When a famous English artist was in his early twenties, he visited a ruined castle that majestically overlooks a river on the border of England and Scotland. He produced his first work of the castle in England the following year and he would be inspired by it several more times throughout his career. Joseph Mallord …
J.M.W. Turner paintings
Every famous artist had a breakthrough at some point in his or her career. In the case of Romantic artist Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), better known as J.M.W. Turner of William Turner, this happened when he was in his early twenties. Let’s take a closer look at some of the most interesting facts about …