William Turner Sun Setting Over A Lake Romanticism Jigsaw Puzzle

William Turner Sun Setting Over A Lake Painting Joseph Mallord William Turner was a British Romantic landscape painter, water-colourist, and printmaker. Turner was considered a controversial figure in his day, but is now regarded as the artist who elevated landscape painting to an eminence rivalling history painting. Although renowned for his oil paintings, Turner is also one of the greatest masters of British watercolor landscape painting. He is commonly known as "the painter of light" and his work is regarded as a Romantic preface to Impressionism. Some of his works also are cited as examples of Abstract Art existing prior to recognition in the early twentieth century. While the details of this 1840 painting are indistinct, the sundown is lighting up the sky in vibrant reds and oranges. Art by William Turner Movement: Romanticism Beautiful artistic vintage decorative fine art painting featuring a colorful sunset.