# Joseph Mallord William Turner

English, 1775–1851; born in London; died in London

Turner, a London barber’s son, entered the Royal Academy Schools at fourteen and was elected a full Academician at twenty-six. Travelling constantly in Britain and on the Continent, he filled hundreds of sketchbooks and made thousands of watercolours. His oils moved from classical landscapes in the manner of Claude towards vortices of light, steam and weather, as in The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, a fire he witnessed in 1834. He left most of his work to the nation.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

4 works in the collection.

- [Fishing Boats with Hucksters Bargaining for Fish](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/fishing-boats-with-hucksters-bargaining-for-fish-aic-4796), Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1837–38. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-burning-of-the-houses-of-lords-and-commons-16-october-18-cma-122351), Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1835. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Whalers](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/whalers-met-437854), Joseph Mallord William Turner, ca. 1845. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [The Lake of Zug](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-lake-of-zug-met-337499), Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1843. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.