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elleng

(139,031 posts) Thu Jan 23, 2025, 10:13 PM Jan 23

Turner 250, a year-long celebration marking 250 years since the birth of JMW Turner!

Whether visiting museums and galleries or tuning in on TV and online, everyone will have the chance to enjoy Turner’s greatest works, learn about his incredible life and career, and discover the many ways he continues to inspire creativity today.
Explore just some of the exhibitions, displays, films, publications and events taking place around Britain and beyond via this link: https://bit.ly/40GYLLJ

Would love to return to Britain! I did see a showing of his works in MYSTIC, Conn!

JMW Turner, Norham Castle, Sunrise, c.1845. On free display at Tate Britain

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1006839414822679&set=a.640177181488906

( JMW Turner: Watercolors from Tate in Mystic! This bold exhibit WAS on view!!!)

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Turner 250, a year-long celebration marking 250 years since the birth of JMW Turner! (Original Post) elleng Jan 23 OP

Ahhh, Turner! 🎨 🩷 .... electric_blue68 Feb 10 #1

His work IS WOW! elleng Feb 10 #2

Cool! When I've visited DC, Philadelphia, San Francisco... electric_blue68 Feb 11 #3

electric_blue68

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1. Ahhh, Turner! 🎨 🩷 ....

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Mon Feb 10, 2025, 09:36 PM

Feb 10

NYC'r here.

There was a big Turner exhibit at The Museum of The Metropolitan of Art I'm 2008. I don't think I saw that.
But...
I have some vague memory (though nothing immediately turned up on Google) of seeing Turner there in the ?very late 60's, or very early '70's.

Whether what I saw were part of their permanent holdings, or part of a temporary exhibit; may have been a sunset, or two, plus The Burning of The House of Parliment.

Mostly, I remember orange-reds, oranges, orange-yellows, and yellows of the paintings which would indicate the type of paintings I described.

And it was like; wow! 👍

elleng

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2. His work IS WOW!

Reply to electric_blue68 (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 10, 2025, 10:08 PM

Feb 10

I attended a show of some of his works a few years ago in Connecticut, : Mystic Seaport Museum Opens its Doors to Renowned British Artist J.M.W. Turner.

https://mysticseaport.org/news/mystic-seaport-museum-opens-its-doors-to-renowned-british-artist-j-m-w-turner/

Enjoyed it hugely!

Did NOT stop @ Mystic Pizza!

electric_blue68

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3. Cool! When I've visited DC, Philadelphia, San Francisco...

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2025, 12:54 AM

Feb 11

I've visited DC - National Gallery, The Women's Museum

Philadelphia - The Philadelphia Art Museum
(is that it's official name? 😄

SF - An art museum in Golden Gate Park

IF I make it to Chicago, I'll go to their Art Museum(s)

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