He was equally famous in the United States. In Louisa May Alcott ’s “Little Women,” not a book aimed at specialists, the artistic sister, Amy, attempts to paint a Turner sunset.

Object Details Author Egerton, Judy Wyld, Martin Roy, Ashok 1950- National Gallery (Great Britain) Subject Turner, J. M. W (Joseph Mallord William) 1775-1851 Fighting Temeraire, tugged to her last ...

J.M.W. Turner's 1839 painting "The Fighting Temeraire" is regularly cited as "one of the nation's greatest treasures", said Barbara Hodgson in The Chronicle. The work depicts the H.M.S. Temeraire ...

J.M.W. Turner (1775–1851), who was born 250 years ago, remains the most influential painter that Britain has ever produced; ...

Even now Constable might be chagrined at Turner's one-upmanship. When the BBC asked listeners in 2005 to name the greatest painting in Britain, they chose Turner's "Fighting Temeraire." ...