes feel like an art form in itself, a kind of circumscribed descriptive poetry not unrelated to haiku. How, in fewer than 100 words, do you capture...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes with J.M.W. Turner’s “Modern Rome”
How long does it take to install a painting in the Museum, from loading dock to gallery wall? For J.M.W. Turner’s Modern Rome—Campo Vaccino, the answer is seven days: really busy days, with lots of...
View ArticleAudio: Gallery Talk on Turner’s “Modern Rome”
Emily Beeny of the Museum’s paintings department recently gave a gallery talk for eager Getty staff to acquaint us with the Museum’s new painting by J.M.W. Turner, whose arrival and installation we...
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