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Fishing Boats, J. M. W. Turner
Fishing Boats, 1837–38

J. M. W. Turner

1775–1851 · Romanticism · 8 works

Turner made changing light and weather central to landscape painting. In these sea and mountain scenes, the scale of nature can overwhelm the people within it. His atmospheric color connects close observation with the emotional force associated with Romanticism.

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8 works · 1811–1840

1811–1838 · 5 works

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In the museum: Romanticism room · 2 works

1840 · 3 works

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Artist information: Art Institute of Chicago (Fishing Boats with Hucksters Bargaining for Fish, Valley of Aosta: Snowstorm, Avalanche, and Thunderstorm), The Met.

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