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This being the 250th anniversary of JMW Turner’s death, there are any number of events and exhibitions dedicated to the great man, who was, let’s not forget, one of the great revolutionaries ...
Conventional wisdom has it that Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) was the first modern artist, his impressionistic landscapes and seascapes preceding French Impressionism by at least half ...
Gordon Turner, 22, of New Castle, DE was arrested and is facing multiple charges in the Monday, April 29 crash that left Marina Vasconcelos, of Northeast, MD, dead, police said in a news release ...
2. Stourbridge, Dudley Stourbridge in Dudley was established in the Middle Ages. It was developed during the Roman and Saxon times and during the reigns of Elizabeth and Victoria. Though it is an ...
Tickets for the Walker Art Gallery’s major exhibition exploring the work of JMW Turner and his enduring impact on later generations are on sale from today – exactly 250 years since the artist ...
In 1940, a devastating fire tore through Castle Howard, a historic home set on 1,000 wooded acres in North Yorkshire, England. The Baroque mansion was built by architects Sir John Vanbrugh and ...
They say an Englishman’s home is his castle – something that is quite literally the case for Yorkshire businessman David Kempley. Mr Kempley is the owner of Kirby Knowle Castle near Thirsk ...
Jack Draper has perfectly navigated his rapid rise in the world rankings, according to former British number one Andrew Castle. The 23-year-old became the new British No.1 for the first time in his ...
By Michael Prodger JMW Turner baffled his contemporaries. At the beginning of his career he was a prodigy, a preternaturally gifted tyro who joined the Royal Academy Schools at 14, and at 15 became ...
The list also includes Hill Top in Cumbria, the house that Beatrix Potter grew up in, and Petworth House and Park in West Sussex, the grounds and sunsets of which inspired artist JMW Turner.